interfere

«interfere» in Mova's school dictionary: to get involved in other people's business when you are… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (interfere, interferes, interfered, interfering)

meaning for a pupil

1) To interfere is to get involved in other people's business when you are not wanted. tree →

2) To interfere with something is to stop it from working or happening properly. tree →

3) (science) When waves interfere, they meet and add or cancel each other. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in everyday life («don't interfere»), safety («do not interfere with the alarm»), science (radio interference, wave interference). Phrases: «interfere with», «interfere in».

examples

• Please don't interfere in our game. tree →
• Loud noise can interfere with your sleep. tree →
• Never interfere with a fire alarm. tree →
• Phones may interfere with the plane's radio. tree →
• Mum told Gran not to interfere. tree →
• Screen time before bed interferes with sleep. tree →

note

«Interfere with» (stop something working), «interfere in» (get involved). Adjective: interfering (nosy). Noun: interference. Spelling: inter-fere, one r at the end.

In the corpora

• Most crews also follow a rule: do not interfere.
• Badger «lives right in the heart of it» and «Nobody interferes with him.
• You're a very interfering people.»

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «interfere» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.