interconnect
Americanverb (used with object)
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interconnects,
present (3rd person singular)
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interconnected,
past participle, past
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interconnecting
present participle
verb (used without object)
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interconnects,
present (3rd person singular)
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interconnected,
past participle, past
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interconnecting
present participle
adjective
verb
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to relate well
people I really interconnect with
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to be meaningfully or complexly related or joined
these three strands of thought interconnect
noun
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Present
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interconnectsimple
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interconnectssimple
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have interconnectedperfect
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has interconnectedperfect
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am interconnectingprogressive
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are interconnectingprogressive
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is interconnectingprogressive
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have been interconnectingperfect progressive
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has been interconnectingperfect progressive
Past
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interconnectedsimple
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had interconnectedperfect
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was interconnectingprogressive
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were interconnectingprogressive
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had been interconnectingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of interconnect
Example Sentences
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Digitimes says the shift should create opportunities across the supply chain, from switch and interconnect chipmakers to suppliers of cables, connectors and optical components, particularly in Taiwan’s hardware ecosystem.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
Daryanani sees opportunity for Amphenol to benefit even beyond AI, as the company, which also makes interconnect systems and antenna solutions, serves the defense and industrial markets.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
Innolight has been the largest provider of optical interconnect solutions by revenue for five consecutive years since 2021, accounting for over one fifth of the overall market in 2025, it said in the prospectus.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Visser said the company also stands to benefit from its “strong position in the interconnect and optical layers that allow AI clusters to scale beyond a single rack.”
From Barron's ● Mar. 30, 2026
Large squarish lateral intercalary blotches of darker brown interconnect with the dorsal blotches.
From The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michoacán, México by William E. Duellman
Optical interconnects between the computer chips and network elements would mean data would remain in the optical domain, saving even more energy, Shapiro argues.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
He also sees silicon photonics emerging as a key growth driver as expanding AI clusters drive demand for faster optical interconnects.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Achieving that vision will require improvements in supporting technologies such as light sources, modulators, detectors, and interconnects.
From Science Daily ● May 30, 2026
And unlike the superconducting loops favored by International Business Machines and Google, which must be chilled to temperatures colder than deep space, photonic interconnects can operate at room temperature.
From Barron's ● Apr. 21, 2026
There is one which interconnects the five levels.
From Lion Loose by James H. Schmitz
Those words capture a central tension in the sprawling show, which occupies interconnected galleries at the far end of the museum’s Resnick Pavilion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
The same chemical feature also appears to make RNA condensates more likely to develop interconnected networks and shift from a fluid state into a more rigid, gel like structure.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026
According to Laura Miller, Mandel expertly weaves together an interconnected cast of characters in this “lovely, meditative new novel.”
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
At the same time, a trailer-dwelling man named Clevon becomes the patriarch of multiple interconnected, large families.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
We should not see the enslaved people simply as victims, but rather as actors—as the heralds of the interconnected world in which we all live today.
From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson
One of three Bangkok studios the “Alien: Earth” production occupied housed the zoo, mess hall and engineering room sets and their interconnecting corridors on a single stage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026
The single storey building consists of five separate interconnecting buildings which are located around a cloistered courtyard and communal and administration areas.
From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2025
With less use, the nervous system wiring throughout the white adipose tissue gradually retracts, and what was once a dense network of interconnecting nerves becomes sparse.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 8, 2024
A neural network is, in very simple terms, a technical model formed by interconnecting a bunch of “nodes”—basically, individual mathematical functions—in an arrangement meant to resemble that of the human brain.
From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2023
But it’s also a picture of unity, the interconnecting links like a long line of people standing arm in arm against intolerance and hate.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
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