intervening

1. 1.

   occurring or falling between events or points in time

   “so much had happened during the intervening years”

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Questions about intervening

What does intervening mean?

intervening means "occurring or falling between events or points in time".

How many syllables are in intervening?

intervening has 4 syllables: in-ter-ve-ning. The stress falls on "ve". In IPA it is /ˌɪntɚˈvinɪŋ/.

Is intervening a common word?

intervening is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with intervening?

1 word rhymes with intervening. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.