intervening
adjective
[ ɪntəˈviːnɪŋ ]
• extending or occurring between events.
• "in the intervening years there were several unsuccessful attempts to renovate and reopen the building"
intervene
verb
• take part in something so as to prevent or alter a result or course of events.
• "he acted outside his authority when he intervened in the dispute"
Similar:
intercede,
involve oneself,
get involved,
interpose oneself,
insinuate oneself,
step in,
cut in,
mediate,
arbitrate,
conciliate,
negotiate,
act as peacemaker,
act as an intermediary,
interfere,
intrude,
• extend or occur between events.
• "seizures typically recur at regular intervals, with weeks or months intervening between seizures"
Origin:
late 16th century (in the sense ‘come in as an extraneous factor or thing’): from Latin intervenire, from inter- ‘between’ + venire ‘come’.
