interdependent

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in·ter·de·pend·ent

[in-ter-di-pen-duhnt]
adjective
mutually dependent; depending on each other.

Origin:
1810–20; inter- + dependent

in·ter·de·pend·ence, in·ter·de·pend·en·cy, noun
in·ter·de·pend·ent·ly, adverb
non·in·ter·de·pend·ent, adjective
non·in·ter·de·pend·ent·ly, adverb
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Example Sentences
  • We live in an interdependent world and need a sound vision of the framework that will be inherited by future generations.
  • But alongside mutual gains, nations become increasingly interdependent.
  • More important, the global production network of the information-technology industry is much too interdependent.
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interdependent (ˌɪntədɪˈpɛndənt)
 
adj
relating to two or more people or things dependent on each other

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