interfere

interfere

/ˌɪntəˈfɪə(r)/

​to get involved in and try to influence a situation that should not really involve you, in a way that annoys other people

I wish my mother would stop interfering and let me make my own decisions.

interfere in something The police are very unwilling to interfere in family problems.

Collocations

adverb

seriouslydirectlyconstantly…

verb + interfere

be allowed tohave a right toattempt to…

preposition

inwith

Word Origin

late Middle English: from Old French s'entreferir ‘strike each other’, from entre- ‘between’ + ferir (from Latin ferire ‘to strike’).