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# interaction

noun (an interaction, interactions)

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

## Everyday

1. When two or more people or things act on each other, talk or work together. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interaction/#m1)
2. (science) The way two forces, chemicals or living things affect each other. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interaction/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science: interactions between animals in a food web, or between chemicals in a reaction; in medicine, a drug interaction. In everyday life and school: social interaction, interaction with the teacher. In computing: interaction with a screen or game.

### Examples

- Playing together is a good kind of interaction. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interaction/#x1)
- Bees and flowers have a helpful interaction. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interaction/#x2)
- The museum has many interactions you can touch. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interaction/#x3)
- Some medicines have a bad interaction. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interaction/#x4)
- There is lots of interaction between pupils in group work. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interaction/#x5)
- The game reacts to every interaction with the screen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interaction/#x6)

### Note

Countable. Verb: interact; adjective: interactive (as in interactive whiteboard). «Inter-» means between.

## On Mova

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