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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024in•ter•cept /v. ˌɪntɚˈsɛpt; n. ˈɪntɚˌsɛpt/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object]- to seize or halt (someone or something on the way from one place to another):to intercept a messenger.
- Sportto take possession of (a ball or puck) during a pass by the opposing team:intercepted three of his first five passes.
n. [countable] - an act of intercepting.
- Military, Governmentan intercepted message.
in•ter•cep•tion, n. [uncountable]More interception of enemy signals is now possible.[countable]three interceptions out of his first five passes. in•ter•cep•tor, n. [countable]See -cep-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024in•ter•cept (v. in′tər sept′;n. in′tər sept′),USA pronunciation v.t. - 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.
- Sportto 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.).
- Mathematicsto mark off or include, as between two points or lines.
- to intersect.
- [Obs.]to prevent or cut off the operation or effect of.
- [Obs.]to cut off from access, sight, etc.
n. - an interception.
- [Math.]
- Mathematicsan intercepted segment of a line.
- Mathematics(in a coordinate system) the distance from the origin to the point at which a curve or line intersects an axis.
- Latin interceptus past participle of intercipere, equivalent. to inter- inter- + -cep- (combining form of cap-, stem of capere to take) + -tus past participle suffix; compare incipient
- 1535–45
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: intercept vb /ˌɪntəˈsɛpt/(transitive)- to stop, deflect, or seize on the way from one place to another; prevent from arriving or proceeding
- to seize or cut off (a pass) on its way from one opponent to another
- to cut off, mark off, or bound (some part of a line, curve, plane, or surface)
n /ˈɪntəˌsɛpt/- 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
- US Canadian the act of intercepting an opponent's pass
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin intercipere to seize before arrival, from inter- + capere to takeˌinterˈception n ˌinterˈceptive adj |