verb [V]
1 ~ (into / on / upon sb/sth) 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. * legislation to stop newspapers from intruding on people's private lives
2 ~ (on / into upon sth) to disturb sth or have an unpleasant effect on it:
The sound of the telephone intruded into his dreams.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for intrude is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does intrude appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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