interception
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
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the act of intercepting; preventing something from proceeding or arriving
he resorted to the interception of his daughter's letters
Types & categories
- prevention hypernym
Related & opposite
- intercept derivation
Sense 2 noun
(American football) the act of catching a football by a player on the opposing team
Types & categories
- snap hypernym
Related & opposite
- American football domain topic
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | intercept |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | prevention |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | American football |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | snap |