intersect
verb (used with object)
to cut or divide by passing through or across.
intersected
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past participleof intersect.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof intersect.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
intersectverb (used with object)to cut or divide by passing through or across.
Example Sentences
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The city is built on former marshlands and is intersected by a network of canals, many of them heavily flooded by the rains.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
Police effectively asked Google to look through a vast archive of human movement and identify which lives intersected with a particular patch of pavement at a particular moment in time.
From Slate ● May 20, 2026
Amplitude said the well in southeastern Australia’s Otway Basin intersected a gas-bearing section of the primary Waarre-C reservoir.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 2, 2026
I know how they intersected in real life, but when do I show that?
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2025
The tractor intersected Gloria’s path half a second after Robbie had, rolled on ten feet further and came to a grinding, long drawn-out stop.
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
