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intercept
[ verb in-ter-sept; noun in-ter-sept ]
verb (used with object)
- to take, seize, or halt (someone or something on the way from one place to another); cut off from an intended destination:
to intercept a messenger.
- to see or overhear (a message, transmission, etc., meant for another):
We intercepted the enemy's battle plan.
- to stop or check (passage, travel, etc.):
to intercept the traitor's escape.
- Sports. to take possession of (a ball or puck) during an attempted pass by an opposing team.
- to stop or interrupt the course, progress, or transmission of.
- to destroy or disperse (enemy aircraft or a missile or missiles) in the air on the way to a target.
- to stop the natural course of (light, water, etc.).
- Mathematics. to mark off or include, as between two points or lines.
- to intersect.
- Obsolete. to prevent or cut off the operation or effect of.
- Obsolete. to cut off from access, sight, etc.
noun
- an interception.
- Mathematics.
- an intercepted segment of a line.
- (in a coordinate system) the distance from the origin to the point at which a curve or line intersects an axis.
intercept
verb
- to stop, deflect, or seize on the way from one place to another; prevent from arriving or proceeding
- sport to seize or cut off (a pass) on its way from one opponent to another
- maths to cut off, mark off, or bound (some part of a line, curve, plane, or surface)
noun
- maths
- a point at which two figures intersect
- the distance from the origin to the point at which a line, curve, or surface cuts a coordinate axis
- an intercepted segment
- sport the act of intercepting an opponent's pass
intercept
/ ĭ′ə-ĕ′ /
- In a Cartesian coordinate system, the coordinate of a point at which a line, curve, or surface intersects a coordinate axis. If a curve intersects the x -axis at (4,0), then 4 is the curve's x -intercept; if the curve intersects the y -axis at (0,2), then 2 is its y -intercept.
Derived Forms
- ˌԳٱˈپ, adjective
- ˌԳٱˈپDz, noun
Other yvlog Forms
- t·t adjective
- ԴDzi·ٱ·iԲ adjective
- ԴDzi·ٱ·t adjective
- ܲi·ٱ·Ļ adjective
- ܲi·ٱ·iԲ adjective
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of intercept1
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of intercept1
Example Sentences
Greg/Gary decides to flee, and on the way out, he is intercepted by Rick, who takes the gun.
Israel said it had intercepted one rocket, while the other failed to cross the border.
They fly at a much higher speed and so are harder to intercept.
Helly previously intercepted Irving's note, having taken it from Dylan, and passes it to Mark just prior to him hitting the last key.
The IDF said three rockets were intercepted in the Israeli town of Metula on Saturday morning.
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