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int-uh-SEKT/ˌɪntəˈsekt/

To intersect is to cross or cut across; of groups or ideas, to overlap: lines intersect, lists that intersect. Overlap (already in the dictionary) is the close twin; intersection (this batch) is the noun. Name both slices where they meet.

Meaning

To cross or cut across; of groups or ideas, to overlap.

Examples

• “Where the night cohort and the bursary list intersect, name both slices.”
• “Overlap is already in this course. Cross is everyday. A meeting is talk. Two named slices are methods. Write both; then draw the Venn if it still helps.”

Good to know

Cross, or overlap. Noun: intersection (this batch). A Venn ≠ unnamed slices.

Near in meaning

overlap, cross, meet

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