intervene

* on it. ⇒ Finance > The blueprints of architects and the scores of musicians have no interest in representing reality: rather, they tell humans how to intervene on it.

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intervene | BrE ˌɪntəˈviːn, AmE ˌɪn(t)ərˈvin | intransitive verb 1 [vermittelnd] eingreifen (in in + Akk.) (come between persons) vermitteln (between zwischen + Dat.) ▸ if nothing intervenes wenn nichts dazwischenkommt ▸ if fate had not intervened wenn das Schicksal nicht eingegriffen hätte 2 (occur) the years that intervened, the intervening years die dazwischenliegenden Jahre 3 (Law) intervene in eintreten in (+ Akk.) ‹Vertrag usw.› beitreten (+ Dat.) ‹Verfahren›