interconnect

[in-ter-kuh-nekt]

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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.

Origin of interconnect

First recorded in 1860–65; inter- + connect

Related formsin·ter·con·nec·tion, noun

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Related Words for interconnected

relevant, complementary, akin, pertinent, analogous, similar, linked, associated, integral, reciprocal, interdependent, compare, associate, pertain, ascribe, link, connect, affect, apply, concern

Examples from the Web for interconnected

Contemporary Examples of interconnected

The querulous, interconnected pamphlets printed in seventeenth-century Europe prefigure the culture of modern blogging.
Social Media is So Old Even the Romans Had It
Nick Romeo
October 25, 2013
In this broken-around-the-edges world, our fates are interconnected.
Jewish Clergy Submit Letter to Congress Urging Action on Immigration Reform
Mira Sucharov
September 12, 2013
The magical thinking lies not in saying that the world is interconnected, but rather in insisting that there is no overlap.
CENTCOM Commander: Unresolved Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Meant 'I Paid a Military Security Price Every Day'
Emily L. Hauser
July 26, 2013
He calls the issue “interconnected” to every domestic problem in Iran.
The Rutgers Professor Who Wants to Lead Iran
Shirin Sadeghi
February 26, 2013
It works in three broad areas, all interconnected: socio-economic justice, political and human rights, and the peace process.
Whither The Israeli Left?
Brent E. Sasley
January 24, 2013

Historical Examples of interconnected

All kinds of machines can be an address in this interconnected world.
The Civilization of Illiteracy
Mihai Nadin
The world is interconnected and this interconnection is subdivided into departments.
The Positive Outcome of Philosophy
Joseph Dietzgen
In the face of these facts, the Gregorian movement of the eleventh century pursues two closely interconnected objects.
The Unity of Civilization
Various
Usually the blotches are discrete, but in some individuals they are interconnected and form an irregular dark mark on the dorsum.
Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca
William E. Duellman
Telegenic or not, a president or a TV star has little, if any, impact on our fulfillment in the interconnected world of our time.
The Civilization of Illiteracy
Mihai Nadin

British Dictionary definitions for interconnected

interconnect

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 Formsinterconnection, noun

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Word Origin and History for interconnected

interconnect

1863, from inter- + connect. Related: Interconnected; interconnecting; interconnectedness; interconnection.