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interaction

noun · 4 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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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌɪn.təˈɹæk.ʃən/
  • Canada, General-American: /ˌɪn.tɚˈæk.ʃən/
  • California: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian: /ˌɪn.təˈɹæk.ʃən/
  • rhymes with -ækʃən
  • CMU ARPABET: IH2 N T ER0 AE1 K SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: IH2 N ER0 AE1 K SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The situation or occurrence in which two or more things act upon one another to produce an effect; the effect resulting from such a situation or occurrence.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • Be aware of interactions between different medications.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A conversation or exchange between people.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • I enjoyed the interaction with a bunch of like-minded people.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: transaction

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a mutual or reciprocal action; interacting

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: action

Narrower terms: interplay, contact, interchange, reciprocation, give-and-take

4

noun

Meaning 4

(physics) the transfer of energy between elementary particles or between an elementary particle and a field or between fields; mediated by gauge bosons

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fundamental interaction

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: physical phenomenon

Narrower terms: electromagnetic interaction, gravitational interaction, strong interaction, strong force, color force, weak interaction, weak force

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin interāctiō.

Across languages

Translations

121 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: interaksie — situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
  • Albanian: bashkëveprim — situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
  • Arabic: تَآثُر (taʔāṯur) — situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
  • Arabic: تَفَاعُل (tafāʕul) — situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
  • Armenian: փոխազդեցություն (pʻoxazdecʻutʻyun) — situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
  • Belarusian: узаемадзе́янне (uzajemadzjéjannje) — situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
  • Belarusian: узаемадзе́яньне (uzajemadzjéjanʹnje) — situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
  • Bulgarian: взаимоде́йствие (vzaimodéjstvie) — situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
  • Catalan: interacció — situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
  • Chinese Mandarin: 相互作用 (xiānghù zuòyòng) — situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
  • Czech: interakce — situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
  • Danish: vekselvirkning — situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
  • Danish: interaktion — situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
  • Dutch: wisselwerking — situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
  • Dutch: interactie — situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
  • Esperanto: interagado — situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
  • Esperanto: interago — situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
  • Finnish: vuorovaikutus — situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
  • Finnish: kanssakäyminen — situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
  • French: interaction — situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
  • Galician: interacción — situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
  • Georgian: ინტერაქცია (inṭerakcia) — situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
  • Georgian: ურთიერთქმედება (urtiertkmedeba) — situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
  • Georgian: ურთიერთზეგავლენა (urtiertzegavlena) — situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
  • Georgian: ურთიერთკავშირი (urtiertḳavširi) — situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
  • German: Interaktion — situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
  • German: Wechselwirkung — situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
  • Greek: αλληλεπίδραση (allilepídrasi) — situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
  • Greek: διάδραση (diádrasi) — situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
  • Hebrew: יַחֲסֵי גּוֹמְלִין (yakhaséy gomlín) — situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
  • Hebrew: אִינְטֶרְאַקְצְיָה (interáktsiya) — situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
  • Hungarian: kölcsönhatás — situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
  • Hungarian: interakció — situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
  • Icelandic: víxlverkun — situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
  • Icelandic: gagnverkun — situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
  • Ido: interago — situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
  • Irish: idirghníomhaíocht — situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
  • Irish: idirghníomhú — situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
  • Irish: idirghníomh — situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
  • Irish: idirghníomhúchán — situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
  • Irish: imghníomhú — situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
  • Irish: idirfheidhm — situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
  • Irish: imoibriú — situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
  • Italian: interazione — situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
  • Japanese: 相互作用 (sōgosayō) — situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
  • Korean: 상호작용 (sanghojagyong) — situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
  • Latin: interaction — situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
  • Latvian: mijiedarbība — situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
  • Macedonian: заемоде́јство (zaemodéjstvo) — situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
  • Macedonian: интеракција (interakcija) — situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
  • Malay: saling tindak — situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
  • Malay: interaksi — situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
  • Maltese: interazzjoni — situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
  • Māori: pāhekohekotanga — situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
  • Norwegian Bokmål: interaksjon — situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
  • Norwegian Bokmål: samspill — situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vekselvirkning — situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: interaksjon — situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: samspel — situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
  • Iranian Persian: تَفاعُل (tafâ'ol) — situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
  • Iranian Persian: بَرْهَمکُنِش (barham-koneš) — situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
  • Polish: interakcja — situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
  • Portuguese: interação — situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
  • Romanian: interacțiune — situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
  • Romanian: interacționare — situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
  • Russian: взаимоде́йствие (vzaimodéjstvije) — situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
  • Scottish Gaelic: eadar-oibreachadh — situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
  • Scottish Gaelic: eadar-obrachadh — situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
  • Serbo-Croatian: интера̀кција — situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
  • Serbo-Croatian: interàkcija — situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
  • Slovak: interakcia — situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
  • Slovene: interakcija — situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
  • Spanish: interacción — situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
  • Spanish: interrelación — situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
  • Spanish: coacción — situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
  • Swedish: växelverkan — situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
  • Swedish: interaktion — situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
  • Tagalog: tambilos — situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
  • Ukrainian: взаємоді́я (vzajemodíja) — situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
  • Urdu: تَفاعُل (tafā'ul) — situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
  • Afrikaans: interaksie — conversation or exchange between people
  • Albanian: bashkëveprim — conversation or exchange between people
  • Arabic: مُخَالَطَة (muḵālaṭa) — conversation or exchange between people
  • Arabic: تَفَاعُل (tafāʕul) — conversation or exchange between people
  • Arabic: اِخْتِلَاط (iḵtilāṭ) — conversation or exchange between people
  • Belarusian: зно́сіны (znósiny) — conversation or exchange between people
  • Bulgarian: общу́ване (obštúvane) — conversation or exchange between people
  • Bulgarian: обще́ние (obšténie) — conversation or exchange between people
  • Catalan: interacció — conversation or exchange between people
  • Chinese Mandarin: 相互作用 (xiānghù zuòyòng) — conversation or exchange between people
  • Chinese Mandarin: 互動 /互动 (hùdòng) — conversation or exchange between people
  • Chinese Mandarin: 交流 (jiāoliú) — conversation or exchange between people
  • Czech: komunikace — conversation or exchange between people
  • Dutch: interactie — conversation or exchange between people
  • Finnish: keskustelu — conversation or exchange between people
  • French: interaction — conversation or exchange between people
  • Galician: interacción — conversation or exchange between people
  • Georgian: ინტერაქცია (inṭerakcia) — conversation or exchange between people
  • Georgian: ურთიერთობა (urtiertoba) — conversation or exchange between people
  • German: Interaktion — conversation or exchange between people
  • Greek: αλληλεπίδραση (allilepídrasi) — conversation or exchange between people
  • Ancient Greek: ὁμιλία (homilía) — conversation or exchange between people
  • Irish: caidreamh — conversation or exchange between people
  • Italian: interazione — conversation or exchange between people
  • Japanese: 相互作用 (sōgosayō) — conversation or exchange between people
  • Korean: 상호작용 (sanghojagyong) — conversation or exchange between people
  • Macedonian: општење (opštenje) — conversation or exchange between people
  • Maltese: interazzjoni — conversation or exchange between people
  • Māori: tauwhitiwhiti — conversation or exchange between people
  • Māori: taunekeneke — conversation or exchange between people
  • Norwegian Bokmål: interaksjon — conversation or exchange between people
  • Norwegian Bokmål: samhandling — conversation or exchange between people
  • Polish: komunikacja — conversation or exchange between people
  • Portuguese: interação — conversation or exchange between people
  • Romanian: interacțiune — conversation or exchange between people
  • Russian: обще́ние (obščénije) — conversation or exchange between people
  • Serbo-Croatian: интера̀кција — conversation or exchange between people
  • Serbo-Croatian: interàkcija — conversation or exchange between people
  • Slovak: komunikácia — conversation or exchange between people
  • Slovene: občevanje — conversation or exchange between people
  • Ukrainian: спілкува́ння (spilkuvánnja) — conversation or exchange between people
Real reading context

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