INTRUSION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does intrusion mean? 

• INTRUSION (noun)
  The noun INTRUSION has 5 senses:

1. any entry into an area not previously occupied

2. entrance by force or without permission or welcome

3. the forcing of molten rock into fissures or between strata of an earlier rock formation

4. rock produced by an intrusive process

5. entry to another's property without right or permission

  Familiarity information: INTRUSION used as a noun is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INTRUSION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any entry into an area not previously occupied

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

encroachment; intrusion; invasion

Context example:

an invasion of locusts

Hypernyms ("intrusion" is a kind of...):

entering; entrance (a movement into or inward)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Entrance by force or without permission or welcome

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("intrusion" is a kind of...):

entering; entrance; entry; incoming; ingress (the act of entering)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The forcing of molten rock into fissures or between strata of an earlier rock formation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("intrusion" is a kind of...):

geologic process; geological process ((geology) a natural process whereby geological features are modified)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Rock produced by an intrusive process

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("intrusion" is a kind of...):

rock; stone (a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Entry to another's property without right or permission

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

encroachment; intrusion; trespass; usurpation; violation

Hypernyms ("intrusion" is a kind of...):

actus reus; misconduct; wrongdoing; wrongful conduct (activity that transgresses moral or civil law)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "intrusion"):

inroad (an encroachment or intrusion)

Derivation:

intrude (enter uninvited)

intrude (enter unlawfully on someone's property)

 Context examples 

Auditory Verbal Learning Test Version A - The number of intrusions while recalling List A, sixth attempt (after List B recall).

(ADNI AVLT - List A Intrusions 6, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative Auditory Verbal Learning Test Version A (ADNI-AVLT Version A) The number of intrusions on recognition test.

(ADNI AVLT - List A Recognition Intrusions, NCI Thesaurus)

Auditory Verbal Learning Test Version A - The number of intrusions on recognition test.

(ADNI AVLT - List A Recognition Intrusions, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative Auditory Verbal Learning Test Version A (ADNI-AVLT Version A) The number of intrusions while recalling List A, 30 Minute Delay.

(ADNI AVLT - List A 30 Min Delay Intrusions, NCI Thesaurus)

I suppose that Dr. Trevelyan has told you of this most unwarrantable intrusion into my rooms.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative Auditory Verbal Learning Test Version A (ADNI-AVLT Version A) The number of intrusions while recalling List A, third attempt.

(ADNI AVLT - List A Intrusions 3, NCI Thesaurus)

Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative Auditory Verbal Learning Test Version A (ADNI-AVLT Version A) The number of intrusions while recalling List A, second attempt.

(ADNI AVLT - List A Intrusions 2, NCI Thesaurus)

Accustomed as I was to Holmes’s curious faculties, this sudden intrusion into my most intimate thoughts was utterly inexplicable.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative Auditory Verbal Learning Test Version A (ADNI-AVLT Version A) The number of intrusions while recalling List B.

(ADNI AVLT - List B Intrusions, NCI Thesaurus)

Auditory Verbal Learning Test Version A - The number of intrusions while recalling List A, 30 Minute Delay.

(ADNI AVLT - List A 30 Min Delay Intrusions, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)