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/ |
- 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.
- Hurst intercepted a pass intended for Julio Jones.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryIntercept is used with these nouns as the object:- call
- communication
- correspondence
- …
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’.