Interfere Meaning
/ˌɪn.tɚˈfɪɚ/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbTo get involved or involve oneself, causing disturbance.
verbOf waves, to be correlated with each other when overlapped or superposed.
Sentence Examples
Bob told Jane not to interfere in his personal affairs.
Do not interfere with Tom while he is reading.
Don't interfere in what doesn't concern you.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Please do not ____ with my work because I need to finish it alone.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Please do not ____ with the equipment in the lab, as it is very delicate and easily damaged.
Word Origin & History
From Old French entreferir, from entre- + ferir (“to hit, to strike”), itself from the Latin verb ferio.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"I’ve known ere now an interfering branch / Of alder catch my lifted axe behind me. / But that was in the woods, to hold my hand / From striking at another alder’s roots, / And that was, as I say, an alder branch."
— 1923 October, Robert Frost, “[Notes.] The Axe-helve.”, in New Hampshire […], New York, N.Y.: Henry Holt and Company, →OCLC, page 37:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Please do not ____ with my work because I need to finish it alone.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Please do not ____ with the equipment in the lab, as it is very delicate and easily damaged.