intervening
Coming between parties
Intervening describes what comes between two things in time or space.
The intervening years are those that passed between two events.
An intervening wall separates two rooms.
In law, an intervening cause is something that disrupts the chain between an action and its consequence.
To intervene is to come between, often to prevent or alter an outcome: The referee intervened before the fight escalated.
Intervene on behalf
- mediateFacilitate agreement between disputants
- arbitrateSettle as impartial judge
- negotiateDiscuss to reach agreement
- reconcileResolve a disagreement
facilitate · broker · conciliate · liaise · go-between · intermediary · peacemaker · moderator
Provisional in-between phase
- meantimeIntervening time interval
- interludePause between sections
- durationLength of existence
- pauseTemporary cessation of activity
delay · interregnum · respite · hiatus · gap · break · moratorium · lapse
In the middle of
- interposedInserted between other things
- midwayEquidistant from both ends
- intermediateBetween two levels
- separatingDividing into parts
interstitial · gap · buffer · interstice · liminal · threshold · partition · divider
Intruding in others' affairs
- meddlesomeProne to interfering
- intrusiveInvading others' privacy
- unwelcomeNot wanted here
- imposingImpressively grand in scale
nosy · prying · overbearing · encroaching · invasive · disruptive · uninvited · interloping
Barrier to progress
- impedimentThing that obstructs progress
- obstacleSomething blocking the way
- barrierObstruction preventing passage
- blockadeSealing off a place
interference · disruption · thwarting · prevention · hampering · inhibition · encumbrance · constraint
intercede
Intervene on behalf
- mediateFacilitate agreement between disputants
- arbitrateSettle as impartial judge
- negotiateDiscuss to reach agreement
reconcile · facilitate · broker · conciliate · liaise · go-between · intermediary · peacemaker · moderator · diplomat
interim
Provisional in-between phase
pause · delay · interregnum · respite · hiatus · gap · break · moratorium · lapse · wait
between
In the middle of
- interposedInserted between other things
- midwayEquidistant from both ends
- intermediateBetween two levels
separating · interstitial · gap · buffer · interstice · liminal · threshold · partition · divider · border
interfering
Intruding in others' affairs
- meddlesomeProne to interfering
- intrusiveInvading others' privacy
- unwelcomeNot wanted here
imposing · nosy · prying · overbearing · encroaching · invasive · disruptive · uninvited · interloping · busybody
hindrance
Barrier to progress
- impedimentThing that obstructs progress
- obstacleSomething blocking the way
- barrierObstruction preventing passage
blockade · interference · disruption · thwarting · prevention · hampering · inhibition · encumbrance · constraint · restriction
- kind actshelping, aiding, assisting, donating, sharing
- mediationarbitration, conciliation, peacemaking, facilitation, intercession
- heroismbravery, valor, hero, courage, heroism
- handlingdealing with, handling, managing, coping, addressing
- initiativetake action, taking initiative, go for it, initiating, take the lead
- standing upstanding up, standing ground, speaking out, speaking truth, fighting back
interveningstanding aside
Removing oneself from path
abstaining · refraining · observing · letting be · ignoring
event, prevent, adventure, invent, interval, intervene, convent, intervention, intervened