Definition of interdependent
: dependent upon one another : mutually dependent
- interdependent statistical variables
- … the interdependent gyrations of double suns …
- —James Joyce
- … the interrelationships between social groupings were reciprocal and interdependent.
- —Howard P. Chudacoff
- In an interdependent world, every nation is dependent upon every other.
- —Michael Novak
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interdependently
play \ˌin-tər-di-ˈpen-dənt-lē\ adverb-
- Atlantis is to have its own economic activities, but the city is to function interdependently with other centers in the greater Cape Town region.
- —John Western
