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interact

noun · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Australian, UK: /ɪn.təˈɹækt/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Canada, US: /ˌɪn.tɚˈækt/
  • rhymes with -ækt
  • CMU ARPABET: IH2 N T ER0 AE1 K T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: IH2 N ER0 AE1 K T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A short act or piece between others, as in a play; a break between acts.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated

Examples

  • 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 willing, when the mimic world is once more revealed, to suppose that any reasonable space of time has elapsed [...]

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: interlude, entracte, intermission

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Intermediate employment or time.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

Examples

  • 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 amusements.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A pair or series of acts involving more than one person.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: human-sciences, sciences, social-science, social-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To act upon each other.

To engage in communication and other shared activities (with someone).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • The way staff interact with each other during breaks can play an important role in the workplace.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

To act upon each other.

To affect each other.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • This medication can interact with alcohol, so it's best to avoid drinking while you're taking it.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

act together or towards others or with others

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • He should interact more with his colleagues

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: act, move

Narrower terms: conspire, collude, communicate, intercommunicate, reach out, patronize, patronise, condescend, manipulate, keep in line, control, transact, marginalize, marginalise, combine, have, invite, pay for, socialize, socialise, get in touch, touch base, connect, meet, gather, assemble, forgather, foregather, relate, treat, handle, do by, fall all over, intervene, step in, interfere, interpose, consort, associate, affiliate, assort, philander, womanize, womanise

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1én Proto-Indo-European *h1entér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- Proto-Indo-European *h2eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h2éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Latin ācta Old French actbor. Middle English acte English act English interact From inter- + act.

Across languages

Translations

42 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: интермедия (intermedija) — act or piece between others
  • Dutch: tussenspel — act or piece between others
  • Dutch: entr’acte — act or piece between others
  • French: entr’acte — act or piece between others
  • Albanian: bashkëveproj — act upon each other
  • Bulgarian: взаимоде́йствам (vzaimodéjstvam) — act upon each other
  • Catalan: interactuar — act upon each other
  • Catalan: relacionar-se — act upon each other
  • Chinese Mandarin: 互動 /互动 (hùdòng) — act upon each other
  • Czech: interagovat — act upon each other
  • Dutch: interageren — act upon each other
  • Dutch: elkaar beïnvloeden — act upon each other
  • Dutch: in wisselwerking zijn met — act upon each other
  • Esperanto: interagi — act upon each other
  • Finnish: olla vuorovaikutuksessa — act upon each other
  • Finnish: vuorovaikuttaa — act upon each other
  • French: interagir — act upon each other
  • Galician: interactuar — act upon each other
  • German: interagieren — act upon each other
  • Greek: αλληλεπιδρώ (allilepidró) — act upon each other
  • Italian: interagire — act upon each other
  • Japanese: 相互作用する (sōgo-sayō suru) — act upon each other
  • Japanese: 相呼応する (ai-ko'ō suru) — act upon each other
  • Khmer: ធ្វើអន្តរកម្ម (thvəə ʼɑntaʼraʼkam) — act upon each other
  • Malay: berinteraksi — act upon each other
  • Malay: bersaling tindak — act upon each other
  • Māori: tāutuutu — act upon each other
  • Māori: tauwhitiwhiti — act upon each other
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ha omgang med — act upon each other
  • Polish: wchodzić w interakcję — act upon each other
  • Polish: interagować — act upon each other
  • Portuguese: interagir — act upon each other
  • Romanian: interacționa — act upon each other
  • Russian: взаимоде́йствовать (vzaimodéjstvovatʹ) — act upon each other
  • Serbo-Croatian: interagirati — act upon each other
  • Serbo-Croatian: uzajamno djelovati — act upon each other
  • Slovak: interagovať — act upon each other
  • Slovak: vzájomne pôsobiť — act upon each other
  • Spanish: interactuar — act upon each other
  • Swedish: interagera — act upon each other
  • Ukrainian: взаємоді́яти (vzajemodíjaty) — act upon each other
  • Vietnamese: tương tác — act upon each other
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