Meanings
nouninteraction (countable and uncountable, plural interactions)
plural interactions
- countableuncountableThe 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.
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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 2019At the beginning of September South Western Railway withdrew its Class 442 EMUs from service due to a safety issue concerning interaction with lineside signals.
2019 October, “'442s' withdrawn due to signal interaction issues”, in Modern Railways, page 87 - countableuncountableA conversation or exchange between people.
I enjoyed the interaction with a bunch of like-minded people.
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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 46Synonyms: transaction
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA conversation or exchange between people.
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noun(physics) the transfer of energy between elementary particles or between an elementary particle and a field or between fields; mediated by gauge bosons
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physical phenomenon
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Medieval Latininterāctiō
- Medieval Latininterāctiō
- Englishinteraction
Borrowed from Medieval Latin interāctiō.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans interaksie, interaksie
- interaksiesituation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
- interaksieconversation or exchange between people
Ancient Greek ὁμιλία
- ὁμιλία (homilía)conversation or exchange between people
Arabic تَآثُر, تَفَاعُل
- تَآثُر (taʔāṯur)situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
- تَفَاعُل (tafāʕul)situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
- مُخَالَطَة (muḵālaṭa)conversation or exchange between people
- تَفَاعُل (tafāʕul)conversation or exchange between people
- اِخْتِلَاط (iḵtilāṭ)conversation or exchange between people
Bulgarian взаимоде́йствие, общу́ване
- взаимоде́йствие (vzaimodéjstvie)situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
- общу́ване (obštúvane)conversation or exchange between people
- обще́ние (obšténie)conversation or exchange between people
Catalan interacció, interacció
- interacciósituation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
- interaccióconversation or exchange between people
Chinese Mandarin 相互作用, 相互作用
- 相互作用 (xiānghù zuòyòng)situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
- 相互作用 (xiānghù zuòyòng)conversation or exchange between people
- 互動 /互动 (hùdòng)conversation or exchange between people
- 交流 (jiāoliú)conversation or exchange between people
Czech interakce, komunikace
- interakcesituation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
- komunikaceconversation or exchange between people
Danish vekselvirkning, interaktion
- vekselvirkningsituation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
- interaktionsituation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
Dutch wisselwerking, interactie
- wisselwerkingsituation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
- interactiesituation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
- interactieconversation or exchange between people
Esperanto interagado, interago
- interagadosituation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
- interagosituation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
Finnish vuorovaikutus, kanssakäyminen
- vuorovaikutussituation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
- kanssakäyminensituation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
- keskusteluconversation or exchange between people
French interaction, interaction
- interactionsituation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
- interactionconversation or exchange between people
German Interaktion, Wechselwirkung
- Interaktionsituation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
- Wechselwirkungsituation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
- Interaktionconversation or exchange between people
Greek αλληλεπίδραση, διάδραση
- αλληλεπίδραση (allilepídrasi)situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
- διάδραση (diádrasi)situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
- αλληλεπίδραση (allilepídrasi)conversation or exchange between people
Hebrew יַחֲסֵי גּוֹמְלִין, אִינְטֶרְאַקְצְיָה
- יַחֲסֵי גּוֹמְלִין (yakhaséy gomlín)situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
- אִינְטֶרְאַקְצְיָה (interáktsiya)situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
Hungarian kölcsönhatás, interakció
- kölcsönhatássituation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
- interakciósituation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
Icelandic víxlverkun, gagnverkun
- víxlverkunsituation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
- gagnverkunsituation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
Irish idirghníomhaíocht, idirghníomhú
- idirghníomhaíochtsituation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
- idirghníomhúsituation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
- idirghníomhsituation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
- idirghníomhúchánsituation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
- imghníomhúsituation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
- idirfheidhmsituation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
- imoibriúsituation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
- caidreamhconversation or exchange between people
Italian interazione, interazione
- interazionesituation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
- interazioneconversation or exchange between people
Japanese 相互作用, 相互作用
- 相互作用 (sōgosayō)situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
- 相互作用 (sōgosayō)conversation or exchange between people
Korean 상호작용, 상호작용
- 상호작용 (sanghojagyong)situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
- 상호작용 (sanghojagyong)conversation or exchange between people
Latin interaction
- interactionsituation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
Latvian mijiedarbība
- mijiedarbībasituation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
Malay saling tindak, interaksi
- saling tindaksituation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
- interaksisituation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
Māori pāhekohekotanga, tauwhitiwhiti
- pāhekohekotangasituation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
- tauwhitiwhiticonversation or exchange between people
- taunekenekeconversation or exchange between people
Norwegian Bokmål interaksjon, samspill
- interaksjonsituation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
- samspillsituation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
- vekselvirkningsituation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
- interaksjonconversation or exchange between people
- samhandlingconversation or exchange between people
Polish interakcja, komunikacja
- interakcjasituation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
- komunikacjaconversation or exchange between people
Portuguese interação, interação
- interaçãosituation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
- interaçãoconversation or exchange between people
Romanian interacțiune, interacționare
- interacțiunesituation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
- interacționaresituation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
- interacțiuneconversation or exchange between people
Russian взаимоде́йствие, обще́ние
- взаимоде́йствие (vzaimodéjstvije)situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
- обще́ние (obščénije)conversation or exchange between people
Scottish Gaelic eadar-oibreachadh, eadar-obrachadh
- eadar-oibreachadhsituation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
- eadar-obrachadhsituation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
Slovak interakcia, komunikácia
- interakciasituation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
- komunikáciaconversation or exchange between people
Spanish interacción, interrelación
- interacciónsituation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
- interrelaciónsituation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
- coacciónsituation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
Swedish växelverkan, interaktion
- växelverkansituation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
- interaktionsituation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
Tagalog tambilos
- tambilossituation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
Ukrainian взаємоді́я, спілкува́ння
- взаємоді́я (vzajemodíja)situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
- спілкува́ння (spilkuvánnja)conversation or exchange between people
Urdu تَفاعُل
- تَفاعُل (tafā'ul)situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with interaction
actiontransactionsatisfactionreactionattractionfractionextractiontractioncontractionfactiondistractionsubtractionrefractioninfractionredactionimpactiondetractionstupefactionaerifactionalternate actionassuefactionautoextractioncongelifractiondidaction
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
interaction. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interaction
MLA
“interaction.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interaction. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “interaction,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interaction.
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