to interwork

Examples

• All

• Successful projects often require different departments to interwork closely.

• Can these systems interwork effectively?

• The two companies are interworking to develop a new software platform.

• The two departments interwork seamlessly.

• The two companies are interworking to develop a new software platform.

• Successful projects often require different departments to interwork closely.

• Engineers must ensure that the new devices can interwork with existing systems.

Synonyms

W

to work together

vsto interwork

728 2.7

To do something with other people to reach the same goal

implies technical connection of systems rather than simple teamwork

C

to cooperate

vsto interwork

543 3.3

To work together with other people to reach the same goal

involves linking systems to operate jointly not just acting together

C

to collaborate

vsto interwork

96 4.6

To work with other people to reach a shared goal

focuses on technical linking of groups and systems rather than creative work

J

to join forces

vsto interwork

57 3.4

To work together with others to achieve a common goal

has more technical emphasis on connecting systems to operate jointly

C

to collaborate with

vsto interwork

42 4.2

To work together with other people, groups, or tools to do something

stresses technical linking rather than personal or tool cooperation

I

to interface

vsto interwork

• Specialized

30 4.2

To connect two systems or devices so they can work together

emphasizes joint operation by connecting different organizations or systems

I

to interconnect

vsto interwork

5 4.7

Join things so they can work together

focuses on connecting systems to make them operate jointly

I

to interlink

vsto interwork

4 4.5

Connect things so they depend on each other

focuses on enabling joint functioning rather than only relation

I

to intercommunicate

vsto interwork

7.2

To be directly connected so people can move between them

highlights cooperative operation through direct technical connections

I

to intertie

vsto interwork

• Specialized

7.8

To connect two power grids so they can share electricity

is broader applying to any systems not only electrical grids

How Closely

to merge

192 3.2

to integrate

179 4.1

to interwork

6.7

to coordinate

325 4.1

to cooperate

543 3.3

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology