INTERACT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (verb)

Verb forms

Present simple: I / you / we / they interact ... he / she / it interacts

Past simple: interacted

Past participle: interacted

-ing form: interacting

Sense 1

Meaning:

Act together or towards others or with others

Example:

He should interact more with his colleagues

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "interact" is one way to...):

act; move (perform an action, or work out or perform (an action))

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "interact"):

philander; womanise; womanize (have amorous affairs; of men)

affiliate; associate; assort; consort (keep company with; hang out with)

interfere; interpose; intervene; step in (get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force)

fall all over (display excessive love or show excessive gratitude towards)

do by; handle; treat (interact in a certain way)

relate (have or establish a relationship to)

assemble; foregather; forgather; gather; meet (collect in one place)

connect; get in touch; touch base (establish communication with someone)

socialise; socialize (take part in social activities; interact with others)

invite; pay for (have as a guest)

have (have a personal or business relationship with someone)

combine (join for a common purpose or in a common action)

marginalise; marginalize (relegate to a lower or outer edge, as of specific groups of people)

transact (conduct business)

control; keep in line; manipulate (maintain influence over (others or oneself) skillfully, usually to one's advantage)

communicate (be in verbal contact; interchange information or ideas)

condescend; patronise; patronize (treat condescendingly)

reach out (attempt to communicate)

communicate; intercommunicate (transmit thoughts or feelings)

collude; conspire (act in unison or agreement and in secret towards a deceitful or illegal purpose)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

interaction (a mutual or reciprocal action; interacting)

interactive (capable of acting on or influencing each other)

Credits

Context examples:

AH receptor-interacting protein (330 aa, ~37 kDa) is encoded by the human AIP gene.

(AH Receptor-Interacting Protein, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes aminoacyl tRNA synthase complex-interacting multifunctional protein 2, is involved in both the modulation of translation and the regulation of ubiquitination.

(AIMP2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

The anthrapyrazole antibiotics intercalate into DNA and interact with topoisomerase II, thereby inhibiting DNA replication and repair and RNA and protein synthesis.

(Anthrapyrazole Antineoplastic Antibiotic, NCI Thesaurus)

Antioxidant supplements may also interact with some medicines.

(Antioxidants, NIH: National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine)

SAP18 interacts with SIN3 and enhances SIN3-mediated transcriptional repression.

(mSin3, NCI Thesaurus)

The branch of toxicology that tries to understand the health effects of poisons by understanding the way that genes, proteins, and molecules interact.

(Molecular Toxicology, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes MAX-interacting protein 1, is involved in transcriptional suppression.

(MXI1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

DCLG members will interact directly with the scientific community at NCI on a wide range of programs and issues.

(NCI Director's Consumer Liaison Group, NCI Thesaurus)

The branch of pharmacology that tries to understand drug effects by understanding the way that receptors interact with proteins and other molecules in signal transduction.

(Molecular Receptor Pharmacology, NCI Thesaurus)

The branch of psychobiology that tries to understand cognitive functioning, including intellectual, memory, and related neurocognitive processes, by understanding the way that genes, proteins, and molecules interact.