interactive

inter- +‎ active

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪn.təˈɹæk.tɪv/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ɪn.tɚˈæk.tɪv/
• Rhymes: -æktɪv

interactive (comparative more interactive, superlative most interactive)

1. Interacting with or communicating with and reacting to each other; influencing or having an effect on each other; acting or capable of acting on each other or with the other.

   interactive teaching methods

   two interactive systems

2. (computer science) Responding to the user.

   interactive user interface

• interaction
• interactivity

interactive (plural interactives)

1. A feature (as in a museum) that can be interacted with.
   • 2009 June 26, Laurel Graeber, “Spare Times: For Children”, in New York Times‎:

     The show includes computer interactives, animation, models and live parakeets (for an exercise in species identification).

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁak.tiv/, /ɛ̃.te.ʁak.tiv/

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interactive

1. feminine singular of interactif