Meaning & use

Interlinking

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Connecting or joining two or more things together to form a network or chain.

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The new railway is interlinking several remote towns for the first time.

Researchers found the two theories were interlinking in unexpected ways.

A note on using this word

"Interlinking" combines the prefix "inter-" (between) with "link," so it usually implies a mutual, two-way connection rather than a single one-directional link.

Words with a similar meaning

connectinglinking

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Words with an opposite meaning

separatingdisconnecting

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