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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
interfere
verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
interfere/meddle in politics
▪ He warned the army against interfering in politics.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
seriously
▪ Not only is it hepatotoxic but trace concentrations have been shown to interfere seriously with the breeding performance of male mice.
▪ However, the exercise of rights in languages could seriously interfere with the licensing and distribution of computer programs and databases.
■ NOUN
ability
▪ Unfortunately, your feelings about writing interfere with your ability to write.
▪ They are clearly contraindicated in a patient who is volume-depleted and can also perpetuate hyponatremia by interfering with diluting ability.
▪ And 12 percent said it interfered with their ability to drive.
activity
▪ But strange occurrences prompt them each to wonder whether Xorandor's progeny may not again be interfering with human activities.
▪ It is this increased amount of aluminium that may damage the heart by interfering with its electrical activities.
affair
▪ However, the last National Assembly was dissolved in 1975 on the grounds that it interfered with the administrative affairs of government.
▪ The law denied to the state the right to propagate atheism or otherwise to interfere in religious affairs.
attempt
▪ An attempt to interfere with a Member's freedom of action.
▪ Scientists confirmed that the addition of chlorine was unlikely to protect against any serious attempt to interfere with the water supply.
business
▪ Any moves in this regard will be made only when the time is right, and without interfering with the business.
▪ Still, he does not let this interfere with the business at hand.
court
▪ In all these cases the court will interfere.
▪ If the chosen third party is an expert, the court can not interfere with the contractual time limit.
▪ The courts will interfere only if the two of you can't agree.
▪ This court should not lightly interfere.
▪ The Court would not interfere with the Commissioners' decision, and the appeals would be dismissed.
▪ Further, the court would interfere if the tribunal exceeded its jurisdiction.
decision
▪ Courts will only interfere with a spending decision of a public authority in the most unusual circumstances.
▪ Too often, politics interferes with these decisions.
▪ They were subject to transfer, but the executive branch was unable to interfere with specific decisions.
development
▪ In addition, various factors may interfere with development or future health.
▪ You said you interfered with the development of the Spinward Corporation.
drug
▪ Many drugs interfere with the reuptake of a neurotransmitter from synapses.
▪ Many drugs interfere with this recycling of transmitters back into the cells that release them.
▪ For 24 hours all abstained from drugs that could interfere with oesophagogastric function.
exercise
▪ Heaven forbid a mugger interfere with your exercise program.
government
▪ In this kind of case, when Government interferes, it always makes things worse, not better.
▪ Yet others say free enterprise should rule and government should not interfere in the marketplace.
▪ No centralized institutions or government decrees would interfere with the western artist's supremacy.
▪ I have never known a time when central Government have interfered so much in the day-to-day running of the town halls.
▪ From this perspective the problem is that governments have interfered increasingly with the workings of the market economy and reduced its efficiency.
▪ Like his fellow Republicans he believed that government should interfere as little as possible in the economy.
law
▪ Another area of the offside law under examination concerns interfering with play.
▪ But opponents claim the law interferes with state and municipal authority and forces governments to be unnecessarily tolerant.
▪ This can be felt particularly strongly by corporate officials if the law attempts to interfere with free enterprise.
life
▪ He was constantly interfering in her life, lecturing her, ordering her about.
▪ No earthly ruler dared interfere with the civil life of his church and kingdom.
▪ But when this was over, Eleanor would deeply regret that she had tried to interfere with his personal life.
▪ The early morning slot is terrible because it interferes with life.
▪ Before he'd interfered in her life she had been part of a team, doing a job that she enjoyed well.
▪ The wider family, and society at large, do not have the right to interfere in family life.
▪ But the calm of the transcendent will nevertheless influence but not interfere with our lives.
▪ Was this what she had felt as soon as she had seen him - a man who would interfere with her life?
operation
▪ Doors that swing inwards present the problem of curtain fabric interfering with the operation of the doors.
▪ If any man collapsed, his condition would not be allowed to interfere with the operation.
plan
▪ Weather was no deterrent for him and was never allowed to interfere with his plans ....
▪ To this extent, at least, the picket line interfered with the enemy plans.
play
▪ Another area of the offside law under examination concerns interfering with play.
problem
▪ Doors that swing inwards present the problem of curtain fabric interfering with the operation of the doors.
▪ Both problems interfere with your communication equally and predictably.
▪ If a good relationship exists, the student should feel able to discuss anxieties and problems which may interfere with learning.
process
▪ Again, it has been demonstrated that even quite low levels of lead interfere with body processes.
▪ He too is critical of methods of study which interfere with on-going learning processes.
▪ Both would interfere with the natural process of evolution and natural selection which ensured social progress.
▪ Their independence reduced the executive's capacity for interfering in the legal process.
▪ The idea that mankind is too profane to interfere in natural processes has already gained enough acceptance to affect global policy making.
▪ He has no grounds for interfering in due process.
▪ Portal hypertension with stasis and pooling of blood in the reticuloendothelial meshwork may interfere with this process.
▪ Should man interfere with natural processes, and could it cause suffering?
work
▪ She doesn't want to be pictured because it might interfere with her observation work.
▪ Whatever it is, it interferes with your work.
▪ Making a mental note not to let outside interests interfere with her work, she began to inject the puppies.
▪ Julie welcomed their support, but it only aggravated the situation at home and interfered with her work performance.
■ VERB
allow
▪ Nothing must be allowed to interfere.
▪ No more should be allowed as this may interfere with enjoyment of other abseilers on the same cliff. 7.
▪ If any man collapsed, his condition would not be allowed to interfere with the operation.
▪ Distortion can creep in if distractions are allowed to interfere and concentration can easily be lost.
▪ Weather was no deterrent for him and was never allowed to interfere with his plans ....
▪ Evidently, the concern for collective security was not to be allowed to interfere with normal international relations.
let
▪ The last person I'd let interfere with them would be Daniel.
▪ This time, come what may, I was not about to let them interfere.
▪ Nor did Benson let indifferent health interfere with many other projects and interests.
▪ No, what I mean is that you must not let anything interfere with your education.
▪ Making a mental note not to let outside interests interfere with her work, she began to inject the puppies.
▪ Still, he does not let this interfere with the business at hand.
try
▪ But when this was over, Eleanor would deeply regret that she had tried to interfere with his personal life.
▪ Politicians may try to interfere, but when they do, they have to argue against the facts.
▪ Eleanor who had tried to interfere in something that should have been none of her business.
▪ When other blacks tried to interfere, Hurst began clubbing them.
▪ She tried not to interfere in her children's lives.
want
▪ He wants to interfere in everything, rebuild the world.
▪ Things were going so well that she didn't want anyone else interfering with what she had worked so hard for.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
I don't wish to interfere/be nosy etc
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ I'm sorry. I didn't mean to interfere, but I didn't want Glenda to be upset.
▪ Schools should be managed by teachers, not interfering bureaucrats.
▪ She has no right to interfere in her son's marriage.
▪ The protestors were peaceful, and the police decided not to interfere.
▪ The US was accused of interfering in China's internal affairs.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Interfere

Interfere \In`ter*fere"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Interfered; p. pr. & vb. n. Interfering.] [OF. entreferir to strike each other; entre between (L. inter) + OF. ferir to strike, F. f['e]rir, fr. L. ferire. See Ferula.]

  1. To come in collision; to be in opposition; to clash; -- usually used with with; as, interfering claims, or commands; workers in a crowded shop may interfere with each other's activity.

  2. To enter into, or take a part in, the concerns of others; to intermeddle; to interpose; -- used with in or with; as, to interfere with the way I raise my children.

    To interfere with party disputes.
    --Swift.

    There was no room for anyone to interfere with his own opinions.
    --Bp. Warburton.

  3. To strike one foot against the opposite foot or ankle in using the legs; -- sometimes said of a human being, but usually of a horse; as, the horse interferes.

  4. (Physics) To act reciprocally, so as to augment, diminish, or otherwise affect one another; -- said of waves, rays of light, heat, etc. See Interference, 2.

  5. (Patent Law) To cover the same ground; to claim the same invention; as, to interfere with another patent.

    Syn: To interpose; intermeddle. See Interpose.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
interfere

mid-15c., "to strike against," from Middle French enterferer "to strike each other," from entre- "between" (see entre-) + ferir "to strike," from Latin ferire "to knock, strike," related to Latin forare "to bore, pierce" (see bore (v.), and compare punch (v.), which has both the senses "to hit" and "to make a hole in"). Figurative sense of "to meddle with, oppose unrightfully" is from 1630s. Related: Interfered; interfering.

Wiktionary
interfere

vb. 1 (context intransitive English) To get involved or involve oneself, causing disturbance. 2 (context intransitive physics English) (of waves) To be correlated with each other when overlap or superpose. 3 (context mostly of horses English) To strike one foot against the opposite foot or ankle in using the legs.

WordNet
interfere

  1. v. come between so as to be hindrance or obstacle; "Your talking interferes with my work!"

  2. get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force; "Why did the U.S. not intervene earlier in WW II?" [syn: intervene, step in, interpose]

Usage examples of "interfere".

Arsenic and phosphoric acids interfere unless an excess of free hydrochloric or other acid is present.

The Bishop was grateful for the acta, but their lack of rigor interfered with the clarity of the process, and therefore the exorcist was to proceed according to his own judgment.

As with any number of antidrug campaigns before and after, truth was not allowed to interfere.

Before Adam could either protest or interfere, Bugs was out the door, the cap on his head, the moustache in place and the wrench in his hand.

The walls and ceiling were single-sheet mirrors, and there were no shelves nor cabinetry to interfere with the illusion of volume.

Leda would do it alone, and Calliste would not interfere with their last moments together as sisters and twins.

The hand of the government interfered, and Cartesianism appeared to be extinguished.

The Moral Taboo must interfere with some normal, natural caste-behavior -- must perversely prevent some castes from getting something that they neurologically are wired to want.

It is possible for the circulation of the cerebrospinal fluid to be interfered with.

But in detaching your force the President directs that it be done in such a way as to enable you to hold your ground and not interfere with the movement against Chattanooga and East Tennessee.

Southwark had never formed part of the City of London, the charter of Edward VI notwithstanding, and that the holding of wardmotes in the borough would materially interfere with the duties of an ancient officer known as a seneschal or steward of Southwark, the petition could not be complied with, except by application to the legislature, and that such a course would neither be expedient or advisable.

We do not use those narcotics and compounds of antipyrine and other similar agents which are very depressing in their effects, and, like morphine and other preparations of opium, give only temporary relief, and interfere with the action of the heart, but we use treatment that builds up the system, removes the cause of the difficulty and restores the nervous system and all the organs of the body to a normal and healthful condition.

Court sustained unanimously the right of the National Executive to go into the federal courts and secure an injunction against striking railway employees who were interfering with interstate commerce, although it was conceded that there was no statutory basis for such action.

He was too good a cowman to interfere with the management of cattle, and the pleasure of his company, when in good humor, was to be desired.

He raged that any Warrior would hunt Cross land without leave from the Crossbearer house, would interfere with his hunt, and would drag a protected woman into battle.