What part of speech is intercepted?

Intercepted can be categorized as a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. intercepted is a verb, past participle of intercept (infinitive).
  • 2. intercepted is a verb, past simple of intercept (infinitive).

Inflections

Verb

What does intercepted mean?

Definitions

Verb

intercept - seize on its way; "The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace"
intercept - tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information; "The FBI was tapping the phone line of the suspected spy"; "Is this hotel room bugged?"

Examples of intercepted

#   Sentence  
1. verb On its journey across the Bay of Bengal the freighter was tracked by the Indian navy and Orissa-based spy planes of India's Aviation Research Center; it was intercepted by Indian naval vessels off Sri Lanka's east coast.
2. verb Among the weapons intercepted were two rocket-propelled-grenade launchers, 20 assault rifles, M-79 grenade launchers and more than 10,000 rounds of ammunition.
3. verb I believe you got a copy of the John Sommer letter to producers dated Jan 6 that MKM's spies intercepted.
4. verb Turkish warships intercepted a Greek boat which was suspected of carrying illegal immigrants.
5. verb They've been intercepted.
6. verb Tom's car was intercepted by a group of rebels.
7. verb Tom intercepted a pass.
8. verb The surface-to-air missile intercepted the ninth fighter.
9. verb The pass was intercepted.
10. verb The Americans intercepted a German communique during the XYZ Affair.
11. verb Smith takes the snap and moves around the pocket. He finds an open man and throws...and it's intercepted!
12. verb Tom intercepted a pass intended for John.
13. verb The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace.
14. verb Fighter jets were scrambled to intercept an airliner that deviated from its flight path.
15. verb NASA has launched a probe called Dawn, whose mission is to travel to the asteroid belt. It will first travel to observe the asteroid Vesta. After collecting data from Vesta, Dawn will intercept with Ceres where it will observe its surface features and collect data about its chemical composition.
Sentence  
verb
On its journey across the Bay of Bengal the freighter was tracked by the Indian navy and Orissa-based spy planes of India's Aviation Research Center; it was intercepted by Indian naval vessels off Sri Lanka's east coast.
Among the weapons intercepted were two rocket-propelled-grenade launchers, 20 assault rifles, M-79 grenade launchers and more than 10,000 rounds of ammunition.
I believe you got a copy of the John Sommer letter to producers dated Jan 6 that MKM's spies intercepted.
Turkish warships intercepted a Greek boat which was suspected of carrying illegal immigrants.
They've been intercepted.
Tom's car was intercepted by a group of rebels.
Tom intercepted a pass.
The surface-to-air missile intercepted the ninth fighter.
The pass was intercepted.
The Americans intercepted a German communique during the XYZ Affair.
Smith takes the snap and moves around the pocket. He finds an open man and throws...and it's intercepted!
Tom intercepted a pass intended for John.
The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace.
Fighter jets were scrambled to intercept an airliner that deviated from its flight path.
NASA has launched a probe called Dawn, whose mission is to travel to the asteroid belt. It will first travel to observe the asteroid Vesta. After collecting data from Vesta, Dawn will intercept with Ceres where it will observe its surface features and collect data about its chemical composition.

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