intersection

Other forms of intersection

plural

intersections·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about intersection

What does intersection mean?

intersection means "a point where lines intersect". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in intersection?

intersection has 4 syllables: in-ter-sec-tion. The stress falls on "sec". In IPA it is /ˌɪntɚˈsɛkʃən/.

What is another word for intersection?

Close synonyms include intersection point, point of intersection, crossroad, crossway, crossing. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is intersection a common word?

intersection is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with intersection?

4 words rhyme with intersection. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.