interaction

«interaction» in Mova's school dictionary: When two or more people or things act on each other, talk… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (an interaction, interactions)

meaning for a pupil

1) When two or more people or things act on each other, talk or work together. tree →

2) (science) The way two forces, chemicals or living things affect each other. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science: interactions between animals in a food web, or between chemicals in a reaction; in medicine, a drug interaction. In everyday life and school: social interaction, interaction with the teacher. In computing: interaction with a screen or game.

examples

• Playing together is a good kind of interaction. tree →
• Bees and flowers have a helpful interaction. tree →
• The museum has many interactions you can touch. tree →
• Some medicines have a bad interaction. tree →
• There is lots of interaction between pupils in group work. tree →
• The game reacts to every interaction with the screen. tree →

note

Countable. Verb: interact; adjective: interactive (as in interactive whiteboard). «Inter-» means between.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «interaction» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.