intercept

«intercept» in Mova's school dictionary: To stop someone or something on the way and catch or… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb (intercept, intercepts, intercepted, intercepting); noun (an intercept, intercepts)

meaning for a pupil

1) To stop someone or something on the way and catch or block it before it gets where it was going: intercept a pass. tree →

2) To secretly catch messages meant for someone else: intercept a letter. tree →

3) (maths) An intercept is the point where a line or graph crosses an axis: the y-intercept. tree →

sense in the lessons

In sport (football, netball), history (codebreakers at Bletchley Park intercepted enemy messages), and maths graphs. Phrases: intercept a pass, intercepted messages, y-intercept.

examples

• The defender intercepted the pass. tree →
• Codebreakers intercepted secret messages in the war. tree →
• The police intercepted the stolen car. tree →
• The line y = 2x + 3 has a y-intercept of 3. tree →
• Find where the graph intercepts the x-axis. tree →
• The goalkeeper intercepted the cross. tree →
• But while looking for the truth, came the evil one, the father of lies, to intercept him. tree →

note

Verb stress: in-ter-SEPT; noun stress: IN-ter-sept. Noun: interception. Maths: in y = mx + c, c is the y-intercept.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «intercept» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.