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# interact

verb (interact, interacts, interacted, interacting); noun interaction; adjective interactive

«interact» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To interact means to talk, play or work with other people and respond to them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interact/#m1)
2. In science, things interact when they affect each other, like chemicals reacting or animals in a food web. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interact/#m2)
3. To interact with a computer, game or display means to use it by clicking, touching or speaking. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interact/#m3)

### In the lessons

In PSHE, people interact with friends; in science, living things interact in ecosystems; in computing, users interact with apps. Phrases: «interact with», «interact online», «interactive whiteboard».

### Examples

- Our puppy loves to interact with other dogs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interact/#x1)
- The new pupil was shy but soon began to interact with the class. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interact/#x2)
- Plants and animals interact in a habitat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interact/#x3)
- Some medicines interact with each other badly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interact/#x4)
- You can interact with the museum displays by pressing buttons. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interact/#x5)
- We interact online, but be careful who you talk to. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interact/#x6)
- Bees and flowers interact: bees get food, flowers get pollen moved. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interact/#x7)
- The game lets players interact with characters. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interact/#x8)

### Note

Regular verb. Usually followed by «with». An interactive whiteboard lets you touch the screen. Safety: only interact online with people you know in real life.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «interact» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interact/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«interact» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/interact.html) on Mova free.