interact

verb

Definition of interactnext
as in to collaborate
as in collaborate The students interacted with each other in the classroom.

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Recent Examples of interact September is an ideal month for viewing the northern lights because the autumn equinox—which occurs on September 22—helps solar energy interact with Earth’s magnetic field. — Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 8 Sep. 2026 But the high-pressure system weakened this weekend as a trough of cold air dove in from the north Pacific and interacted with a nearby area of low pressure. — Tyler Ory, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2026 Still, OlloBot should clarify how those terms apply when a product is designed to interact with families and potentially children inside the home. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2026 Scientists need conductors that can bend, stretch, and interact with the body while still efficiently moving electrical signals and ions. — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for interact
Recent Examples of Synonyms for interact
  1. collaborate
  2. deal
  3. mingle
  4. cooperate
  5. communicate
  6. relate
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  • The bank aims to create welcoming workplaces that encourage employees to collaborate in person.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 4 Sep. 2026
  • More than a decade ago, the two researchers were introduced by their mutual boss, the chancellor at UCSF, who encouraged them to collaborate.
    — Pien Huang, NPR, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of collaborate
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  • If Cease and the rotation keep dealing and Louis Varland and the bullpen can survive one more month, any offensive revival would make the Jays a real threat.
    — Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Detectives suspected that members of a Black gang, the Original Valley Gangster Crips, killed him in an attempt to wrest control of the drug dealing hub.
    — Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of deal
Verb
  • Overseeing it all is longtime general manager Andrew Jacobs—an affable Australian often seen mingling with regulars.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The Standish owners have to be okay with mingling with normal people on some level.
    — Bridget Read, Curbed, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of mingle
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  • AfD appears just short of an absolute majority, leaving questions over whether other parties’ refusal to cooperate can still keep Germany’s first far-right state government from emerging.
    — Geir Moulson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • If the horizon is clear and the weather cooperates, these are the evenings to circle on your skywatching calendar.
    — Joe Rao, Space.com, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of cooperate
Verb
  • As Ortega figured out how to create an account to communicate with Burciaga, other detainees began giving him their information.
    — Laura Rodríguez Presa, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026
  • As for the challenges, all three directors brought up the difficulties of having to communicate in their second language with actors when under the overbearing pressures of being on set.
    — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of communicate
Verb
  • Neiman speculates that polyploidy and the snail’s unusual reproductive strategies are related.
    — Carrie Arnold Contributing, Quanta Magazine, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Though theories implicated everyone from rival rapper Biggie Smalls to Knight’s wife Sharitha — neither of whom was ever charged in connection with the murder — investigators long suspected the killing was gang-related.
    — Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026
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