MEANING
1. To enter, interrupt, or impose oneself where one is not welcome or authorized.
2. To enter or be emplaced within preexisting rock, especially of magma that later solidifies.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- intrude on a conversation
- intrude into a space
On the page
He would not intrude on the conversation until she acknowledged him.
A harsh sound intruded into the quiet passage.
Nearby words
Related words
Word forms
- Base
- intrude
- Past tense
- intruded
- Past participle
- intruded
- Present participle
- intruding
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- intrude
- Present continuous
- am/is/are intruding
- Present perfect
- have/has intruded
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been intruding
- Past
- intruded
- Past continuous
- was/were intruding
- Past perfect
- had intruded
- Past perfect continuous
- had been intruding
- Future
- will intrude
- Future continuous
- will be intruding
- Future perfect
- will have intruded
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been intruding
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary. Forms: intrude; intrudes; intruded; intruded; intruding Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: intrudes.
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