interact
To act upon each other.
Noun
- A short act or piece between others, as in a play; a break between acts.
- 1912, William Archer, London: Chapman & Hall, Chapter 8, pp. 108-109, […] the flight of time is best indicated by an interact. When the curtain is down, the action on the stage remains, as it were, in suspense. The...
- The play gives detailed descriptions of the instruments used in the interact music […] - 1980, Mary Chan, Music in the Theatre of Ben Jonson, Oxford: Clarendon, Part 1, Chapter 1, p. 15:
Synonyms: interlude entracte intermission
- Intermediate employment or time.
- 1750, Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, Letters Written […] to His Son, London: P. Dodsley, 10th edition, 1792, Volume 2, Letter 219, p. 344, Play, in good company, is only play, and not gaming; not deep, and...
- A pair or series of acts involving more than one person.
- Inasmuch as it is impossible to analyze the contents of an entire interpersonal relationship, it is helpful to conceptualize a given communication event as consisting of a series of subevents. Any one subevent may be...
- As they listened to groups communicate, Fisher and his coworkers noted what each group member said (labeled a speech act) and how the next person responded. This pairing of speech acts is called an interact. - 1991,...
Origin
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Latin ācta Old French actbor. Middle English acte English act English interact From inter- + act.
Forms
Related
interactable interactant interactee interaction interactive interactome interactor
Verb
- To act upon each other.
- The way staff interact with each other during breaks can play an important role in the workplace.
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(of people) To engage in communication and other shared activities (with someone).
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(of two or more things) To affect each other.
- This medication can interact with alcohol, so it's best to avoid drinking while you're taking it.
- The fortunes of the master and the servant, intimately interacting, rose together. The Baron’s secret skill had given Leopold his unexceptionable kingdom; and Leopold, in his turn, as time went on, was able to furnish...
- It is now known that many pairs of organic phosphate insecticides are highly dangerous, the toxicity being stepped up or “potentiated” through the combined action. […] Residues well within the legally permissible limits...