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Definition of intervening adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

intervening

adjective
 
/ˌɪntəˈviːnɪŋ/
 
/ˌɪntərˈviːnɪŋ/
[only before noun]
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  1. coming or existing between two events, dates, objects, etc.
    • Little had changed in the intervening years.
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryIntervening is used with these nouns:
    • decade
    • month
    • period
    • …
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