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interdependent

interdependent adjective: mutually dependent; reliant on one another.

Adjective

interdependent (comparative more interdependent, superlative most interdependent)

  1. Mutually dependent; reliant on one another.
    • The whole tone of my book is […]to urge that the morality which has been by our necessities developed in the society of individuals must also be applied to the society of nations as that society becomes by virtue of our development more interdependent.1910 [1909], Norman Angell, The Great Illusion, page 334
    • Sooner or later it may dawn upon the present generation that it has witnessed and is witnessing the birth of a new world of interdependent peoples, in which many of the old names and shibboleths have either changed their meanings or lost them entirely.1936 June 7, Nicholas Murray Butler, “Interdependent Nations”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

interdependent meaning in Urdu, Bengali and Kannada

interdependent in Urdu

منحصر باہم

interdependent in Bengali

পরস্পরনির্ভরশীল

interdependent in Kannada

ಪರಸ್ಪರಾವಲಂಬಿ, ಅನ್ಯೋನ್ಯಾಶ್ರಿತ

Examples of interdependent in a sentence

  • All life on our planet exists only because we are enmeshed within a complex web of interdependent ecological and social systems.2012 May 18, Bob Doppelt, “Business leaders need systemic thinking for sustainability”, in The Guardian:
  • Instead, think of Congress and the Fed as interdependent institutions — a political relationship that constrains the Fed’s conduct.2017 October 19, Sarah Binder, Mark Spindel, “The Fed Claims to Be Independent. That’s Mostly a Myth.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
  • 'The two are not interdependent', she says.2019 October, Ruth Bagley tells James Abbott, “Crunch time for Heathrow western link”, in Modern Railways, page 75:

All 11 example sentences with interdependent

Forms of interdependent

comparativemore interdependent
superlativemost interdependent
alternative forminter-dependent

Origin of interdependent

From inter- + dependent.

Words formed from interdependent

Questions about interdependent

What does interdependent mean?
Interdependent means mutually dependent; reliant on one another.
What is interdependent in Urdu?
Interdependent in Urdu is منحصر باہم. See Interdependent meaning in Urdu.
How do you use interdependent in a sentence?
All life on our planet exists only because we are enmeshed within a complex web of interdependent ecological and social systems.
What part of speech is interdependent?
Interdependent is an adjective.

Words near interdependent in the dictionary

  1. interdepended
  2. interdependence
  3. interdependences
  4. interdependencies
  5. interdependency
  6. interdependent
  7. interdependently
  8. interdependentness
  9. interdepending
  10. interdepends
  11. interdepositional

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Adapted from Wiktionary: interdependent (page history and authors); interdependent (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Interdependent (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); interdependent (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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