to interfere
487
3.5
- verb
- /ˌɪntərˈfɪr/
:
interferir (con/en)
- She decided not to interfere in their argument, believing it was best to let them resolve it themselves.
- interfere with ability
- interfere with functioning
- interfere with interests
It's when it starts to interfere with the pursuit of your goals.
- It's when it starts to interfere with the pursuit of your goals.
- Poverty does really interfere with you going on a vacation.
- All of that interferes with our experience of peace.
- Difficulties linking letters to sounds interfere with learning to read.
- And I went, He interferes with the neural signals.
- So you can see that each of those can interfere with lifespan or health span, right?
- Like, it doesn't interfere with the quest of seeking truth.
- If if we want to be exact to interfere with with things, right?
- How is that not how is that not meant to interfere and destroy?
- What stops them interfering on their patch?
- to interfere and to, you know, to interfere in the daily lives,
Examples
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For five years, they had an affair that did not interfere with their public lives.
Fiction book (1990) -
The government must not interfere with business!
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Now, what would interfere with being a good judge?
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We do not want to, at this point interfere with the New York case.
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No one will interfere with your mission.
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It's when it starts to interfere with the pursuit of your goals.
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Difficulties linking letters to sounds interfere with learning to read.
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And so the state cannot justifiably interfere with you for your own good.
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Stressful life events after hospital discharge can interfere with an elder cardiac patient's ability to recover.
Academic text (1990) -
BPA is the poster child for a class of chemicals that interfere with our hormones.
Synonyms
∞
4.2
To handle something in a way that causes damage or problems
269
4.4
To interrupt normal activity and cause disorder
225
9.9
To mess with someone's things or plans on purpose to cause trouble
206
3.3
To stop or slow something from happening
197
5.0
To become involved in a situation to change or stop what is happening
119
5.1
To block a path or view
113
4.9
To interfere with something without permission in a harmful or dishonest way
105
4.4
To go into a place or conversation where you are not welcome
97
2.1
Move something and make it untidy or broken
80
5.7
To get involved in other people's business and annoy them
30
3.4
To interrupt a conversation or activity without being invited
27
7.3
To gradually move into someone else's area, space, or rights without permission
22
4.6
To go into someone's space or life without permission
21
4.4
Interrupt someone who is speaking without being invited
6
7.5
To interrupt by adding a remark or placing something between people
5
8.2
To join a conversation or activity without being invited
1
7.3
To try to take part in other people's business without being asked
1
7.9
To get involved in other people's business without being asked
1
8.0
To get involved in other people's business when not wanted
Get involved in other people's affairs when not wanted
Get involved in other people's business without being asked
To get involved in other people's business when they do not ask for help
To cause problems and confusion in a plan or system
To become involved in a messy situation and make it worse
Antonyms
How Interfering
197
5.0
119
5.1
80
5.7
487
3.5
240
3.2
290
3.5
∞
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
interfere = inter + fere
The prefix 'inter-' is recognizable, but the root 'fere' is not a standalone English word and the modern sense 'to meddle/hinder' cannot be reliably derived by an average B1 learner from the components.
Etymology
Interfere comes from the parts inter- meaning 'between' and ferre meaning 'to carry', the same root you see in transfer. So to interfere is to put yourself or something 'between' people or actions and in doing so stop or disturb what would normally happen.