Intercept

Quick meaning: Intercept is a verb meaning (transitive) To stop, deflect or divert (something in progress or motion).

Meaning

(transitive) To stop, deflect or divert (something in progress or motion).

More Meanings

1. (transitive, sports) To gain possession of (the ball) in a ball game.
2. (transitive, mathematics) To take or comprehend between.
3. An interception of a radio broadcast or a telephone call.
4. An interception of a missile.
5. (algebraic geometry) The coordinate of the point at which a curve intersects an axis.
6. (marketing) A form of market research where consumers are intercepted and interviewed in a retail store or mall.
7. 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.

Example Sentences

the y intercept

[T]he emotion grew ſo violent that it almost intercepted my reſpiration.

The police intercepted the package of stolen goods while it was in transit.

Because the horizontal-axis intercept occurs when y=0 and the vertical-axis intercept occurs when x=0, we can find the intercepts algebraically.

Word Forms

• intercepts
• intercepting
• intercepted
• interceptest
• interceptedst
• intercepteth

Synonyms for intercept

Depending on context, synonyms include bug, stop, wiretap, tap.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include stop, wiretap, tap, bug, interception, interceptor.

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