interconnected

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adjective

in·​ter·​con·​nect·​ed ˌin-tər-kə-ˈnek-təd How to pronounce interconnected (audio)
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1
: mutually joined or related
interconnected highways
interconnected political issues
2
: having internal connections between the parts or elements
interconnectedness noun

interconnected

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past tense and past participle of interconnect

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The feature – revolving around the interconnected stories of three gay men in 1932, 1937 and 2017 – took its cue from Alberto Conejero’s 2013 play La piedra oscura, which in turn was inspired by García Lorca’s unfinished play La Bola Negra. — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2026 Prosecutors describe the drug trafficking and torture conspiracies as interconnected, asserting that proceeds from corruption and narcotics trafficking helped Maduro and Flores maintain the loyalty of officials who enforced their rule. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 8 Oct. 2026 That interconnected structure could help prevent localized crystal defects from completely blocking ion transport. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2026 Those words capture a central tension in the sprawling show, which occupies interconnected galleries at the far end of the museum’s Resnick Pavilion. — Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for interconnected

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First Known Use

Adjective

1836, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of interconnected was in 1836

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