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to intercept
01
to stop or catch before reaching intended destination
Transitive: to intercept sb/sth
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
intercept
3rd person singular
intercepts
Present participle
intercepting
Past simple
intercepted
Past participle
intercepted
Examples
The security team intercepted a suspicious package at the airport, preventing a potential threat.
02
to secretly receive or obtain a communication, message, or signal that was meant for someone else
Transitive: to intercept a signal or communication
Examples
The spy intercepted the enemy's transmission, decoding it before it reached its target.
Intercept
01
the point where a line, curve, or surface crosses an axis on a graph
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Abstract
Composition
Compound
Countable
Plural form
intercepts
Examples
The y-intercept of the line is where it crosses the y-axis at
Lexical Tree
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