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interoperate

interoperate verb: to work reliably with another system.

Verb

interoperate (third-person singular simple present interoperates, present participle interoperating, simple past and past participle interoperated)

  1. (intransitive) To work reliably with another system.
    • It took weeks to get the two email systems to interoperate.

Forms of interoperate

third-person singular presentinteroperates
present participleinteroperating
past participleinteroperated
pastinteroperated

Origin of interoperate

From inter- (“between, mutual”) + operate (“work”).

Words formed from interoperate

Questions about interoperate

What does interoperate mean?
Interoperate means to work reliably with another system.
What part of speech is interoperate?
Interoperate is a verb.
What is the past tense of interoperate?
The past tense of interoperate is interoperated.

Words near interoperate in the dictionary

  1. interoparous
  2. interoperabilities
  3. interoperability
  4. interoperable
  5. interoperably
  6. interoperate
  7. interoperated
  8. interoperates
  9. interoperating
  10. interoperation
  11. interoperations

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