interoperable

[ in-ter-op-er-uh-buhl, -op-ruh-buhl ]

/ ˌɪn tərˈɒp ər ə bəl, -ˈɒp rə bəl /

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adjective

capable of being used or operated reciprocally: interoperable weapons systems.

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Origin of interoperable

First recorded in 1965–70; inter- + operable

OTHER WORDS FROM interoperable

in·ter·op·er·a·bil·i·ty, nounin·ter·op·er·a·bly, adverb

Words nearby interoperable

interoceanic, interoceptive, interoceptor, interocular, interoffice, interoperable, interosculate, interpage, interparoxysmal, interpellant, interpellate

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How to use interoperable in a sentence

We can allow patients to opt out, but we should have one interoperable system that can track doses and administration.
The confusion surrounding booster shots could paralyze vaccination efforts. The government must step up.|Kavita Patel|August 27, 2021|Washington Post
Players could only interact with up to 49 other users at a time, and the experience was closed off to users without Epic Games accounts — it was not interoperable in the way that a true Metaverse would be.
With the Metaverse hype cycle at full blast, experts take the long view|Alexander Lee|August 4, 2021|Digiday
If the way email worked was not interoperable, we wouldn’t be able to send an email using Gmail to someone’s Yahoo email account.
WTF is interoperability?|Kate Kaye|July 6, 2021|Digiday
On Tuesday, June 29, Verizon Media and Catalina announced they were making their identity graphs interoperable.
Cheat Sheet: Verizon Media adds shopping data with Catalina partnership|Max Willens|June 29, 2021|Digiday

Some are owned by the walled gardens, which aren’t interoperable, whereas others are in the open market and allow different partners to securely collaborate without moving the data.
To find new privacy-compliant data sets, Activision turns to data clean rooms|Seb Joseph|June 16, 2021|Digiday
Part of the fix is obvious: A robust, interoperable communications system is key to the command and control over any response.
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British Dictionary definitions for interoperable

interoperable

/ (ˌɪntərˈɒprəbəl) /

adjective

of or relating to the ability to share data between different computer systems, esp on different machinesinteroperable network management systems

Derived forms of interoperable

interoperability, noun

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