intercept
Collocations
5ADJ.
rolling
VERB + INTERCEPT
position, scrambled, slid, training
INTERCEPT + NOUN
airliner, ball, space, x, y
PREP.
into
ADV.
finally
Definitions
verb
To stop, deflect or divert (something in progress or motion).
The police intercepted the package of stolen goods while it was in transit.
[T]he emotion grew ſo violent that it almost intercepted my reſpiration.
To gain possession of (the ball) in a ball game.
To gain possession of (the ball) in a ball game.
To take or comprehend between.
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.
noun
An interception of a radio broadcast or a telephone call.
An interception of a missile.
The coordinate of the point at which a curve intersects an axis.
the y intercept
Because the horizontal-axis intercept occurs when y=0 and the vertical-axis intercept occurs when x=0, we can find the intercepts algebraically.
A form of market research where consumers are intercepted and interviewed in a retail store or mall.
Thesaurus
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6The police intercepted the package of stolen goods while it was in transit.
Wiktionary[T]he emotion grew ſo violent that it almost intercepted my reſpiration.
WiktionaryThe 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 de
Wiktionarythe y intercept
WiktionaryBecause the horizontal-axis intercept occurs when y=0 and the vertical-axis intercept occurs when x=0, we can find the intercepts algebraically.
WiktionaryFighter jets were scrambled to intercept an airliner that deviated from its flight path.
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