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Meanings of intersect in English

Portuguese
intersectar
Catalan
intersecar-se
Spanish
intersectar

Meet at a point.

intersectar
Synonyms
Examples for "cross"
Examples for "cross"
1
Thousands of migrants attempt to cross the Mediterranean to Europe every year.
Radio NZ
2
Future studies of comprehensive prenatal case management should focus on cross-level questions.
Pubmed
3
Since Israel's Gaza offensive 18 months ago, cross-border violence has largely abated.
Reuters
4
The rest needs to come from either cross-selling or new growth initiatives.
Reuters
5
How can I cross the swarming sea and reach home at last?'
The Odyssey
Usage of intersect in English
1
The real issue is that personal financial interests intersect with public interests.
The South African
2
A small number of those just happen to intersect the Earth's atmosphere.
Seveneves
3
Each character has three possible endings and, at times, their stories intersect.
Death by Video Game
4
The goal is to identify where water sources originate, intersect and merge.
Radio NZ
5
Continue another 300 yards to intersect with the old Forest Service road.
Climbing Magazine
6
A third satellite results in two points where all three spheres intersect.
Wired
7
Racism and sexism exist, and where they intersect, the impact is devastating.
Ebony
8
Where do the art of performance art and politics intersect for you?
Ebony
9
This was just another way our lives started to intersect, says Imani.
Ebony
10
It rose to intersect other, larger passageways she intuited more than saw.
A dark matter
11
Numerous babbling brooks intersect the forest, with moss-covered stones and fern-clad nooks.
The Naturalist in Nicaragua
12
He was moving on an axis with which she could not intersect.
Labyrinth
13
The two intersect only in such absurd anomalies as the poet laureateship.
The Guardian
14
Both of them intersect a transverse, circular corridor, beyond which they widen.
The Wonders of Pompeii
15
Four small streams --theSagarmati, Saraswati, Khari and Dai-also intersect the district.
The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
16
Finally, the two plotlines intersect, as they must in all Hollywood films.
Wired
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Translations for intersect
Intersect through the time
Intersect across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common