noun · academic
intervention
UK/ˌɪntəˈvɛnʃ(ə)n/US/ˌɪntərˈvɛnʃən/in·ter·VEN·tion
Band 5-6speakingtask2
a deliberate action or treatment introduced in a study to produce an effect
Examples
“The educational intervention significantly improved children's reading scores.”
“Surgical intervention was necessary in severe cases.”
“The study evaluated the effects of a new dietary intervention on weight loss.”
Band 8 sentence
“The intervention combined counselling and medication, and the researchers measured outcomes six and twelve months later.”
Collocations
- medical intervention
- educational intervention
- before and after intervention
Word family
intervene verbinterventional adjective
Common mistakes
invention→intervention
a intervention→an intervention
Say it for a higher band
5treatment→6program→7+intervention
Synonyms
treatment
Easily confused
invention
“The scientist's invention reduced energy costs dramatically.”
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