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interfere meaning

EN[-ɪə(r)]
US
FR interfère

    Definition of interfere in English Dictionary

  • VerbSGinterferesPRinterferingPT, PPinterferedPREinter-SUF-fère
    1. (intransitive) To get involved or involve oneself, causing disturbance.
      1. I always try not to interfere with other people’s personal affairs.
    2. (intransitive, physics) (of waves) To be correlated with each other when overlapped or superposed.
      1. Correlated waves interfere to produce interesting patterns, while uncorrelated waves overlap without interfering.
      2. Where the radio-wave signals of the two radio stations interfere the listener hears nothing but noise.
    3. (mostly of horses) To strike one foot against the opposite foot or ankle in using the legs.
    4. More Examples
      1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
        • We show here that Mkk2 mediates the phosphorylation of the Mkc1 MAPK in response to cell wall assembly interfering agents such as zymolyase or tunicamycin and also to oxidative stress.
        • I always try not to interfere with other people’s personal affairs.
        • Ammosexuals are very protective of their fetish, and attack even the slightest gun safety measure on the grounds that they interfere with their pleasure.
      2. Used in the Ending of Sentence
        • Correlated waves interfere to produce interesting patterns, while uncorrelated waves overlap without interfering.
    • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
      1. Verbs
        • Intransitive verbs
      Related Links:
      1. en interference
      2. en interfered
      3. en interferer
      4. en interferes
      5. en interferent
      Source: Wiktionary

      Meaning of interfere for the defined word.

      Grammatically, this word "interfere" is a verb, more specifically, an intransitive verb.
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