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The definition of intrude is to butt in where you aren't invited or to become involved in something where you don't belong.

(verb)

When you start sharing your opinion in a conversation that you overheard and were not invited to, this is an example of a time when you intrude on the conversation.

See intrude in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb intruded, intruding

to push or force (something in or upon)
to force (oneself or one's thoughts) upon others without being asked or welcomed
Geol. to force (liquid magma, etc.) into or between solid rocks

Origin: L intrudere < in-, in + trudere, to thrust, push: see threat

intransitive verb

to intrude oneself

Related Forms:

intruder noun

See intrude in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb in·trud·ed, in·trud·ing, in·trudes

verb, transitive

To put or force in inappropriately, especially without invitation, fitness, or permission: intruded opinion into a factual report.
Geology To thrust (molten rock) into preexisting rock.

verb, intransitive

To come in rudely or inappropriately; enter as an improper or unwanted element: “Unpleasant realities have intruded on [his] presidential dreams” (Alexander Stille).

Origin:

Origin: Middle English intruden

Origin: , from Latin intrūdere, intrūs-, to thrust in

Origin: : in-, in; see in-²

Origin: + trūdere, to thrust; see treud- in Indo-European roots

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