interworking
- noun
- /ˌɪntərˈwɜrkɪŋ/
- Specialized
- The interworking of various departments in the organization ensures efficient project completion.
Examples
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Focusing on the interworkings of scribes and readers around a particular manuscript copied in Castile during the fourteenth century, I will emphasize the importance of attending to the social foundations of textual generation and meaning.
Academic text (2004) -
And as a result, the Weberian interworking of religious convictions and practical actions, the impartibility of belief and behavior, tends to be lost sight of: the two get separated out again, as "factors," "variables," "determinants," or whatnot.
Academic text (1999) -
It is wonderful when those from other countries believe they have a grasp on the interworking of our country, but cannot seem to express their understanding in intelligent conversation.
Blog text (5) -
A more nuanced sociological view of youth cultures and youth politics is provided by Michael Cross, who neatly turns the debate away from what is "lost" about today's youth to what is produced by youth through the complex interworkings of generation, class, and culture.
Academic text (1996) -
Wrestling with racism, Blackness, and personal hardship, Hip Hop groups, Slaughterhouse in particular, provide a fertile locus for examining the interworking of language as it relates to race, music, and history.
Academic text (2016) -
The interworking of different software applications allows them to share data seamlessly.
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Understanding the interworking of the human brain and the nervous system is essential for medical professionals.
Synonyms
Connecting computers and devices so they can share information
Different computers or devices work together and share data
A group of things linked so they work together and change each other
A connection between systems that lets them share information
A way of joining computer networks so they share information
A way for people, groups, or systems to share information with each other
A system that lets different companies share information or money
Antonyms
How Well
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Interworking comes from the parts inter- 'between' and work 'to do a job'. A helpful way to remember the noun sense is to think of the 'working between' things — the process where different systems or devices operate together.