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Definition of intercept verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

intercept

verb
 
/ˌɪntəˈsept/
 
/ˌɪntərˈsept/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they intercept
 
/ˌɪntəˈsept/
 
/ˌɪntərˈsept/
he / she / it intercepts
 
/ˌɪntəˈsepts/
 
/ˌɪntərˈsepts/
past simple intercepted
 
/ˌɪntəˈseptɪd/
 
/ˌɪntərˈseptɪd/
past participle intercepted
 
/ˌɪntəˈseptɪd/
 
/ˌɪntərˈseptɪd/
-ing form intercepting
 
/ˌɪntəˈseptɪŋ/
 
/ˌɪntərˈseptɪŋ/
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  1. intercept somebody/something to stop somebody/something that is going from one place to another from arriving
    • Reporters intercepted him as he tried to leave the hotel.
    • The letter was intercepted.
    Topics War and conflictc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryIntercept is used with these nouns as the object:
    • call
    • communication
    • correspondence
    See full entry
  2. intercept something to stop the ball, etc. while it is being thrown, hit or kicked between players of the opposing team
    • Hurst intercepted a pass intended for Julio Jones.
    Topics Sports: other sportsc2
  3. 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.
  4. Word Originlate 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’.
See intercept in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
halfway
adverb
 
 
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