Interplay
noun
The combined effect of different things when they work together or when they influence each other.
There's a beautiful interplay of colors in this painting.
Often appears as...
- interplay of light and shadow
- interplay of colors
noun
An interchange of activity or influence.
He enjoyed the intellectual interplay at the conference.
Often appears as...
- interplay of ideas
- interplay of forces
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
noun
The combined effect of different things when they work together or when they influence each other.
There's a beautiful interplay of colors in this painting.
Often appears as...
- interplay of light and shadow
- interplay of colors
noun
An interchange of activity or influence.
He enjoyed the intellectual interplay at the conference.
Often appears as...
- interplay of ideas
- interplay of forces
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Beauty
Used to describe a harmonious combination of elements creating visual appeal.
The interplay of light and shadow in the photograph creates a stunning effect.
Pro Tip 2/3Multiple Elements
Indicates a complex relationship where several parts influence one another.
The success of the team is due to the interplay of individual skills and teamwork.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Visible
The effects or relationships might not be immediately obvious but are important.
The interplay between the two chemicals was subtle but crucial for the reaction.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Beauty
Used to describe a harmonious combination of elements creating visual appeal.
The interplay of light and shadow in the photograph creates a stunning effect.
Pro Tip 2/3Multiple Elements
Indicates a complex relationship where several parts influence one another.
The success of the team is due to the interplay of individual skills and teamwork.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Visible
The effects or relationships might not be immediately obvious but are important.
The interplay between the two chemicals was subtle but crucial for the reaction.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Beauty
Used to describe a harmonious combination of elements creating visual appeal.
The interplay of light and shadow in the photograph creates a stunning effect.
Pro Tip 2/3Multiple Elements
Indicates a complex relationship where several parts influence one another.
The success of the team is due to the interplay of individual skills and teamwork.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Visible
The effects or relationships might not be immediately obvious but are important.
The interplay between the two chemicals was subtle but crucial for the reaction.
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and look for changes that might be related to adaptations, risk factors and inherited diseases. But this is only one half of the story. The most important health challenges today are not caused by simple mutations in our genome, but rather result from a complex and dynamic interplay
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Yves Morieux: As work...
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Lorne Greene
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English Author
Life, it is true, can be grasped in all its confused futility merely by opening one's eyes and sitting passively, a spectator on the stands of history - but to understand the social processes and conflicts, the interplay between individual and group, even the physicality of human experience, we have need of small-scale models.
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Cornel West
American Educator
There is always a very delicate interplay between individual actions and institutional conditions. But there is no such thing as institutional conditions without any individual actions and no such thing as individual action without institutional conditions. So there is always personal responsibility.
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Jonathan Demme
American Director
When you're filming, if you can't capture the relationships and interplay, that magical thing that transpires between musicians during a performance, then you're not going to have a deeply interesting film. It's vital.
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John Williams
American Composer
The Olympics are a wonderful metaphor for world cooperation, the kind of international competition that's wholesome and healthy, an interplay between countries that represents the best in all of us.
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Keenen Ivory Wayans
American Comedian
I enjoy the character interplay. Sometimes the audience is not laughing, but smiling, and that is almost just as good because it keeps them ready to laugh.
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Gene Luen Yang
Chinese Writer
I love the interplay between words and pictures. I love the fact that in comics, your pictures are acting like words, presenting themselves to be read.
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Werner Heisenberg
German Physicist
Natural science, does not simply describe and explain nature; it is part of the interplay between nature and ourselves.
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Geoffrey West
British Physicist
The paradigm of physics - with its interplay of data, theory and prediction - is the most powerful in science.
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John McLaughlin
English Musician
Interplay and interaction are the integral parts of music - they're as important as the notes.
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Lorne Greene
Canadian Actor
We have such a marvelous interplay between Canada and the United States.
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