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Interact with
to have a reciprocal action with something; to react with something. (Often refers to the negative consequences of interaction.)
Will this drug interact with coffee? This drug will not interact with your current medication.
Intercede (for) : (with)
to intervene on behalf of someone with someone or a group; to plead someone’s case with someone or a group.
I will intercede for Charlotte with the council. Tom interceded with Fred for Sharon, who was too shy to speak for herself.
Interchange with
to exchange one person for another.
I interchanged Sally with Roger for the honor of being first speaker. Roger has been interchanged with Sally.
Interchange with
to exchange one thing for another.
Please interchange the orange one with the purple one. The orange one has been interchanged with the red one.
Interest in
to arouse the interest of someone in someone or something.
Yes, I can recommend someone for you to hire. Could I interest you in Tom? He’s one of our best workers. Can I interest you in checking out a book from the library?
Interest in
to cause someone to wish to purchase something.
Could I interest you in something with a little more style to it? Can I interest you in some additional insurance on your life?
Interface with
to bring about a complex connection of people and things, in any combination. (Originally having to do with computers.)
Let’s interface Walter with the staff from the main office. I want to interface my data with Sam, who has some relevant statistics from prior years.
Interface with
to develop a connection or interaction with someone or something.
Call Walter and set up a meeting so we can interface with him. This computer is meant to interface with as many as five others just like it.
Interfere in
to meddle in something; to become involved in someone else’s business.
Don’t interfere in my business! Are you interfering in this matter again?
Interfere with
to meddle with something or someone’s affairs.
Please do not interfere with us. Are you interfering with my project?
Interject into
to force someone into something, usually into someone else’s business.
I am going to have to interject Fred into this matter before it gets out of hand. I hate to interject myself into your affairs, but I have something to say.
Interject into
to volunteer information or a comment into a conversation.
We can always count on Liz to interject something sensible into our discussions. At last, something sensible has been interjected into our discussions.
Interlace with
to weave something into something else.
I will interlace some silver thread with the white yarn. The manufacturer had interlaced a silver thread into the yarn.
Intermarry with
[for members of a group] to marry into another group, race, or clan.
Our people don’t intermarry with people of that clan. They do not intermarry with other groups on purpose.
Intermingle with
to mingle or merge things with things.
Don’t intermingle the U.S. mail with the interoffice mail. The office mail had been intermingled with the regular mail!
Intermingle with
to mingle or merge with people.
The mugger intermingled with the people on the street and could not be recognized. Let’s intermingle with the guests.
Intern in
to detain or imprison a person in something.
The government interned the enemy prisoners in the camps for a few months. He was interned in a prison camp during the war.
Interpose between
people or things to put someone or something between people or things, in any combination.
I do not wish to interpose Randy between the twins. We will not interpose our own standards between these two warring factions.
Interpose in(to)
to introduce something into something; to put a question into a conversation.
The chairman interposed a question into the discussion. May I interpose an observation in the proceedings?
Interpret for
to translate speech in a foreign language for someone. (Interpreting is done in real time.)
Nina interpreted for Michael, since he understood very little Russian. Is there someone who can interpret for me?
Interpret as
to assume that something means something.
Don’t interpret what I just said as criticism. It will be interpreted as criticism no matter what you say.
Interpret for (0)
to translate a foreign language for someone. (Interpreting is done in real time.)
Could you interpret the ambassador’s address for me? Nina interpreted the director’s greetings for the visitors.
Interpret for (1)
to explain something unclear to someone.
Let me interpret the instructions for you. The instructions have been interpreted for me by the manager.
Interspersed among
to place something among things at random.
We interspersed a few chocolate doughnuts among all the plain ones. Some chocolate ones had been interspersed among the plain ones.
