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interact

verb
/ɪn.təˈɹækt/UK/ˌɪn.tɚˈækt/CA

Etymology

From inter- + act.

  1. derived from *h₂éǵeti✻
  2. derived from ācta
  3. derived from acte
  4. inherited from acte
  5. prefixed as interact — “inter + act”

Definitions

  1. To act upon each other.

    • The way staff interact with each other during breaks can play an important role in the workplace.

  2. A short act or piece between others, as in a play

    A short act or piece between others, as in a play; a break between acts.

    • The play gives detailed descriptions of the instruments used in the interact music […]

  3. Intermediate employment or time.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A pair or series of acts involving more than one person.

      • 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.

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Derived

interactability, interactment, interact with, misinteract

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at interact. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at interact. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at interact

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA