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react
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb react has 3 senses
- react(v = verb.cognition) respond - show a response or a reaction to something; Array is one way to act, move
- react(v = verb.social) oppose - act against or in opposition to; "She reacts negatively to everything I say" is one way to act, move
- react(v = verb.change) Array - undergo a chemical reaction; react with another substance under certain conditions; "The hydrogen and the oxygen react" is one way to change state, turn
Derived forms noun reaction3, noun reaction5, adjective reactive2
Sample sentences:
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Derived forms noun reactant1, noun reaction1, adjective reactive1
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CIDE DICTIONARY
react, v. t.
To act or perform a second time; to do over again; to reenact; as, to react a play; the same scenes were reacted at Rome. [1913 Webster]
react, v. i.
- To return an impulse or impression; to resist the action of another body by an opposite force; as, every body reacts on the body that impels it from its natural state. [1913 Webster]
- To act upon each other; to exercise a reciprocal or a reverse effect, as two or more chemical agents; to act in opposition. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
react, v.
1 intr. (foll. by to) respond to a stimulus; undergo a change or show behaviour due to some influence (how did they react to the news?).
2 intr. (often foll. by against) be actuated by repulsion to; tend in a reverse or contrary direction.
3 intr. (often foll. by upon) produce a reciprocal or responsive effect; act upon the agent (they react upon each other).
4 intr. (foll. by with) Chem. & Physics (of a substance or particle) be the cause of activity or interaction with another (nitrous oxide reacts with the metal).
5 tr. (foll. by with) Chem. cause (a substance) to react with another.
6 intr. Mil. make a counter-attack.
7 intr. Stock Exch. (of shares) fall after rising.
1 intr. (foll. by to) respond to a stimulus; undergo a change or show behaviour due to some influence (how did they react to the news?).
2 intr. (often foll. by against) be actuated by repulsion to; tend in a reverse or contrary direction.
3 intr. (often foll. by upon) produce a reciprocal or responsive effect; act upon the agent (they react upon each other).
4 intr. (foll. by with) Chem. & Physics (of a substance or particle) be the cause of activity or interaction with another (nitrous oxide reacts with the metal).
5 tr. (foll. by with) Chem. cause (a substance) to react with another.
6 intr. Mil. make a counter-attack.
7 intr. Stock Exch. (of shares) fall after rising.
Etymology
RE- + ACT or med.L reagere react- (as RE-, L agere do, act)
THESAURUS
react
acknowledge, act, answer, answer back, be affected, be in tune, be inspired, be involved, be moved, behave, care about, catch the flame, catch the infection, change color, color with emotion, come back, come back at, dig, echo, empathize with, flash back, function, give acknowledgment, give answer, identify with, operate, perform, proceed, reciprocate, recur, reecho, rejoin, relate to emotionally, renovate, reply, respond, retaliate, retort, return, return answer, return for answer, reverberate, revert, riposte, say, say in reply, share, shoot back, snap back, sympathize with, take, take the bait, talk back, turn, turn back, workROGET THESAURUS
react
Counteraction
VB counteract, run counter, clash, cross, interfere with, conflict with, contravene, jostle, go against, run against, beat against, militate against, stultify, antagonize, block, oppose, traverse, withstand, hinder, repress, react, undo, neutralize, counterpoise, overpoise.Recoil
VB recoil, react, spring back, fly back, bounce back, bound back, rebound, reverberate, repercuss, recalcitrate, echo, ricochet.
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