intervention

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intervention is on the Academic Word List.

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Singular
intervention

Plural
interventions

Intervention is on the Academic Vocabulary List.
  1. (countable & uncountable) An intervention is an activity designed to change or stop a situation.
    To prevent government intervention, the companies agreed to stop advertising cigarettes.
    The teachers planned a reading intervention for the students who were having trouble.

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