intercept
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the point at which a line intersects a coordinate axis
Types & categories
- point hypernym
Sense 2 verb
seize on its way
The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- interception derivation
- catch derivation
- interceptor derivation
Sense 3 verb
tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information
The FBI was tapping the phone line of the suspected spy
Types & categories
- eavesdrop hypernym
Related & opposite
- wiretap derivation
- bug derivation
- wiretapper derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | point |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | interception |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | catch |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | interceptor |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | grab |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | cut out |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | wiretap |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | bug |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | wiretapper |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | eavesdrop |