Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

interventive

/ɪntɚˈvɛntəv/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: in-ter-ven-tive
IPA: /ɪntɚˈvɛntəv/

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Serving to intervene or interpose; intervening.

Example Sentences

"The Laws, or Interventive Regulations, obviate or decide disputes, between players, respecting punctilios in placing the board and pieces, and limit the penalties for irregularities."
"In a hospital setting, midwives are following protocols that are part of a more interventive model of care."
"His opposition to same-sex marriage rests upon two familiar conservative notions: the view that interventive “protection” rather than encouragement is the best way to bolster the presumably threatened institution of marriage […]."

Etymology

From intervene + -ive cognate with French interventive.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: intervene

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ɪntɚˈvɛntəv/

Inflected Forms

more interventive (comparative) most interventive (superlative)

Derived Forms

interventively interventiveness

Frequently Paired Words

intervene intervention interventional interventionary

Questions

How do you pronounce interventive?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɪntɚˈvɛntəv/.
What does interventive mean?: Serving to intervene or interpose; intervening.
Where does interventive come from?: From intervene + -ive cognate with French interventive.

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