Dictionary

intrude en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ɪnˈtɹuːd/
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Etymology

From Latin intrudere, from in- + trudere (“to thrust”).

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To thrust oneself in; to come or enter without invitation, permission, or welcome; to encroach; to trespass.
   • The noise of machinery intruded on an otherwise quiet morning.
   • An American "SR-71" high-speed and high-altitude reconnaissance plane intruded 33 miles within the military security line east of Kosong County of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea yesterday for espionage and hostile acts, according to KCNA. 1979 September 24 [1979 September 21], “American Plane Intrudes Into Airspace of DPRK”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 186, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Beijing XINHUA, →ISSN, →OCLC, PRC International Affairs; United States, page B 4:
   • to intrude on families at unseasonable hours; to intrude on the lands of another
   • Some thoughts rise and intrude upon us, while we shun them; others fly from us, when we would hold them. 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:
2. (transitive) To force in.

Forms

Deriveds

nonintruding · intruder · unintruding · intrudingly · intrudable · reintrude

Relateds

intrusion · invade

Synonyms

barge in

Translations (52)

id menyusup (to enter without welcome; to encroach) · cmn 侵入 (to enter without welcome; to encroach) · ja 押しつける (to enter without welcome; to encroach) · ja 侵す (to enter without welcome; to encroach) · pt invadir (to enter without welcome; to encroach) · es meterse (to enter without welcome; to encroach) · la interveniō (to enter without welcome; to encroach) · ru меша́ть (to enter without welcome; to encroach) · mi kōkuhu (to enter without welcome; to encroach) · nl storen (to enter without welcome; to encroach) · ja 侵入する (to enter without welcome; to encroach) · uk вде́ртися (to enter without welcome; to encroach) · km ជ្រៀតជ្រែក (to enter without welcome; to encroach) · hu befurakodik (to enter without welcome; to encroach) · es intrusear (to enter without welcome; to encroach) · vi xâm phạm (to enter without welcome; to encroach) · de stören (to enter without welcome; to encroach) · fi tunkeutua (to enter without welcome; to encroach) · nn trenge inn (to enter without welcome; to encroach) · uk вторга́тися (to enter without welcome; to encroach) · uk вдира́тися (to enter without welcome; to encroach) · fi tuppautua (to enter without welcome; to encroach) · bg нахълтвам (to enter without welcome; to encroach) · eo altrudiĝi (to enter without welcome; to encroach) · de eindringen (to enter without welcome; to encroach) · de sich eindrängen (to enter without welcome; to encroach) · bg натрапвам се (to enter without welcome; to encroach) · ka ჩარევა (to enter without welcome; to encroach) · mi maoho (to enter without welcome; to encroach) · uk вто́ргнутися (to enter without welcome; to encroach) · nb trenge inn (to enter without welcome; to encroach) · ru навя́зываться (to enter without welcome; to encroach) · te చొరబడు (to enter without welcome; to encroach) · io tedar (to enter without welcome; to encroach) · cmn 打擾 /打扰 (to enter without welcome; to encroach) · ar تَطَفَّلَ (to enter without welcome; to encroach) · got 𐌳𐍂𐍉𐌱𐌾𐌰𐌽 (to enter without welcome; to encroach) · sv inkräkta (to enter without welcome; to encroach) · uk нав'я́зуватися (to enter without welcome; to encroach) · cmn 闖入 /闯入 (to enter without welcome; to encroach) · lt įsibrauti (to enter without welcome; to encroach) · it irrompere (to enter without welcome; to encroach) · lo ບຸ (to enter without welcome; to encroach) · es intrusarse (to enter without welcome; to encroach) · uk нав'яза́тися (to enter without welcome; to encroach) · mnc ᠨᡠᠩᠨᡝᠮᠪᡳ (to enter without welcome; to encroach) · nn trengje inn (to enter without welcome; to encroach) · hu behatol (to enter without welcome; to encroach) · eo trudi (to enter without welcome; to encroach) · ar تَدَخَّلَ (to enter without welcome; to encroach) · nl binnendringen (to enter without welcome; to encroach) · ru вторга́ться (to enter without welcome; to encroach)