Interactive
/ˌɪn.tɚˈæk.tɪv/ adj, noun
adj, noun ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A feature (as in a museum) that can be interacted with.
"The show includes computer interactives, animation, models and live parakeets (for an exercise in species identification)."
Adjective
- 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"
- 2 Offering or involving interaction with the user.
"an interactive digital map with zoom and pan features"
Adjective
- 1 used especially of drugs or muscles that work together so the total effect is greater than the sum of the two (or more) wordnet
- 2 capable of acting on or influencing each other wordnet
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
More examples"More and more people are rushing to make use of the interactive nature of the medium."
Etymology
From inter- + active.