Intersection Meaning
/ˈɪntəɹˌsɛkʃən/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe junction of two (or more) paths, streets, highways, or other thoroughfares.
nounAny overlap, confluence, or crossover.
Sentence Examples
What's the name of this intersection?
We ran out of gas in the middle of the intersection.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ of two roads had a traffic light that stopped cars from every direction.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The accident occurred at the dangerous ____ near the school, prompting calls for a new signal.
Word Origin & History
From Middle French intersection and its etymon Latin intersectiō. By surface analysis, intersect + -ion.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"We determined that the car driver’s transportation of multiple teen passengers, limited driving experience, and likely impairment from effects of cannabis at the time of the crash adversely affected her judgment of the danger of entering the intersection in front of the approaching combination vehicle."
— 2024, NTSB, Intersection Crash Between Passenger Car and Combination Vehicle, Tishomingo, Oklahoma, March 22, 2022:
"Within this melee of intersections between English and Cantonese, the students, being themselves bilingually fluent, were able to navigate with perfect ease in communicative contexts where the provenance of a certain term or expression matters little."
— 2015, James Lambert, “Lexicography as a teaching tool: A Hong Kong case study”, in Lan Li, Jamie McKeown, Liming Liu, editors, Dictionaries and corpora: Innovations in reference science. Proceedings of ASIALEX 2015 Hong Kong, Hong Kong: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, page 147:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ of two roads had a traffic light that stopped cars from every direction.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The accident occurred at the dangerous ____ near the school, prompting calls for a new signal.