Skip to main content
intervening

intervening

4.8
Happening between two events or times
  • adjective
  • /ˌɪntərˈviːnɪŋ/
translation icon : interviniendo
  • He learned a lot during the intervening period between the two exams.

That means some network administrator in the intervening path is blocking our packets.

Autoplay Next

Examples

  • In the intervening months and years, the team added Vice City and is now working on adding Liberty City Stories or LCS.

  • To such a degree that in the intervening month since we shot that it's been slightly less thrilling to me to step into my shop.

  • That means some network administrator in the intervening path is blocking our packets.

  • So weak gravitational lensing, by intervening dark matter structures, distorts their shapes and positions vary slightly.

  • In the intervening years, she gained valuable experience that helped her in her career.

  • The intervening days were filled with anticipation as everyone awaited the big announcement.

Synonyms

intercurrent
vsintervening
  • Specialized
9.6

Happening during another illness or event and stopping it for a time

occurs between other events rather than during them

How Long

long-lasting
27 3.7
prolonged
69 3.9
intervening
4.8
brief
587 2.0
momentary
44 4.8

Surface Forms

intervening positive

Morphology

intervening = intervene (transparent) = intervene + ing

Formed from the verb 'intervene' plus the productive adjectival/participial suffix '-ing'; meaning 'occurring between' follows directly.

Etymology

Intervening comes from inter- meaning 'between' and a root that means 'to come', the same idea you see in convene. So an 'intervening' time or event is one that 'comes between' other events.