The two streets intersect at right angles.
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Intersect
//ɪntəˈsɛkt//
Synonyms for "intersect" (78 found)
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Closest matches (16)
Strong matches (23)
Related words (39)
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7 entriesderived
5 entrieshas context
1 entriesmanner of
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4 entriesTranslations
43 translations across 18 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- تَقَاطَعَ verb (to cross each other; to cut each other)
Armenian
2 entries- հատել verb (to cross each other; to cut each other)
- հատվել verb (to cross each other; to cut each other)
Bulgarian
3 entries- кръстосвам се verb (to cross each other; to cut each other)
- пресичам verb (in mathematics)
- пресичам се verb (to cross each other; to cut each other)
Catalan
2 entries- intersecar verb (to cross each other; to cut each other)
- intersecar verb (in mathematics)
Finnish
3 entries- leikata verb (to cross each other; to cut each other)
- leikata verb (in mathematics)
- ristetä verb (to cross each other; to cut each other)
French
4 entries- intersecter verb (to cross each other; to cut each other)
- intersecter verb (in mathematics)
- interséquer verb (to cross each other; to cut each other)
- interséquer verb (in mathematics)
German
2 entries- sich schneiden verb (to cross each other; to cut each other)
- sich schneiden verb (in mathematics)
Ido
2 entries- intersekar verb (to cross each other; to cut each other)
- intersekar verb (in mathematics)
Interlingua
1 entries- intersecar verb (to cross each other; to cut each other)
Italian
2 entries- intersecare verb (to cross each other; to cut each other)
- intersecare verb (in mathematics)
Khiamniungan Naga
1 entries- vìangthàh verb (to cross each other; to cut each other)
Māori
1 entries- pūtahi verb (to cross each other; to cut each other)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- gjennomskjære verb (to cross each other; to cut each other)
- skjære verb (to cross each other; to cut each other)
Polish
4 entries- krzyżować verb (to cross each other; to cut each other)
- krzyżować się verb (to cross each other; to cut each other)
- przecinać verb (to cross each other; to cut each other)
- przecinać verb (in mathematics)
Portuguese
4 entries- intersectar verb (to cross each other; to cut each other)
- intersectar verb (in mathematics)
- intersetar verb (to cross each other; to cut each other)
- intersetar verb (in mathematics)
Spanish
2 entries- intersecar verb (to cross each other; to cut each other)
- intersecar verb (in mathematics)
Tagalog
1 entries- bumagtas verb (in mathematics)
Welsh
4 entries- croestorri verb (to cross each other; to cut each other)
- croestorri verb (in mathematics)
- trawstorri verb (to cross each other; to cut each other)
- trawstorri verb (in mathematics)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
Parallel lines do not intersect each other.
Source: tatoeba (694082)
When two non-perpendicular straight lines intersect, they form four geometric angles; an acute angle plus either of the adjacent obtuse angles will naturally always sum to 180 degrees.
Source: tatoeba (5398523)
Parallel lines don't intersect each other.
Source: tatoeba (9947224)
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