Sekirov Dictionary

intercept

UK /ɪntəˈsɛpt/US /ɪntɚˈsɛpt/

verb 5
/ˈɪntɚsɛpt/ noun 4
forms 5

verb5

•
To stop, deflect or divert (something in progress or motion).
- The police intercepted the package of stolen goods while it was in transit.
To gain possession of (the ball) in a ball game.
Of a defensive player: to steal a pass thrown by the opposing team, gaining possession of the ball.
To perform an aeronautical action in which a fighter approaches a suspicious aircraft to escort it away from a prohibited area, or approaches an enemy aircraft to shoot it down.
To take or comprehend between.

intercept

UK /ˈɪntəsɛpt/US /ˈɪntɚsɛpt/

noun4

An interception of a radio broadcast or a telephone call.
An interception of a missile.
•
The coordinate of the point at which a curve intersects an axis.
- Because the horizontal-axis intercept occurs when y=0 and the vertical-axis intercept occurs when x=0, we can find the intercepts algebraically. — 2012
A form of market research where consumers are intercepted and interviewed in a retail store or mall.

forms

intercepted · intercepting · intercepteth · intercepts · interceptest

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