intervening
intervening noun: intervention; mediation. Also the present participle and gerund of intervene.
Noun
intervening (plural intervenings)
Adjective
intervening
- That intervenes or mediates.
- Falling between two periods or events.
- This is not to criticise Ghosh's use of such lexis, but just to point out that Ghosh's use of such lexis must be regarded as examples of re-use and not as evidence of continued use over the intervening period.2018, James Lambert, “Anglo-Indian slang in dictionaries on historical principles”, in World Englishes, volume 37, page 256
- Located physically between two things or places.
- The finely cut peak of Helicon peered over the low intervening ridges.1918, James George Frazer, Folk-Lore In The Old Testament, volume 1, page 7
Also used as
intervening is also the present participle and gerund of intervene.
intervening meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Bengali and Telugu
intervening in Tamil
- தலையிடுதல், தலையிடுவது, தலையிட்டு
intervening in Marathi
- हस्तक्षेप करत आहे
intervening in Bengali
- হস্তক্ষেপ করা হচ্ছে
intervening in Telugu
- జోక్యం చేసుకోవడం
More languagesFewer languages
- intervening in Malayalam
- ഇടപെടുന്നു
- intervening in Kannada
- ಮಧ್ಯಪ್ರವೇಶಿಸುವುದು
- intervening in Nepali
- हस्तक्षेप गर्दै
Forms of intervening
| plural | intervenings |
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Words formed from intervening
- intervening cause
- intervening variable
- interveningly
- unintervening
Questions about intervening
- What does intervening mean?
- Intervening means intervention; mediation.
- What is intervening in Tamil?
- Intervening in Tamil is தலையிடுதல், தலையிடுவது, தலையிட்டு. See Intervening meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is intervening?
- Intervening can be a noun or an adjective.
- What is the plural of intervening?
- The plural of intervening is intervenings.
Words near intervening in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: intervening (page history and authors); intervening (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); intervening (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); intervening (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); intervening (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); intervening (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); intervening (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); intervening (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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