interact
Americanverb (used without object)
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to act one upon another.
A person's microbiome and immune system may interact in ways that promote inflammation.
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to communicate, work, or participate in an activity with someone or something: a user interacting with a computer program.
a boss who seldom interacts with employees;
a user interacting with a computer program.
verb
Etymology
Origin of interact
Explanation
Talking, dancing, playing a game — all of these activities allow you to interact with other people. To interact means to communicate and react to the people you're involved with. Some video games are called interactive because they are not static, like board games, but allow players to interact with them and direct the story. If you are talking about chemicals or medicines that interact, the presence of one affects the way the other works. If someone says that you interact well with children, it means you communicate well with them and they respond to you.
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Example Sentences
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Google is working to establish search as the entry point to its AI features, and users can now interact with multimodal inputs and AI-powered suggestions to refine their queries.
From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026
Wearers will be able to access information, manage daily tasks, navigate their surroundings, communicate, and interact with mobile apps, according to company press releases.
From Barron's • May 19, 2026
“It can create videos that are very, very high level, and you can interact with that video afterwards,” said Koray Kavukcuoglu, Google’s chief AI architect and chief technology officer of the company’s DeepMind unit.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
This is Putin's 25th trip to China and Russian bureaucrats are likely to interact more with their Chinese counterparts than they do with officials from other countries.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
Maybe I didn’t remember the “right” way to interact with someone of the opposite gender, but I’m pretty sure Martin didn’t, either.
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
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