interact (interacts 3rd person present) (interacting present participle) (interacted past tense & past participle )
1 v-recip When people interact with each other or interact, they communicate as they work or spend time together.
While the other children interacted and played together, Ted ignored them. pl-n V
...rhymes and songs to help parents interact with their babies. V with n
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interaction (interactions plural) n-var oft N prep
...our experience of informal social interaction among adults.
2 verb When people interact with computers, or when computers interact with other machines, information or instructions are exchanged.
Millions of people want new, simplified ways of interacting with a computer... V with n
There will be a true global village in which telephones, computers and televisions interact. pl-n V
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interaction (interactions plural) n-var usu with supp
...experts on human-computer interaction.
3 v-recip When one thing interacts with another or two things interact, the two things affect each other's behaviour or condition.
You have to understand how cells interact... pl-n V
Atoms within the fluid interact with the minerals that form the grains. V with n
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interaction n-var oft N prep
...the interaction between physical and emotional illness.