Words / C1

in-TROOD/ɪnˈtruːd/

To intrude is to enter a place or situation where you are not wanted (intrude on / upon): intrude on a meeting, lifestyle copy that intrudes. Interrupt (already in the dictionary) is of speech; lifestyle copy is comms, not a filled n.

Meaning

To enter a place or situation where you are not wanted (intrude on / upon).

Examples

• “Do not let lifestyle copy intrude on an empty n.”
• “Interrupt is already in this course (speech). Invade is stronger. Copy is branding. A cell is a number. Fill the cell; then run the lifestyle page.”

Good to know

Enter where you are not wanted. Speech cousin: interrupt (already in the dictionary). Lifestyle copy ≠ a filled n.

Near in meaning

encroach

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