interactive
adjective
in·ter·ac·tive
ˌin-tər-ˈak-tiv 
1
: mutually or reciprocally active
2
: involving the actions or input of a user
especially
: of, relating to, or being a two-way electronic communication system (such as a telephone, cable television, or a computer) that involves a user's orders (as for information or merchandise) or responses (as to a poll)
interactively
adverb
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Intuit has committed to helping 50 million students become financially literate by 2030 through the Intuit Education platform, which provides free financial literacy curriculum and interactive tools designed specifically for Gen Z and Gen Alpha students.
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Alison Griffin, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Oscar-winning documentarian Luc Jacquet (March of the Penguins) will head up the jury of the 2025 immersive competition at this year’s Cannes film festival, judging VR and interactive works in this year’s lineup (see full list below).
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 30 Apr. 2025
Those are the stakes of Supermassive Games’ Until Dawn (2015), an interactive horror survival video game in which players take control of eight friends who become stranded at a cabin on Blackwood Mountain during a memorial for their friend’s death and must survive myriad terrors…until dawn.
—Richard Newby, Time, 29 Apr. 2025
Her organization plans to showcase these jobs as part of an interactive exhibition in Geneva this June that will give attendees an opportunity to try out different tasks.
—Rosa Rahimi, CNN Money, 29 Apr. 2025
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Alison Griffin, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Oscar-winning documentarian Luc Jacquet (March of the Penguins) will head up the jury of the 2025 immersive competition at this year’s Cannes film festival, judging VR and interactive works in this year’s lineup (see full list below).
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 30 Apr. 2025
Those are the stakes of Supermassive Games’ Until Dawn (2015), an interactive horror survival video game in which players take control of eight friends who become stranded at a cabin on Blackwood Mountain during a memorial for their friend’s death and must survive myriad terrors…until dawn.
—Richard Newby, Time, 29 Apr. 2025
Her organization plans to showcase these jobs as part of an interactive exhibition in Geneva this June that will give attendees an opportunity to try out different tasks.
—Rosa Rahimi, CNN Money, 29 Apr. 2025
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“Interactive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/interactive. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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interactive
adjective
in·ter·ac·tive
ˌint-ə-ˈrak-tiv
1
: active between people, groups, or things
2
: involving the actions or input of a user
an interactive museum exhibit
especially
: allowing two-way electronic communications (as between a person and a computer)
interactively
adverb
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