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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
An alternating sequence of this kind.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: broadcasting, cinematography, film, media, television
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verb
To intersect.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
To alternate between scenes from one sequence and scenes from another film sequence, often with the sequences to be perceived as simultaneous.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: broadcasting, cinematography, film, media, television
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1én Proto-Indo-European *h1entér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- English cut English intercut From inter- + cut.
