INTERACT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does interact mean? 

• INTERACT (verb)
  The verb INTERACT has 1 sense:

1. act together or towards others or with others

  Familiarity information: INTERACT used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INTERACT (verb)

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

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Context example:

He should interact more with his colleagues

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"):

invite; pay for (have as a guest)

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)

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

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)

Sentence frames:

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

Derivation:

interaction (a mutual or reciprocal action; interacting)

interactive (capable of acting on or influencing each other)

 Context examples 

Amcinonide interacts with specific corticosteroid receptors and was internalized, which leads to binding of DNA and modification of gene expression.

(Amcinonide, NCI Thesaurus)

This drug interacts with specific intracellular receptors and binds to DNA to modify gene expression.

(Alclometasone Dipropionate, NCI Thesaurus)

Aminoacyl tRNA synthase complex-interacting multifunctional protein 2 (320 aa, ~35 kDa) is encoded by the human AIMP2 gene.

(Aminoacyl tRNA Synthase Complex-Interacting Multifunctional Protein 2, NCI Thesaurus)

Similar to the kinesin light chain, APPBP2 also interacts with microtubules and may have a role in vesicle sorting.

(Amyloid Beta Precursor Protein-Binding Protein 2, NCI Thesaurus)

An antineoplastic antibiotic that intercalates into DNA and interacts with topoisomerase II, thereby inhibiting DNA replication and repair and RNA and protein synthesis.

(Anthrapyrazole, NCI Thesaurus)

Histone H3 interacts with the condensin complex, and is phosphorylated during mitosis.

(AKAP8 in Mitosis Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

This allele, which encodes AH receptor-interacting protein, plays a role in the regulation of receptor signaling.

(AIP wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Each of these lymphocyte adhesion molecules interacts with specific ligands expressed on cells like endothelial cells to moderate adhesion between cells.

(Adhesion Molecules on Lymphocyte Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Wasp and its cousin Wave-1 interact with the Arp2/3 complex through the p21 component of the complex.

(Actin Branching Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Many Arf GAPs are multidomain proteins and have been found to interact with multiple signaling molecules.

(ADP-Ribosylation Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)