intrude
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin intrudere, from in- + trudere (“to thrust”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ɪnˈtɹuːd/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -uːd
Verb
[edit]intrude (third-person singular simple present intrudes, present participle intruding, simple past and past participle intruded)
- (intransitive) To thrust oneself in; to come or enter without invitation, permission, or welcome; to encroach; to trespass.
- to intrude on families at unseasonable hours; to intrude on the lands of another
- 1725, Isaac Watts, Logick: Or, The Right Use of Reason in the Enquiry after Truth, […], 2nd edition, London: […] John Clark and Richard Hett, […], Emanuel Matthews, […], and Richard Ford, […], published 1726, →OCLC:
- Some thoughts rise and intrude upon us, while we shun them; others fly from us, when we would hold them.
- (transitive) To force in.
Derived terms
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[edit]Translations
[edit]to enter without welcome; to encroach
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