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 Beginning in 2019, the AI installation Dalí Lives allowed visitors to interact with Dalí's likeness on a series of screens throughout the museum. Chloe Veltman, NPR, 21 Apr. 2024 What is Frontend Development? Frontend development also known as client-side development involves using technologies such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to create the part of a website or application—the part that users interact with directly. Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 20 Apr. 2024 Musk has spent the past week interacting online with conservative Brazilians whose accounts have been banned by Moraes — a group that has long sought his attention. Terrence McCoy, Washington Post, 18 Apr. 2024 One of the main objectives of The Red Flat is to remove the barrier between visitor and exhibition; visitors are not just permitted to interact with objects in the apartment, but encouraged to do so. Alice Popovici, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Apr. 2024 Brussels sprouts are a source of vitamin K, which can interact with blood thinners.3 These vegetables can affect levels of iodine, or a mineral that helps produce thyroid hormones. Cynthia Sass, Mph, Health, 17 Apr. 2024 Visitors can interact with and watch the conservators work from noon to 4 p.m. Friday and on April 26, and also quietly observe their work from 10 a.m. to noon and 1 to 3 p.m. Thursday. The San Diego Union-Tribune Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2024 For about a year after the parks reopened, meet-and-greet performers interacted and posed for photos with guests from a distance. Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2024 In 1984 Apple introduced the Macintosh, which featured a graphical user interface and a mouse, revolutionizing the way users interacted with computers. IEEE Spectrum, 16 Apr. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1839, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of interact was in 1839

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“Interact.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/interact. Accessed 26 Apr. 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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