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react
- /ɹiːˈækt/
Rhymes with -ækt
verb reacts · reacting · reacted · reäct
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To act in response.
How did she react to the news?
Similar: take
- To act or perform a second time; to do over again; to reenact. It is somewhat extraordinary, that the offence for which James II, was expelled, that of setting up power by assumption, should be re-acted, under another shape and form, by the parliament that expelled him.
- To return an impulse or impression; to resist the action of another body by an opposite force Every body reacts on the body that impels it from its natural state.
- To act upon each other; to exercise a reciprocal or a reverse effect, as two or more chemical agents; to act in opposition.
- To cause chemical agents to react; to cause one chemical agent to react with another.
- To post a reaction (icon or emoji indicating how one feels about a posted message).
noun reacts · reäct
- An emoji used to express a reaction to a post on social media. Sad reacts only
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: respond, oppose, responding, reply, response, answer, reaction, address, deal, reactive, adapt, comment, rebound, interaction, meet, intervene
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verb to act in response
| Español | reaccionar |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 반응하다 baneunghada |
| Português | reagir |
| Français | réagir |
| Italiano | reagire |
| Română | reacționa |
| Русский | реаги́ровать reagírovatʹ, отреаги́ровать otreagírovatʹ, среаги́ровать sreagírovatʹ |
verb to act or perform a second time
| Français | agir de nouveau, encore agir |
|---|
verb to return an impulse or impression
| Español | reaccionar |
|---|---|
| Português | reagir |
| Français | réagir |
| Deutsch | reagieren |
| Ελληνικά | αντιδρώ antidró |
verb to act upon each other (in chemistry)
| Français | réagir |
|---|---|
| Русский | реаги́ровать reagírovatʹ, прореаги́ровать proreagírovatʹ, среаги́ровать sreagírovatʹ |
| العربية | تَفَاعَلَ tafāʕala |
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