intersect
verb /ˌɪntəˈsekt/
/ˌɪntərˈsekt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they intersect | /ˌɪntəˈsekt/ /ˌɪntərˈsekt/ |
| he / she / it intersects | /ˌɪntəˈsekts/ /ˌɪntərˈsekts/ |
| past simple intersected | /ˌɪntəˈsektɪd/ /ˌɪntərˈsektɪd/ |
| past participle intersected | /ˌɪntəˈsektɪd/ /ˌɪntərˈsektɪd/ |
| -ing form intersecting | /ˌɪntəˈsektɪŋ/ /ˌɪntərˈsektɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] (of lines, roads, etc.) to meet or cross each other
- intersect (something) a pattern of intersecting streets
- The lines intersect at right angles.
- intersect with something The path intersected with a busy road.
- [transitive, usually passive] intersect something (with something) to divide an area by crossing it
- The landscape is intersected with spectacular gorges.
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin intersect- ‘cut, intersected’, from the verb intersecare, from inter- ‘between’ + secare ‘to cut’.