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verb
- 1. obstruct (someone or something) so as to prevent them from continuing to a destination: "intelligence agencies intercepted a series of telephone calls"
noun
- 1. an act or instance of intercepting something: "he read the file of radio intercepts"
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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.
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?
INTERCEPT meaning: 1. to stop and catch something or someone before that thing or person is able to reach a particular…. Learn more.
1. 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. 2. to secretly listen to or record (a transmitted communication).
Intercept definition: to take, seize, or halt (someone or something on the way from one place to another); cut off from an intended destination. See examples of INTERCEPT used in a sentence.
When you intercept a pass in football, you grab the ball that your opponent had thrown to a member of his own team. To intercept is to stop something from reaching its intended destination.
If you intercept someone or something that is travelling from one place to another, you stop them before they get to their destination. Police officers intercepted him on his way to the airport.
Definition of intercept verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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.): to intercept the traitor's escape.
To seize or stop on the way, before arrival at the intended place; stop or interrupt the course of; cut off. To gain possession of (an opponent's pass), as in football or basketball. To gain possession of a pass made by (an opponent), especially in football. To stop, hinder, or prevent.
