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   in·ter·cept

   verb

   • 1. obstruct (someone or something) so as to prevent them from continuing to a destination: "intelligence agencies intercepted a series of telephone calls"
   • ▪ (of a defensive player) catch a forward pass.
   • ▪ cut off or deflect (light or other electromagnetic radiation): "a second prism can be swung in to intercept the light beam"
   • ▪ (of a line or surface) mark or cut off (part of a space, line, or surface).

   noun

   • 1. an act or instance of intercepting something: "he read the file of radio intercepts"
   • ▪ the point at which a given line cuts a coordinate axis; the value of the coordinate at that point.

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the senses ‘contain between limits’ and ‘halt (an effect’)): from Latin intercept- ‘caught between’, from the verb intercipere, from inter- ‘between’ + capere ‘take’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. interceptive adjective

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2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › interceptIntercept Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   The meaning of INTERCEPT is to stop, seize, or interrupt in progress or course or before arrival. How to use intercept in a sentence. Did you know?

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   INTERCEPT definition: 1. to stop and catch something or someone before that thing or person is able to reach a particular…. Learn more.

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   To intercept is to stop something from reaching its intended destination. If a national intelligence agency intercepts a telephone call being sent from one terrorist cell to another, they stop the message and also learn a bit about what's going on in the terrorist world.

5. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishINTERCEPT definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   If you intercept someone or something that is travelling from one place to another, you stop them before they get to their destination.

6. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishintercept verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

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   intercept something to receive a message sent electronically before it reaches the person who was meant to receive it. Intelligence agencies have been unable to intercept any communications between members of the group.

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   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.):

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   Definition of intercept verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

9. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › learner-englishINTERCEPT | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary

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   INTERCEPT definition: to stop someone or something before they are able to reach a particular place: . Learn more.

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    If you intercept someone or something that is traveling from one place to another, you stop them before they get to their destination. More Conjugations of 'intercept'

11. www.britannica.com › dictionary › interceptIntercept Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary

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    INTERCEPT meaning: 1 : to stop and take someone or something that is going from one place to another place before that person or thing gets there; 2 : to catch or receive (a pass made by an opponent)