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interdependence

interdependence noun: the condition of being interdependent.

Noun

interdependence (countable and uncountable, plural interdependences)

  1. The condition of being interdependent.
    • The transmission oil is cooled in a heat exchanger through which the cooling water is circulated, to assist rapid warming of the engine system and to bring engine and transmission into their true interdependence.1960 June, “The N.B. Loco. Co. diesel-hydraulic Type "2" locomotive”, in Trains Illustrated, page 345
    • But today, as electricity creates conditions of extreme interdependence on a global scale, we move swiftly again into an auditory world of simultaneous events and over-all awareness.1962, Marshall McLuhan, The Gutenberg Galaxy, University of Toronto Press, →OCLC, pages 28–29

interdependence meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Kannada and Tagalog

interdependence in Tamil

ஒன்றோடொன்று சார்ந்திருத்தல், கூட்டுச்சார்பு

interdependence in Bengali

পারস্পরিক নির্ভরশীলতা, আন্তঃনির্ভরশীলতা

interdependence in Kannada

ಪರಸ್ಪರ ಅವಲಂಬನೆ, ಅನ್ಯೋನ್ಯ ಆಶ್ರಯ

interdependence in Tagalog

being interdependent
saligan

Examples of interdependence in a sentence

  • For those concerned that the interdependence of power and water could lead to higher costs and greater scarcity of both, two energy developments in the last five years offer both good news and bad.2015 April 22, Felicity Barringer, “Troubling Interdependency of Water and Power”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
  • It's less a vision for the wholesale migration of humanity to a new state of being than a quest to transcend all that is human: the body, interdependence, compassion, vulnerability and complexity.2019, Douglas Rushkoff, “Survival of the Richest”, in Extinction Rebellion, editor, This Is Not A Drill, London: Penguin, →ISBN:
  • Europe’s cherished conviction that economic interdependence is the best guarantee for peace has turned out to be wrong.2022 February 27, Ivan Krastev, “We Are All Living in Vladimir Putin’s World Now”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

All 11 example sentences with interdependence

Forms of interdependence

pluralinterdependences

Origin of interdependence

From inter- + dependence.

Questions about interdependence

What does interdependence mean?
Interdependence means the condition of being interdependent.
What is interdependence in Tamil?
Interdependence in Tamil is ஒன்றோடொன்று சார்ந்திருத்தல், கூட்டுச்சார்பு. See Interdependence meaning in Tamil.
How do you use interdependence in a sentence?
For those concerned that the interdependence of power and water could lead to higher costs and greater scarcity of both, two energy developments in the last five years offer both good news and bad.
What part of speech is interdependence?
Interdependence is a noun.
What is the plural of interdependence?
The plural of interdependence is interdependences.

Words near interdependence in the dictionary

  1. interdentils
  2. interdepartmental
  3. interdepartmentally
  4. interdepend
  5. interdepended
  6. interdependence
  7. interdependences
  8. interdependencies
  9. interdependency
  10. interdependent
  11. interdependently

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Adapted from Wiktionary: interdependence (page history and authors); interdependence (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); interdependence (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); interdependence (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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