interconnect

[in-ter-kuh-nekt]

verb (used with object)

1. to connect with one another.

verb (used without object)

1. to be or become connected or interrelated.

adjective

1. 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.

interconnect

/ ˌɪntəkəˈnɛkt /

verb

1. to relate well

   people I really interconnect with

2. to be meaningfully or complexly related or joined

   these three strands of thought interconnect

noun

1. 1. a device that connects things

   2. ( as modifier )

      interconnect cable

Other Word Forms

• interconnection noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of interconnect¹

First recorded in 1860–65; inter- + connect

Example Sentences

"Cyber security is a major concern for the shipping industry, given how interconnected the world is. Shipping has been listed as one of the top 10 targets for cyber criminals globally," he says.

From BBC

Inside, three glass-lined labs are linked by "clever interconnecting corridors that balance stringent security with transparency, putting science on display".

From BBC

In an interconnected world, those who are alone, to use a favorite word of the president’s, are losers.

From Salon

The parts of the world drying most acutely are becoming interconnected, forming what the study’s authors describe as “mega” regions spreading across the earth’s mid-latitudes.

From Salon

The search-and-rescue team then used four-wheeled utility terrain vehicles to scour a “labryrinth-like” network of interconnected roads in the area, according to the release.

From Los Angeles Times

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