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interdependently

interdependently

1 6.0
People and things rely on each other for help
  • adverb
  • /ˌɪntərdɪˈpɛndəntli/
translation icon : de manera interdependiente
  • Communities often function interdependently, relying on various organizations for support and resources.
  • work interdependently

Examples

  • Cooperative learning, a student-centered method involving students working interdependently, was a strategy given significant emphasis at the university but was most frequently observed only in small constructs as practice activities.

    Academic text (2012)
  • In a successful team, members must work interdependently to achieve their shared goals.

  • All of the principles work interdependently.

    Academic text (1998)
  • First, even officially Catholic agencies include nonordained members who are politically engaged interdependently.

    Academic text (2010)
  • Professional Learning Communities (PLC) are a group of people working interdependently to achieve a common goal for which members are held mutually accountable.

    Blog text (12)
  • Because we must live interdependently and are always at risk of harm by others, evaluating and responding to the potential harmdoing of others is unavoidable.

    Academic text (2003)
  • Support comes from research suggesting that languages develop interdependently, which means that the level of proficiency in one language has an effect on the level of proficiency in the other language (Cummins, 1991).

    Academic text (2006)
  • The interdependently construed person views herself in terms of relationships with others (Cross & Madson, 1997) and focuses on relational outcomes (Oetzel & Bolton-Oetzel, 1997).

    Academic text (2016)
  • The two species depend on each other and thrive interdependently in their natural habitat.

How Interdependent

interdependently
1 6.0
mutually
79 3.3
independently
121 2.9

Surface Forms

interdependently positive

Morphology

interdependently = interdependent (transparent) = inter + depend + ent + ly

Formed by adding the productive adverbial suffix '-ly' to 'interdependent', which itself is transparently 'inter-' + 'dependent'.

Etymology

Interdependently breaks into inter- 'between' and depend 'to rely on', and it is like the familiar word dependent. So, to act interdependently is to rely on each other for support or success.