Interfere

Quick meaning: Interfere is a verb meaning (intransitive) To get involved or involve oneself, causing disturbance.

Meaning

(intransitive) To get involved or involve oneself, causing disturbance.

More Meanings

1. (intransitive, physics) Of waves, to be correlated with each other when overlapped or superposed.
2. Of a horse, to strike one foot against the opposite foot or ankle by using the legs.
3. (intransitive, with with) To sexually molest, especially of a child.

Example Sentences

The investigation found the girls had been interfered with.

I always try not to interfere with other people’s personal affairs.

Where the radio-wave signals of the two radio stations interfere the listener hears nothing but noise.

Correlated waves interfere to produce interesting patterns, while uncorrelated waves overlap without interfering.

Word Forms

• interferes
• interfering
• interfered

Synonyms for interfere

Depending on context, synonyms include interpose, intervene, step in.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include intervene, interpose, step in, interference, meddle, interrupt.

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