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Intercept

Verb

Definitionen

1.VerbTo stop, deflect or divert (something in progress or motion).
"The police intercepted the package of stolen goods while it was in transit."
2.VerbTo gain possession of (the ball) in a ball game. Of a defensive player: to steal a pass thrown by the opposing team, gaining possession of the ball.
3.VerbOf a defensive player: to steal a pass thrown by the opposing team, gaining possession of the ball.
4.VerbTo take or comprehend between.
5.VerbTo perform an aeronautical action in which a fighter approaches a suspicious aircraft to escort it away from a prohibited area, or approaches an enemy aircraft to shoot it down.
6.NounAn interception of a radio broadcast or a telephone call.
7.NounAn interception of a missile.
8.NounThe coordinate of the point at which a curve intersects an axis.
"the y intercept"
9.NounA form of market research where consumers are intercepted and interviewed in a retail store or mall.
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