interaction
UK/ˌɪn.təˈɹæk.ʃən//ˌɪn.tɚˈæk.ʃən/
interaction noun: the situation or occurrence in which two or more things act upon one another to produce an effect; the effect resulting from such a situation or occurrence.
Noun
interaction (countable and uncountable, plural interactions)
- The situation or occurrence in which two or more things act upon one another to produce an effect; the effect resulting from such a situation or occurrence.
- Be aware of interactions between different medications.
- Such technologies will also “shape future human interaction with the machines we created,” he added.2019 February 3, “UN Study: China, US, Japan Lead World AI Development”, in Voice of America, archived from the original on 07 Feb 2019
- A conversation or exchange between people.
- I enjoyed the interaction with a bunch of like-minded people.
- Another 'basic' is staff interaction with customers - and here, ScotRail excelled. Every single one of them whom RAIL engaged with was polite and chatty, and some were even humorous!2025 March 5, “Ayr miles with a 'Spirit of Scotland'”, in RAIL, number 1030, page 46
- Synonyms:
- transaction
interaction meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
interaction in Hindi
- अंतःक्रिया, परस्पर क्रिया, पारस्परिक क्रिया
interaction in Tamil
- இடைவினை, கருத்துப் பரிமாற்றம், தொடர்பு, கலந்துரையாடல், இடைத்தாக்கம், எதிர்மறிவினை
interaction in Marathi
- परस्परसंवाद, परस्पर संवाद
interaction in Urdu
- situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
- تَفاعُل tafā'ul
More languagesFewer languages
- interaction in Bengali
- মিথষ্ক্রিয়া
- interaction in Telugu
- పరస్పర చర్య, సంకర్షణ
- interaction in Kannada
- ಸೇರಿಕೆ, ಮಾತಾಟ, ಹೊಂದಿಕೆ
- interaction in Punjabi
- ਪਰਸਪਰ ਕ੍ਰਿਆ, ਪਰਸਪਰ ਪ੍ਰਭਾਵ, ਪਰਸਪਰ ਸੰਪਰਕ
- interaction in Gujarati
- ક્રિયાપ્રતિક્રિયા, પરસ્પર ક્રિયાપ્રતિક્રિયા, આંતરક્રિયા
- interaction in Odia
- ପାରସ୍ପରିକ କ୍ରିଯ଼ା
- interaction in Nepali
- अन्तरक्रिया
- interaction in Tagalog
- tambilos
- interaction in Arabic
- تَآثُر taʔāṯur, تَفَاعُل tafāʕul, مُخَالَطَة muḵālaṭa, اِخْتِلَاط iḵtilāṭ
- interaction in Malay
- saling tindak, interaksi
Examples of interaction in a sentence
- Self-analysis of my interactions with others fails because, though I understand myself, I can't understand others.
- The many species that live in the forest canopy constitute a network of life via their complex interactions.
- Force is the result of fundamental interactions.
Synonyms of interaction
Forms of interaction
| plural | interactions |
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Origin of interaction
Borrowed from Medieval Latin interāctiō.
Words formed from interaction
- autointeraction
- biointeraction
- cisinteraction
- cyberinteraction
- electromagnetic interaction
- electroweak interaction
- fundamental interaction
- gravitational interaction
- human-computer interaction
- hyperinteraction
- interactional
- interaction design
- interactionism
- interactionist
- interactionless
- interaction matrix
- interaction picture
- interaction space
- macrointeraction
- magnetism-based interaction capture
- microinteraction
- nanointeraction
- noninteraction
- pseudointeraction
- reinteraction
- selfinteraction
- strong interaction
- strong nuclear interaction
- subinteraction
- transinteraction
- weak interaction
- weak nuclear interaction
- Yukawa interaction
Phrases with interaction
Words that rhyme with interaction
Questions about interaction
- What does interaction mean?
- Interaction means the situation or occurrence in which two or more things act upon one another to produce an effect; the effect resulting from such a situation or occurrence.
- What is interaction in Hindi?
- Interaction in Hindi is अंतःक्रिया, परस्पर क्रिया, पारस्परिक क्रिया. See Interaction meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is interaction?
- Interaction is a noun.
- How do you pronounce interaction?
- Interaction is pronounced /ˌɪn.təˈɹæk.ʃən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of interaction?
- The plural of interaction is interactions.
Words near interaction in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: interaction (page history and authors); interaction (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); interaction (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); interaction (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); interaction (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); interaction (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); interaction (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); interaction (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); interaction (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); interaction (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); interaction (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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