"intercept" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɪntəsɛpt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɪntɚsɛpt/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-intercept (noun).wav Forms: intercepts [plural]
enPR: ĭn'təsĕpt [Received-Pronunciation], ĭn'tərsĕpt [US] Rhymes: -ɛpt Etymology: Borrowed from Latin interceptum, past participle of intercipiō. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*keh₂p-}}, {{bor|en|la|interceptum}} Latin interceptum Head templates: {{en-noun}} intercept (plural intercepts)
  1. An interception of a radio broadcast or a telephone call. Related terms (an interception of a radio broadcast or a telephone call): bug Translations (interception of a radio broadcast or a telephone call): 竊聽 (Chinese Mandarin), 窃听 (qiètīng) (Chinese Mandarin), sieppaus (Finnish), intercettazione [feminine] (Italian), 傍受 (bōju) (Japanese), перехва́т (perexvát) [masculine] (Russian), перехва́тывание (perexvátyvanije) [neuter] (Russian), прослу́шивание (proslúšivanije) [neuter] (Russian), подслу́шивание (podslúšivanije) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-intercept-en-noun-iaoa5T7D Disambiguation of 'an interception of a radio broadcast or a telephone call': 89 10 0 1 Disambiguation of 'interception of a radio broadcast or a telephone call': 91 8 0 1
  2. An interception of a missile. Translations (interception of a missile): прихващане (prihvaštane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 迎擊 (Chinese Mandarin), 迎击 (yíngjī) (Chinese Mandarin), torjunta (Finnish), 迎撃 (geigeki) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-intercept-en-noun-en:interception_of_a_missile Disambiguation of 'interception of a missile': 10 88 1 1
  3. (algebraic geometry) The coordinate of the point at which a curve intersects an axis. Categories (topical): Algebraic geometry Translations (coordinate of the point at which a curve intersects an axis): отрез (otrez) [masculine] (Bulgarian), leikkauspisteen koordinaatti (Finnish), Achsenabschnitt [masculine] (German), Schnittpunkt [masculine] (German), tengelymetszet (Hungarian), idirlíne [feminine] (Irish), haukoti (Maori), przecięcie [neuter] (Polish), пересече́ние (peresečénije) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-intercept-en-noun-8roBNxMd Categories (other): English terms with collocations Topics: algebraic-geometry, geometry, mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'coordinate of the point at which a curve intersects an axis': 0 0 96 3
  4. (marketing) A form of market research where consumers are intercepted and interviewed in a retail store or mall. Categories (topical): Marketing
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: interceptor, intercept theorem, x-intercept, y-intercept, z-intercept

Verb

IPA: /ɪntəˈsɛpt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɪntɚˈsɛpt/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-intercept (verb).wav Forms: intercepts [present, singular, third-person], intercepting [participle, present], intercepted [participle, past], intercepted [past]
enPR: ĭntəsĕpt' [Received-Pronunciation], ĭntərsĕpt' [US] Etymology: Borrowed from Latin interceptum, past participle of intercipiō. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*keh₂p-}}, {{bor|en|la|interceptum}} Latin interceptum Head templates: {{en-verb}} intercept (third-person singular simple present intercepts, present participle intercepting, simple past and past participle intercepted)
  1. (transitive) To stop, deflect or divert (something in progress or motion). Tags: transitive Translations (to stop, deflect or divert): ἀπολαμβάνω (apolambánō) (Ancient Greek), преграждам (pregraždam) (Bulgarian), запречвам (zaprečvam) (Bulgarian), interceptar (Catalan), 阻止 (zǔzhǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), onderscheppen (Dutch), pysäyttää (Finnish), torjua (Finnish), katkaista (Finnish), keskeyttää (Finnish), intercepter (French), abfangen (German), 阻止する (soshi suru) (alt: そしする) (Japanese), intercipiō (Latin), rorehape (Maori), kokoti (Maori), haukoti (Maori), komutu (Maori), przechwycić [perfective] (Polish), interceptar (Portuguese), hark'ay (Quechua), заде́рживать (zadérživatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), задержа́ть (zaderžátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), перехва́тывать (perexvátyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), перехвати́ть (perexvatítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), prèsresti [perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), prèsretati [imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), перехо́плювати (perexópljuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), перехопи́ти (perexopýty) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-intercept-en-verb-DT1-Ax38 Disambiguation of 'to stop, deflect or divert': 84 6 7 1 1
  2. (transitive, sports) To gain possession of (the ball) in a ball game. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Sports
    Sense id: en-intercept-en-verb-A5p1wZVU Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  3. (transitive, sports) To gain possession of (the ball) in a ball game.
    (transitive, American football) Of a defensive player: to steal a pass thrown by the opposing team, gaining possession of the ball.
    Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Football (American), Sports
    Sense id: en-intercept-en-verb-smYy3IUU Topics: American-football, ball-games, football, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  4. (transitive, mathematics) To take or comprehend between. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-intercept-en-verb-qtGLFJKh Topics: mathematics, sciences
  5. 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.
    Sense id: en-intercept-en-verb-bFfUbhyk
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (to gain possession of): пресичам (presičam) (Bulgarian), interceptar (Catalan), 截奪 (Chinese Mandarin), 截夺 (jiéduó) (Chinese Mandarin), 搶截 (Chinese Mandarin), 抢截 (qiǎngjié) (Chinese Mandarin), onderscheppen (Dutch), siepata (Finnish), riistää (Finnish), intercepter (French), abfangen (German), 奪う (ubau) (alt: うばう) (Japanese), przechwycić [perfective] (Polish), interceptar (Portuguese), перехва́тывать (perexvátyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), перехвати́ть (perexvatítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), interceptar (Spanish), interrumpir (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'to gain possession of': 1 48 48 1 1

Inflected forms

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          "english": "Fanny Hill",
          "ref": "1749, [John Cleland], “[Letter the First]”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], volume I, London: […] [Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], →OCLC, page 67:",
          "text": "[T]he emotion grew ſo violent that it almost intercepted my reſpiration.",
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          "ref": "1791, Thomas Paine, Rights of Man: Being an Answer to Mr. Burke’s Attack on the French Revolution, London: […] J. S. Jordan, […], →OCLC, page 129:",
          "text": "The rights of men in ſociety, are neither deviſeable, nor transferable, nor annihilable, but are deſcendable only; and it is not in the power of any generation to intercept finally, and cut off the deſcent.",
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          "text": "I must admit to being genuinely shocked when I saw those letters in my file. I always suspected that mail was monitored, but it never occurred to me that mail would be intercepted and opened.",
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      "roman": "pregraždam",
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      "word": "阻止"
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      "word": "pysäyttää"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
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      "word": "keskeyttää"
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      "word": "intercepter"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "to stop, deflect or divert",
      "word": "abfangen"
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      "word": "rorehape"
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      "word": "haukoti"
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      "word": "hark'ay"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "code": "es",
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    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yíngjī",
      "sense": "interception of a missile",
      "word": "迎击"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "interception of a missile",
      "word": "torjunta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "geigeki",
      "sense": "interception of a missile",
      "word": "迎撃"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otrez",
      "sense": "coordinate of the point at which a curve intersects an axis",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "отрез"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "coordinate of the point at which a curve intersects an axis",
      "word": "leikkauspisteen koordinaatti"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "coordinate of the point at which a curve intersects an axis",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Achsenabschnitt"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "coordinate of the point at which a curve intersects an axis",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schnittpunkt"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "coordinate of the point at which a curve intersects an axis",
      "word": "tengelymetszet"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "coordinate of the point at which a curve intersects an axis",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "idirlíne"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "coordinate of the point at which a curve intersects an axis",
      "word": "haukoti"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "coordinate of the point at which a curve intersects an axis",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "przecięcie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "peresečénije",
      "sense": "coordinate of the point at which a curve intersects an axis",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "пересече́ние"
    }
  ],
  "word": "intercept"
}

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