intervention.

An action introduced to influence a process or change a developing situation.

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Words that belong together

• policy intervention
• timely intervention

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The intervention reduced delays but did not address their cause.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Countable or uncountable by context; countable singular intervention; plural interventions. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, description. Commonness: moderately common.