intrusion

CEFRB2

/ɪnˈtɹuːʒən/

noun

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In plain English

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noun
An unwanted entry into a place or private situation.
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noun
Extra detail
A structure that lies within a historic district but is nonhistoric and irrelevant to the district.

Examples

Pardon the intrusion. My apologies for being late for our meeting.
"Please forgive my intrusion, but this is something that you're going to want to hear."

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses: 5
Parts of speech: 1
Citations: 5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

Magma forced into other rock formations; the rock formed when such magma solidifies.
The forcible inclusion or entry of an external group or individual; the act of intruding.
The insertion of a phoneme into the pronunciation of a word despite its absence from the spelling. (e.g. intrusive r)

More examples

In context

She viewed sales calls as an unwelcome intrusion.
Sorry for the intrusion.
The threat of terrorism to the British lies in the overreaction to it of British governments. Each one in turn clicks up the ratchet of surveillance, intrusion and security. Each one diminishes liberty.

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The security system detected an unauthorized blank into the company's main computer network.

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Citations

The word in print, with each source given in full.

The threat of terrorism to the British lies in the overreaction to it of British governments. Each one in turn clicks up the ratchet of surveillance, intrusion and security. Each one diminishes liberty.
2012 December 14, Simon Jenkins, “We mustn't overreact to North Korea boys' toys”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 2, page 23
Sudden anger rose in him. “What I’m looking for,” he barked, “is to be left in peace.” His voice trembled with a rage far bigger than her intrusion merited, the rage which shocked him whenever it coursed through his nervous system, like a flood.
2001, Salman Rushdie, Fury: A Novel, London: Jonathan Cape, →ISBN, page 5
This setting is slightly altered by modern intrusion.
1969, The National Register of Historic Places, 1969, Washington, D.C.: National Park Service, page 275
Although there are modern intrusions (a road and communications facilities on the summit), the mountain is important to the Kumeyaay community's belief system.
1997, Donna J. Seifert; Barbara J. Little; Beth L. Savage; John H., Jr. Sprinkle, “Defining boundaries for National Register properties”, in National Register Bulletin, Washington, D.C.: National Park Service, page 27
In 1844, objection was raised to the Furness Railway's Dalton & Barrow line, when it was revealed that the line would pass directly through Furness Abbey. A re-route was achieved, with the line skirting the abbey ruins instead - although many continued to see the intrusion as a travesty against antiquity and the scenic beauty of the site.
2022 January 12, Dr. Joseph Brennan, “Castles: ruined and redeemed by rail”, in RAIL, number 948, page 56

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Origin

noun

From Middle English intrusioun, from Old French intrusion, from Medieval Latin intrūsiō, from intrūdō, from Latin in- + trūdō.

Deep Dive

noun

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The security system detected an unauthorized blank— into the company's main computer network.

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noun

The security system detected an unauthorized blank into the company's main computer network.