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interplay

/ˈɪn.tə(ɹ)ˌpleɪ/

interplay noun: interaction; reciprocal relationship.

Noun

interplay (countable and uncountable, plural interplays)

  1. Interaction; reciprocal relationship.
    • Shortly after Cueto completed a hat-trick in the space of 11 minutes, diving over in the left-hand corner once again after more clinical interplay between backs and forwards.2011 September 24, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 67-3 Romania”, in BBC Sport
    • Beyond its aim to bring patients the most effective treatments faster, the service is expected to generate a wealth of data on the interplay between DNA, health and lifestyles, which will become a powerful tool for research into cancer and other diseases.2018 July 3, Ian Sample, “Routine DNA tests will put NHS at the 'forefront of medicine'”, in The Guardian

Verb

IPA/ˌɪn.tə(ɹ)ˈpleɪ/

interplay (third-person singular simple present interplays, present participle interplaying, simple past and past participle interplayed)

  1. (intransitive) To interact.

interplay meaning in Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada

interplay in Tamil

இடைவினை, பரஸ்பர உறவு, செயல், தாக்கம், ஒருவர் மேலொருவர் தாக்கம் செலுத்து

interplay in Malayalam

interchange, interaction, teamwork
പസ്പരപ്രവർത്തനം, പരസ്പരവ്യവഹാരം, പാരസ്പര്യം, പരസ്പരകെെമാറ്റം, കൂട്ടുപ്രവൃത്തി, സംഘടിതപ്രവർത്തനം

interplay in Kannada

ಪರಸ್ಪರ ಪ್ರಭಾವ, ಅನ್ಯೋನ್ಯ ಕ್ರಿಯೆ

Examples of interplay in a sentence

  • Supply and demand ebb and flow in a complex interplay.
  • The development of plutophobia typically stems from a complex interplay of psychological, social, and experiential factors.
  • Just in her blackety wet skin, she had a magically mesmerizing interplay of boned muscle.

All 32 example sentences with interplay

Forms of interplay

Noun
pluralinterplays
Verb
third-person singular presentinterplays
present participleinterplaying
past participleinterplayed
pastinterplayed

Plural of interplay: interplays

Origin of interplay

From inter- + play.

Questions about interplay

What does interplay mean?
Interplay means interaction; reciprocal relationship.
What is interplay in Tamil?
Interplay in Tamil is இடைவினை, பரஸ்பர உறவு, செயல். See Interplay meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is interplay?
Interplay can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce interplay?
Interplay is pronounced /ˈɪn.tə(ɹ)ˌpleɪ/.
What is the plural of interplay?
The plural of interplay is interplays.

Words near interplay in the dictionary

  1. interplasmidic
  2. interplate
  3. interplateau
  4. interplatelet
  5. interplatform
  6. interplay
  7. interplayed
  8. interplayer
  9. interplaying
  10. interplayings
  11. interplays

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: interplay (page history and authors); interplay (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); interplay (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); interplay (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). 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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