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- pronunciation:
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- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
intercepts, intercepting, intercepted |
| definition 1: |
to stop or seize, thereby interrupting the movement or progress of.
The police intercepted the thieves as they attempted to escape.The smugglers' boat was intercepted by the Coast Guard.- similar words:
- head off, stop, waylay
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| definition 2: |
in sports, to interrupt the movement or course of (a player or pass), or to take possession of (the opponent's ball).
The pass was intercepted and the other team was able to score.
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| definition 3: |
in mathematics, to include, as between two lines, points, or surfaces; intersect.
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| related words: |
catch, make, snag |
adverb + (v.)intercept
illegally, successfully
(v.)intercept
+ adverb
route, twice
(v.)intercept
+ noun
aircraft,
ball,
bin,
boat,
bomber,
call,
cargo,
chatter,
cocaine,
coefficient,
comet,
commander,
communication,
conversation,
convoy,
course,
craft,
dummy,
e-mail,
elk,
enemy,
enforcement,
equation,
fleet,
flight,
insect,
interceptor,
letter,
mail,
message,
missile,
navy,
orbit,
pass,
patriot,
phone,
plane,
plot,
regression,
rocket,
rookie,
salmon,
sea,
ship,
shipment,
signal,
slope,
smuggler,
spy,
sunlight,
target,
telephone,
terrorism,
terrorist,
tornado,
transfer,
transmission,
tunnel,
variable,
vessel,
warhead,
zone
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
an intervention in the movement or progress of something.
The intercept of the parcel had been planned by government agents for months. |
| definition 2: |
in mathematics, the portion of a line that has been intercepted, or the distance from the origin of a coordinate axis to a point at which the axis is intersected by a curve, line, or surface.
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| derivation: |
interceptive (adj.) |
The word intercept
contains the following parts:
inter-
Latin
prefix
that means between, among
  Example words:
interact, interactive, intercalate, intercede, intercept, interchange, intercollegiate, intercommunity, interconnect, interdependent, interdict, interfere, interferometer, interferon, interfuse, intergroup, interim, interject, interlace, interleave, interlinear, Interlingua, interlock, interlocutor, interloper, interlude, intermediary, intermediate, intermission, intermittent, intermix, intermolecular, international, internet, interpellate, interpolate, interpose, interpret, interracial, interrelate, interrogate, interrupt, intersect, intersection, intersperse, interstate, interstellar, intervene, intervertebral
cap1, cip, capt, cept, -ceive, -ceit
Latin
root
that means to take, catch
Example words:
accept, acceptable, acceptance, capability, capable, capacious, capacity, captive, capture, conceive, concept, deceive, deception, deceptive, except, exception, incapable, inconceivable, intercept, participant, participate, perceive, perceptive, percipient, precept, receive, reception, recipient, susceptible
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