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tussenkomen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • interject verb To break into a conversation suddenly with a remark.
  • interpose verb To insert something (or oneself) between other things.
  • intervene verb To become involved in a situation in order to change or stop what is happening.
  • meddle verb To interfere in matters that are not one's concern.

Senses

tussenkomen is used for these senses in English:

  • interject (intransitive) To interpose oneself; to intervene.
  • interpose (transitive) To interrupt a conversation by introducing a different subject or making a comment.
  • intervene (ambitransitive) To come between, or to be between, persons or things.

interpose — full definition

  1. verb To insert something (or oneself) between other things.
  2. verb To interrupt a conversation by introducing a different subject or making a comment.
  3. verb To offer (one's help or services).
  4. verb To be inserted between parts or things; to come between.

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