intercept

Meanings

Verb

• To stop, deflect or divert (something in progress or motion).
• To gain possession of (the ball) in a ball game
• To take or comprehend between.
• 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.

Noun

• An interception of a radio broadcast or a telephone call.
• An interception of a missile.
• The coordinate of the point at which a curve intersects an axis.
• A form of market research where consumers are intercepted and interviewed in a retail store or mall.

Origin

• Borrowed from Latin interceptum, past participle of intercipiō.