intervening

Definitions

Occurring between two events, times, or points in time.

Coming between two things so as to modify, hinder, or settle an action or dispute.

Examples

The intervening years had transformed the small village into a bustling city.

He managed to resolve the dispute without any intervening help from the authorities.

Synonyms

intermediate interposed between mediating interstitial middle intercurrent

Antonyms

continuous uninterrupted adjacent adjoining consecutive successive touching