interact

verb

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

intransitive verb

: to act upon one another

Examples of interact in a Sentence

They're quiet children who don't interact much.
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By learning from video that captures how humans interact with objects, NEO can generalize its behavior across unfamiliar environments and tasks. Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 13 Jan. 2026 Last week, Grok limited some of its image generation features to paid X subscribers, but the restrictions only apply to one of the ways users interact with Grok. Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 12 Jan. 2026 The One Battle After Another star was filmed interacting animatedly with an unknown attendee at the Beverly Hilton on Sunday night. Jake Kanter, Deadline, 12 Jan. 2026 Women were also widely seen as critical in the post-9/11 wars in special operations units, particularly in rural Afghanistan, where cultural norms generally forbid women from interacting with men outside of their family. Steven Beynon, ABC News, 12 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for interact

Word History

First Known Use

1852, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of interact was in 1852

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“Interact.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/interact. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.

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interact

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

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