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- Dictionaryinterfere/ˌɪntəˈfɪə/
verb
- 1. intervene in a situation without invitation or necessity: "you promised not to interfere" Similar
- 2. prevent (a process or activity) from continuing or being carried out properly: "a holiday job would interfere with his studies" Similar
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INTERFERE definition: 1. to involve yourself in a situation when your involvement is not wanted or is not helpful: 2. to…. Learn more.
The meaning of INTERFERE is to enter into or take a part in the concerns of others. How to use interfere in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Interfere.
If you interfere, you get involved in a situation when other people do not want you to.
to involve yourself in matters connected with other people without being asked or needed: Interfering in other people’s arguments is always a mistake. If something or someone interferes with a situation or a process, it spoils it or prevents its progress: Even a little noise interferes with my concentration.
verb. /ˌɪntəˈfɪə (r)/ /ˌɪntərˈfɪr/ [intransitive] Verb Forms. Phrasal Verbs. to get involved in and try to influence a situation that should not really involve you, in a way that annoys other people. I wish my parents would stop interfering and let me make my own decisions.
To interfere is to try to stop something from happening. If you get into a fight on the street, people passing by might try to interfere so no one gets hurt. Many countries resent it when other countries interfere (get involved) in their internal affairs, just as people often dislike it when others interfere in their personal affairs.
Interfere definition: to come into opposition, as one thing with another, especially with the effect of hampering action or procedure (often followed by with). See examples of INTERFERE used in a sentence.
Definitions of 'interfere' 1. If you say that someone interferes in a situation, you mean they get involved in it although it does not concern them and their involvement is not wanted. [disapproval] [...] 2. Something that interferes with a situation, activity, or process has a damaging effect on it. [...] More. Conjugations of 'interfere'
Interfere Definition. ĭntər-fîr. interfered, interferes, interfering. Meanings. Synonyms. Sentences. Definition Source. Origin. Verb. Idiom. Filter. verb. interfered, interferes, interfering. To come into collision or opposition; clash; conflict. Webster's New World. To knock one foot or leg against the other. Webster's New World.
to take part in the affairs of others; meddle (often fol. by with or in): to interfere in another's life. (of things) to strike against each other, or one against another, so as to hamper or hinder action; come into physical collision. to interpose or intervene for a particular purpose.
