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intercept
/ɪntɚˈsɛpt/
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What does intercept mean?
verb
- To stop, deflect or divert (something in progress or motion).
- 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.
More meanings (6)
verb
- To take or comprehend between.
- 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.
noun
- 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.
- A form of market research where consumers are intercepted and interviewed in a retail store or mall.
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IPA pronunciation
/ɪntɚˈsɛpt/
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See this word in context.
We returned to the loads, and, having picked them up, made a course to the east to intercept the other men.
Having placed a small stone so as to intercept one of the lines, the whole body attacked it, and then immediately retired.
More book examples (3)
On the other hand, fogs and clouds intercept the rays of the sun also, and hinder its heat from reaching the earth.
They were all stalking seaward, as if to intercept the escape of the multitudinous vessels that were crowded between Foulness and the Naze.
Unprepared for such a desperate effort, for she had hitherto stood perfectly motionless, Bois-Guilbert had neither time to intercept nor to stop her.