Interfere

/ˌɪntəˈfɪə/ verb

To get involved or involve oneself, causing disturbance.

Definition

  1. (verb) To get involved or involve oneself, causing disturbance. “I always try not to interfere with other people’s personal affairs.”
  2. (verb) (of waves) To be correlated with each other when overlapped or superposed. “Correlated waves interfere to produce interesting patterns, while uncorrelated waves overlap without interfering.”
  3. (verb) (mostly of horses) To strike one foot against the opposite foot or ankle in using the legs.
  4. (verb) (followed by "with") To sexually molest, especially of a child. “The investigation found the boys had been interfered with.”

Word stats

  • Interfere contains 9 letters: 4 vowel(s) and 5 consonant(s).
  • It uses 6 unique letters.
  • Estimated syllable count: 3.
  • Scrabble-style letter score: 12.

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What does Interfere mean?

To get involved or involve oneself, causing disturbance.

How many letters are in Interfere?

Interfere has 9 letters.

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