how to pronounce intervene

/ˌɪntɚˈviːn/

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intervene is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of intervene in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… did not intervene rather countries …”

meaning of intervene

Intervene means to take part in a dispute or conflict, to act as a mediator.

intervene frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word intervene occurs in english on average 3.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics intervene can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that intervene can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;

3) people, society, and culture;