interact
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interact
- /ɪn.təˈɹækt/ Australia, UK
- /ˌɪn.tɚˈækt/ Canada, US
Rhymes with -ækt
verb interacts · interacting · interacted
- To engage in communication and other shared activities (with someone). The way staff interact with each other during breaks can play an important role in the workplace.
- To affect each other. This medication can interact with alcohol, so it's best to avoid drinking while you're taking it.
noun interacts
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A short act or piece between others, as in a play; a break between acts.
1912, William Archer, London: Chapman & Hall, Chapter 8, pp. 108-109,
[…] the flight of time is best indicated by an interact. When the curtain is down, the action on the stage remains, as it were, in suspense. The audience lets its attention revert to the affairs of real life; and it is quite willi
Similar: interlude, entracte, intermission
- Intermediate employment or time. 1750, Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, Letters Written […] to His Son, London: P. Dodsley, 10th edition, 1792, Volume 2, Letter 219, p. 344, Play, in good company, is only play, and not gaming; not deep, and consequently not dangerous nor dishonourable. It is only the inter-acts of other a
- A pair or series of acts involving more than one person. Inasmuch as it is impossible to analyze the contents of an entire interpersonal relationship, it is helpful to conceptualize a given communication event as consisting of a series of subevents. Any one subevent may be pulled out as a basic unit for analysis in the study of interpersonal communication
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: socialize, relationship, interactive, interaction, dialogue, converse, interplay, communicate, discuss, talk, relate, interrelatedness, combine, connect, interrelation, speak
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verb act upon each other
| Español | interactuar |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 相互作用する sōgo-sayō suru, 相呼応する ai-ko'ō suru |
| 中文 | 互動 /互动 hùdòng |
| Português | interagir |
| Français | interagir |
| Deutsch | interagieren |
| Italiano | interagire |
| Ελληνικά | αλληλεπιδρώ allilepidró |
| Română | interacționa |
| Русский | взаимоде́йствовать vzaimodéjstvovatʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | tương tác |
noun act or piece between others
| Français | entr’acte |
|---|
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