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Table 1 Definitions to the verb Intervene, and to the noun Intervention

From: Clinical interventions, implementation interventions, and the potential greyness in between -a discussion paper

Term

Exclusive definitions

Intervene

To occur, fall, or come between points of time or events [6, 7]

To interfere with the outcome or course, esp. of a condition or process [6]

To come in or between things so as to hinder or modify them [7]

Come in in the course of an action [59]

To become involved in a situation in order to improve or help it; to exist between two events or places [60]

Intervention

To happen between two times or between other events or activities [61]

When someone becomes involved in something [62]