interact

verb

in·​ter·​act ˌin-tər-ˈakt How to pronounce interact (audio)
interacted; interacting; interacts

intransitive verb

: to act upon one another

Examples of interact in a Sentence

They're quiet children who don't interact much.
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While wine is allowed on the Mediterranean diet, alcohol should be avoided by people who are pregnant, have alcohol use disorder, or are taking medications that can interact with alcohol. Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 21 Jan. 2025 While there are many, many models of potential dark matter candidates, many interact with regular particles through exchanges involving the Higgs boson — a fundamental particle that interacts with almost all other particles and, through those interactions, imbues those particles with mass. Paul Sutter, Space.com, 20 Jan. 2025 As recently as 2024, a survey of more than 11,000 Americans by Pew Research found that more than half (55%) regularly interact with AI, with a fairly even split between several times a day (27%) and once a day or several times a week (28%), according to AIPRM. Michael Ashley, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025 The wife of former Vice President Mike Pence did attend former President Carter’s funeral service earlier this month but did not interact with Trump and first lady Melania Trump. Tara Suter, The Hill, 20 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for interact 

Word History

First Known Use

1839, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of interact was in 1839

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“Interact.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/interact. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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interact

verb
in·​ter·​act ˌint-ə-ˈrakt How to pronounce interact (audio)
: to act on one another
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