intervention
part of speech
noun (an intervention, interventions; intervention, uncountable)
meaning for a pupil
1) An intervention is when someone steps in to change what is happening, especially to stop a problem or help. tree →
2) (school) An intervention is extra help given to pupils who need it, such as a reading group. tree →
3) (medicine) A medical intervention is a treatment or operation. tree →
4) (politics) Intervention is when a country gets involved in another country's affairs, sometimes with soldiers. tree →
sense in the lessons
In school life, teachers' intervention stops fights; "intervention groups" give extra support. In news, governments make interventions in wars or the economy. In lessons about bullying, bystander intervention means helping someone instead of watching. Phrases: «thanks to the intervention of», «early intervention», «military intervention», «intervention group».
examples
- Thanks to the teacher's quick intervention, nobody got hurt. tree →
- I go to a reading intervention group on Tuesdays. tree →
- Early intervention can stop small problems getting big. tree →
- The doctors said no intervention was needed. tree →
- The goal was saved by the goalkeeper's last-second intervention. tree →
- Many people argued about the military intervention. tree →
note
Countable for single actions («two interventions»), uncountable for the idea. Verb: intervene (intervened, intervening). Spelling: inter- + vention. Stress: in-ter-VEN-shun.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «intervention» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.