Meaning & use
Intersected
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Crossed or met at or formed a point or line of intersection with something else.
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The two roads intersected just outside of town.
Her career path intersected with his at a conference in Berlin.
A note on using this word
Past tense of 'intersect,' from Latin 'intersecare' (to cut between); used both literally, for lines or roads, and figuratively, for paths that meet.
Words with a similar meaning
crossedmetconverged
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Words with an opposite meaning
divergedseparated
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