interface

C1 Topic:Technology & Computing

US /ˈɪn(t)ɚˌfeɪs/ UK /ˈɪntəfeɪs/ See IPA manual

noun verb Freq #14872

Meanings

1

noun
The part of a computer system or program that a person uses to control it.

The options are selected through the user interface.
2

noun
A point where two systems, people, or groups meet and interact.

The firm acts as the interface between a company and the press.
3

verb
To connect or interact with another system or person.

The new software interfaces smoothly with our database.

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Word family

Forms interfacedinterfacesinterfacing

Derived forms biointerfaceheterointerfacehomointerfaceinterfaceableinterfacelessinterfacialnanointerfaceneurointerfacenoninterfacepseudointerfacesubinterfacesuperinterface

Related forms mixin trait

Etymology

From inter- (“between”) + face (“shape, figure, form”).

Topics

Technology & Computing

# interface

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C1
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** ˈɪn(t)ɚˌfeɪs
**IPA (UK):** ˈɪntəfeɪs
**Frequency rank:** 14872

## Meanings
1. The part of a computer system or program that a person uses to control it.
2. A point where two systems, people, or groups meet and interact.
3. To connect or interact with another system or person.

## Examples
- The options are selected through the user interface.
- The firm acts as the interface between a company and the press.
- The new software interfaces smoothly with our database.

## Derived Forms
- biointerface
- heterointerface
- homointerface
- interfaceable
- interfaceless
- interfacial
- nanointerface
- neurointerface
- noninterface
- pseudointerface
- subinterface
- superinterface

## Related Forms
- mixin
- trait

## Roots and Affixes
- Affix: inter- - between

## Etymology
From inter- (“between”) + face (“shape, figure, form”).

## AI Etymology
Interface comes from inter- (“between”) + face (“shape, figure, form”). The surrounding word family includes derived forms such as biointerface, heterointerface, homointerface, and interfaceable and related forms such as mixin and trait. In present use it covers the part of a computer system or program that a person uses to control it, a point where two systems, people, or groups meet and interact, and to connect or interact with another system or person.

## Topics
- Technology & Computing

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