[
  {
    "word": "intervene",
    "phonetics": [],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To become involved in a situation, so as to alter or prevent an action.",
            "synonyms": [
              "interfere",
              "step in"
            ],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The police had to be called to intervene in the fight."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To occur, fall, or come between, points of time, or events.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "An instant intervened between the flash and the report."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To occur or act as an obstacle or delay.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Nothing intervened to prevent the undertaking."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To say (something) in the middle of a conversation or discussion between other people, or to respond to a situation involving other people.",
            "synonyms": [
              "interrupt"
            ],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To come between, or to be between, persons or things.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The Mediterranean intervenes between Europe and Africa."
          },
          {
            "definition": "In a suit to which one has not been made a party, to put forward a defense of one's interest in the subject matter.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "an application for leave (i.e. permission) to intervene"
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "interfere",
          "step in",
          "interrupt"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/intervene"
    ]
  }
]