interfere
verb (used without object)
to come into opposition, as one thing with another, especially with the effect of hampering action or procedure (often followed bywith ).
has interfered
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present perfectof interfere (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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It can only be used for positional offside and not for subjective calls, those which require interpretation around whether a player has interfered with an opponent without touching the ball.
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026
“The Navajos do not contend that the United States has interfered with their access to water,” he wrote.
From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 2023
Bennett also said management has interfered with workers’ rights to spread union literature in the break area at her location by “tearing up our flyers and throwing them away.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2022
That has interfered with clean-up work, forcing Tepco to pump out the water for storage in huge tanks at an annual cost of about 100 billion yen.
From Reuters ● Jan. 25, 2022
The imagination has interfered with the reason and furnished objects of pursuit to men, which have wasted and dissipated their energies.
From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by William Graham Sumner
