interact

verb

in·​ter·​act ˌin-tər-ˈakt How to pronounce interact (audio)
interacted; interacting; interacts

intransitive verb

: to act upon one another

Examples of interact in a Sentence

They're quiet children who don't interact much.
Recent Examples on the Web As the two planets chart their orbital paths, their gravitational fields interact in a process called resonance, Müller says in the statement. Catherine Duncan, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Mar. 2024 In fact, no one that interacted with James Crumbley's son on November 30th of 2021 knew what was going to happen a short time later. Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 15 Mar. 2024 That takeout habit is part of a larger trend: Since the pandemic began, people just don’t seem to want to interact with each other much anymore. Dennis Lee / The Takeout, Quartz, 14 Mar. 2024 Some are no longer allowed to patrol or interact with the public — relegated to administrative duties instead. Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2024 After all, isn’t much of this online time spent interacting with friends through texting, social media, and multiplayer video games? Jonathan Haidt, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2024 Participants also felt significantly less depressed, stressed and fatigued after interacting with the poodle. Kristen Rogers, CNN, 13 Mar. 2024 The movement of the shadow across the land happens as the Earth's rotation interacts with the orbit of the moon. Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2024 Such behaviors will increase in frequency as AI models are asked to perform tasks they weren’t explicitly programmed for and endless versions of an AI product are created, according to how each user interacts with it. François Candelon, Fortune, 8 Mar. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1839, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of interact was in 1839

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Cite this Entry

“Interact.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/interact. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

interact

verb
in·​ter·​act ˌint-ə-ˈrakt How to pronounce interact (audio)
: to act on one another
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