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View usage for: (ɪntəʳsekt) Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense intersects, present participle intersecting, past tense, past participle intersected1. verbIf two or more lines or roads intersect, they meet or cross each other. You can also say that one line or road intersects another. The orbit of this comet intersects the orbit of the Earth. [VERB noun] The circles will intersect in two places. [VERB] The centre of the city is full of tiny intersecting alley-ways. [VERB-ing] 2. verbIf one thing intersects with another or if two things intersect, the two things have a connection at a particular point. ...the ways in which historical events intersect with individual lives. [VERB + with] Their histories intersect. [VERB] 3. verb [usually passive]If a place, area, or surface is intersected by things such as roads or lines, they cross it. The city is intersected by three main waterways. [be VERB-ed] Synonyms: cross, meet, cut, divide More Synonyms of intersect intersect in British English (ˌɪntəˈsɛkt) verb1. to divide, cut, or mark off by passing through or across 2. (esp of roads) to cross (each other) 3. mathematics (often foll by with) to have one or more points in common (with another configuration) Word origin C17: from Latin intersecāre to divide, from inter- + secāre to cut intersect in American English (ˌɪntərˈsɛkt) verb transitive1. to divide into two parts by passing through or across; cut across a river intersects the plain verb intransitive2. to cross each other lines intersecting to form right angles Word origin < L intersectus, pp. of intersecare, to cut between, cut off < inter-, between + secare, to cut: see saw 2Examples of 'intersect' in a sentenceintersect Every time she thought she had a clear line to a point something would intersect.He had rowed two miles from the shore, to a point where the lines of sight from the camera-towers seemed to intersect.He led us onto a long, winding street that seemed not to intersect any others or have any outlet. Definition (of roads or lines) to cross (each other) The centre of the city is intersected by the main waterways. Additional synonymsDefinition to cut or split into two The main street bisects the town. Synonyms cut in two, cross, separate, split, halve, cleave, cut across, intersect, cut in half, split down the middle, divide in two, bifurcate Definition to make a sharp or sudden change in direction a straight line that cuts the vertical axis Synonyms cross, interrupt, intersect, bisectDefinition to separate into parts the artificial line that divided the city Synonyms separate, part, split, cut (up), sever, partition, shear, segregate, cleave, subdivide, bisect, split off, demarcate, sunder |