to reintervene

7.9

To act again in a situation to try to help or fix a problem

verb
/ˌriːˌɪnˈtɜːrˌviːn/

: reintervenir

The conflict escalated again, prompting the United Nations to reintervene in hopes of restoring peace.

Examples

To this point, it has been illustrated that, even though the Greek military had apparently behaviorally submitted to democracy by the early 1980s, some military officers reserved the prerogative to reintervene in politics "if necessary."

Academic text (1997)
In fact, evidence offered by the Greek case indicates that, in such countries, military officers might be willing to reintervene in politics even though the military has been successfully extricated from power and has behaviorally submitted to civilian control.

Academic text (1997)
After the initial negotiations failed, the organization decided to reintervene to ensure a resolution could be reached.
Following the unsatisfactory outcomes of previous efforts, they planned to reintervene on the matter next month.

Antonyms

to ignore

∞ 1.0

Choose not to pay attention to someone or something

How Often

to reintervene

7.9

to intervene

228 5.0

Surface Forms

reintervene infinitive

reintervened past

reintervened past participle

reintervening present participle

reintervenes third person singular

Morphology

reintervene = intervene (transparent) = re + intervene

The meaning is a straightforward repetition of the action denoted by 'intervene', namely to intervene again.

Etymology

The word reintervene starts with re- meaning 'again' and uses intervene, which comes from parts meaning 'between' and 'to come'. So, reintervene means 'to step in again', for example when someone must act a second time to fix a problem.