interconnect

[ in-ter-kuh-nekt ]
/ ˌɪn tər kəˈnɛkt /
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verb (used with object)

to connect with one another.

verb (used without object)

to be or become connected or interrelated.

adjective

Telecommunications.
  1. pertaining to customer-owned equipment that is connected to or has access to the public telephone network.
  2. pertaining to companies that supply equipment to customers: a leading interconnect company.

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Origin of interconnect

First recorded in 1860–65; inter- + connect

OTHER WORDS FROM interconnect

in·ter·con·nec·tion, noun

Words nearby interconnect

intercommunication system, intercommunion, intercommunity, intercompany, interconfessional, interconnect, interconnectedness, interconsonantal, intercontinental, intercontinental ballistic missile, interconversion
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Words related to interconnect

compare, associate, pertain, ascribe, link, connect, affect, apply, concern, assign, refer, annex, join, coordinate, yoke, couple, conjoin, unite, credit, bracket

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British Dictionary definitions for interconnect

interconnect
/ (ˌɪntəkəˈnɛkt) /

verb (intr often foll by with)

to relate wellpeople I really interconnect with
to be meaningfully or complexly related or joinedthese three strands of thought interconnect

noun

  1. a device that connects things
  2. (as modifier)interconnect cable

Derived forms of interconnect

interconnection, noun
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