"interplay" meaning in English

See interplay in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈɪn.tə(ɹ)ˌpleɪ/ [noun], /ˌɪn.tə(ɹ)ˈpleɪ/ [verb] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-interplay.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-interplay2.wav [Southern-England] Forms: interplays [plural]
Etymology: inter- + play Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|inter|play}} inter- + play Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} interplay (countable and uncountable, plural interplays)
  1. Interaction; reciprocal relationship. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (interaction — see also interaction): взаимодействие (vzaimodejstvie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), samspil [neuter] (Danish), interazione [feminine] (Italian), взаимоде́йствие (vzaimodéjstvije) [neuter] (Russian), samspel [neuter] (Swedish), взаємоді́я (vzajemodíja) [feminine] (Ukrainian), взаємоді́яння (vzajemodíjannja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), взаємовпли́в (vzajemovplýv) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-interplay-en-noun-3q2lwr6v Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English heteronyms Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 57 43 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 54 46

Verb

IPA: /ˈɪn.tə(ɹ)ˌpleɪ/ [noun], /ˌɪn.tə(ɹ)ˈpleɪ/ [verb] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-interplay.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-interplay2.wav [Southern-England] Forms: interplays [present, singular, third-person], interplaying [participle, present], interplayed [participle, past], interplayed [past]
Etymology: inter- + play Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|inter|play}} inter- + play Head templates: {{en-verb}} interplay (third-person singular simple present interplays, present participle interplaying, simple past and past participle interplayed)
  1. (intransitive) To interact. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-interplay-en-verb-lWEwPndU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English heteronyms, English terms prefixed with inter- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 54 46 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with inter-: 30 70

Inflected forms

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