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interactive

adj
/ˌɪn.təˈɹæk.tɪv/UK/ˌɪn.tɚˈæk.tɪv/US

Etymology

From inter- + active.

  1. derived from *h₂éǵeti✻
  2. derived from activus
  3. derived from actif
  4. inherited from actyf
  5. prefixed as interactive — “inter + active”

Definitions

  1. Interacting with or communicating with and reacting to each other

    Interacting with or communicating with and reacting to each other; influencing or having an effect on each other; acting or capable of acting on each other or with the other.

    • interactive teaching methods
    • two interactive systems

  2. Offering or involving interaction with the user.

    • an interactive digital map with zoom and pan features

  3. A feature (as in a museum) that can be interacted with.

    • The show includes computer interactives, animation, models and live parakeets (for an exercise in species identification).

The neighborhood

Derived

interactive fiction, interactive geofiction, interactively, interactiveness, interactive teller machine, interactive whiteboard, interpassive, noninteractive, non-interactive, preinteractive

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for interactive. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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