What part of speech is intercepting?

Intercepting can be categorized as a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. intercepting is a verb, gerund of intercept (infinitive).

Inflections

Verb

What does intercepting 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 intercepting

#   Sentence  
1. verb The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace.
2. verb Fighter jets were scrambled to intercept an airliner that deviated from its flight path.
3. 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.
4. verb France is training eagles to intercept drones.
5. verb Fighter jets were scrambled to intercept an airliner that deviated from its flight path.
6. 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.
7. verb France is training eagles to intercept drones.
Sentence  
verb
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.
France is training eagles to intercept drones.
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.
France is training eagles to intercept drones.

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