intrude
verb /ɪnˈtruːd/
/ɪnˈtruːd/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they intrude | /ɪnˈtruːd/ /ɪnˈtruːd/ |
| he / she / it intrudes | /ɪnˈtruːdz/ /ɪnˈtruːdz/ |
| past simple intruded | /ɪnˈtruːdɪd/ /ɪnˈtruːdɪd/ |
| past participle intruded | /ɪnˈtruːdɪd/ /ɪnˈtruːdɪd/ |
| -ing form intruding | /ɪnˈtruːdɪŋ/ /ɪnˈtruːdɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] to go or be somewhere where you are not wanted or are not supposed to be
- I'm sorry to intrude, but I need to talk to someone.
- intrude into/on/upon somebody/something legislation to stop newspapers from intruding on people’s private lives
- We should not intrude upon their private grief.
- [intransitive] intrude (on/into/upon something) to enter into something in a way that is not wanted or to have an unpleasant effect on it
- The sound of the telephone intruded into his dreams.
Extra Examples- His father's image had begun to intrude on his consciousness at odd moments.
- Personal, subjective elements should not be allowed to intrude.
Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘usurp an office or right’; originally as entrude): from Latin intrudere, from in- ‘into’ + trudere ‘to thrust’.