interagency

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/ɪntəˈɹeɪd͡ʒənsi/

adjective

Between or among agencies.

Less commonScrabble 17

Meanings

adjectiveinteragency (not comparable)

alternative inter-agency

  1. not comparableBetween or among agencies.

    The office is currently conducting a joint interagency enforcement pilot with the city. Mayor Eric Adams said the initiative had led to seizures of more than 100,000 items and the issuance 300 civil and criminal violations.

    2022 December 1, Ashley Southall, “What’s in New York’s Illicit Cannabis: Germs, Toxins and Metals”, in The New York Times

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁n̥tér
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥ter
  4. Latininter
  5. Latininter-
  6. Englishinter-
  7. Medieval Latinagēntia
  8. Englishagency
  9. Englishinteragency

From inter- + agency.

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Cite this entry
APA

interagency. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interagency

MLA

“interagency.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interagency. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “interagency,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interagency.

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