interact

Verb
US[in-ter-akt]/ˌɪntɚˈækt/3 syllablesalso [in-er-akt] /ˌɪnɚˈækt/

Open English WordNet

Verb (1)interacts, interacted, interacting

  1. act together or towards others or with others“He should interact more with his colleagues”More general act, moveMore specific treat, attach to, meet, have, predominate, intervene, communicate, consort, get in touch, invite +11 more
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Translations

Verb act upon each other

French
interagir
Italian
interagire
Portuguese
interagir
Russian
взаимоде́йствовать vzaimodéjstvovatʹ
Arabic
تفاعل tafāʕala
Chinese
互动 hùdòng
Swedish
interagera
9 more languages
Greek
αλληλεπιδρώ allilepidró
Vietnamese
tương tác
Portuguese (PT)
interagir
Chinese (Trad.)
互動 hùdòng
Esperanto
interagi

The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.

Webster's Dictionary (1913)

In′ter·act′ noun

Origin: Pref. inter- + act. Cf. Entr'acte.

A short act or piece between others, as in a play; an interlude; hence, intermediate employment or time. Chesterfield.


In′ter·act′ intransitive verb

To act upon each other; as, two agents mutually interact. Ralph Waldo Emerson Tyndall.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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