Meaning

Mutually dependent; reliant on one another..

Example Sentences

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.

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.

All life on our planet exists only because we are enmeshed within a complex web of interdependent ecological and social systems.

Steeped in a culture telling us to think of ourselves as consumers instead of citizens, as self-reliant instead of interdependent, is it any wonder we deal with a systemic issue by turning in droves to ineffectual, individual efforts?

Instead, think of Congress and the Fed as interdependent institutions — a political relationship that constrains the Fed’s conduct.

Ruth Bagley, WRLtH [Western Rail Link to Heathrow] Working Group chair with the Thames Valley Chamber of Commerce, is at pains to point out that the western rail link makes sense whether the third Heathrow runway gets built or not. 'The two are not interdependent', she says. 'The rail link DCO [Development Consent Order] should go in later this year for a decision in 2021, whereas the third runway DCO timetable is a year behind that.'

[…] it allowed me to grasp something quite remarkable: how onetime enemies and rivals across the Middle East are on the cusp of becoming so much more interconnected and interdependent than ever before.

Word Forms

• more interdependent
• most interdependent
• inter-dependent

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