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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His administration also included figures, like former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, who openly interacted with Q content online. Art Jipson, The Conversation, 19 July 2025 Girls didn’t frighten me; the results of interacting with them did. Michael Thomas, New Yorker, 19 July 2025 The Model Context Protocol (MCP) provides a modern, semantically rich way for AI to interact with enterprise systems. Giridhar Raj Singh Chowhan, Forbes.com, 18 July 2025 Grant is also the founder, captain and lead safety diver of Kaimana Ocean Safari, an ocean adventure company that brings guests off the West Coast of the Big Island in Hawaii to observe and potentially interact with sea turtles, dolphins, manta rays, sharks, whales and fish around the coral reefs. Skyler Caruso, People.com, 18 July 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 24 Jul. 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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