🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

끼어들다

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kkieodeulda

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Interpose/ˌɪn.təˈpəʊz/
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"그는 두 사람의 대화 사이에 끼어들었다."

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2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To place or insert something between one thing and another.

    "She sought to interpose her own judgment between the two conflicting factions."
  2. 2

    To intervene in a situation, often by interrupting or making a remark.

    "The chairman had to interpose to calm the heated argument."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the late 16th-century French word 'interposer', stemming from the Latin 'interponere', composed of 'inter-' (between) and 'ponere' (to place). Originally used in legal and diplomatic contexts to describe placing something between parties or inserting a comment into a dialogue.

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