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interact

USin-tur-AKT/ˌɪn.tɚˈækt/UK · AUSin-tuh-RAKT/ɪn.təˈɹækt/

Verbinteracts, interacting, interacted

Noun pluralinteracts

5 meanings of interact

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  1. 1
    verbintransitive
    To talk and do things together with other people.

    Like players passing a ball back and forth in a game.

    Children learn a lot when they interact with each other.

    She finds it hard to interact in large groups.

    Similarcommunicate, engage, mingle, socialize, mix

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  2. 2
    verbintransitive
    When two or more things change or affect one another.

    Like two gears that turn each other when they touch.

    Heat and water interact to cause rust on metal.

    Different medicines can interact and cause problems in the body.

    Similarreact, combine

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  3. 3
    nouncountable
    A set of actions that happen between two or more people.

    Like one round of a back-and-forth game of catch.

    Each interact between two players follows simple rules.

    Researchers recorded every interact in the group.

    Similarexchange, transaction, encounter

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Less common meanings

  1. 4
    noundatedcountable
    A short performance or break placed between the main acts of a play.

    Like a short song played between two parts of a show.

    The musicians played a lively interact while the stage was reset.

    We stretched our legs during the interact.

    Similarinterlude, intermission, entracte

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  2. 5
    nounobsolete
    The time or work that comes in between two other periods.
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Origin

Made from inter- (meaning 'between') plus the word act.