react
to act in response to an agent or influence: How did the audience react to the speech?
to act reciprocally upon each other, as two things.
to act in a reverse direction or manner, especially so as to return to a prior condition.
to act in opposition, as against some force.
to respond to a stimulus in a particular manner: reacting to a shock by jumping; to react to the word “coward” with anger.
to undergo a chemical reaction.
Origin of react
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How to use react in a sentence
D’Agostino said the utility brought in social scientists to try and get a better gauge on how people react to different kinds of warnings.
Environment Report: State Throws Cold Water on Pricing Scheme | MacKenzie Elmer | September 14, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoSamples from the first five volunteers reacted to both tuberculosis and Candida.
‘Trained Immunity’ Offers Hope in Fight Against Coronavirus | Esther Landhuis | September 14, 2020 | Quanta MagazineIt is to generally be disposed to act and react to the world as if that is so.
Believing in Monsters: David Livingstone Smith on the Subhuman - Facts So Romantic | Eric Schwitzgebel | September 11, 2020 | NautilusIn 2011, Jason Moser studied how the brain reacts when people make an error.
A secret of science: Mistakes boost understanding | Rachel Kehoe | September 10, 2020 | Science News For StudentsThe police were clearly confused by my reaction, but I didn’t know how else to react.
People watch night soaps because the genre allows them to believe in a world where people just react off their baser instincts.
‘Empire’ Review: Hip-Hop Musical Chairs with an Insane Soap Opera Twist | Judnick Mayard | January 8, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTI know, some of you will now react by saying that the Netanyahu government supports a Palestinian state.
In the Middle East, the Two-State Solution Is Dead | Dean Obeidallah | January 2, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTInstead of reacting to Republican proposals, President Obama is forcing Republicans to react to him.
The Liberation of the Lame Duck: Obama Goes Full Bulworth | John Avlon | December 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThese insights and discoveries help PepsiCo anticipate, rather than react to, an ever-changing consumer landscape.
The country has the ability to react very quickly because of the experience of the physicians and the political will to do so.
But Most's attitude toward me will influence them: it will dampen their enthusiasm, and thus react on the propaganda.
Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist | Alexander BerkmanAs to walking, though the earth be stepped on by the feet, it does not react (or, experience) as a consequence.
Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 3 | Plotinos (Plotinus)But as yet this feeling had not begun in any way to react upon the army.
Four Years in Rebel Capitals | T. C. DeLeonTake, for instance, the matter of a caress or an embrace—how would you react to repeated rebuff?
The Mother and Her Child | William S. SadlerThis pressure soon began to react upon the centers of Latin culture.
Introduction to the Science of Sociology | Robert E. Park
British Dictionary definitions for react (1 of 2)
/ (rɪˈækt) /
(intr ; foll by to, upon etc) (of a person or thing) to act in response to another person, a stimulus, etc, or (of two people or things) to act together in a certain way
(intr foll by against) to act in an opposing or contrary manner
(intr) physics to exert an equal force in the opposite direction to an acting force
chem to undergo or cause to undergo a chemical reaction
Origin of react
1British Dictionary definitions for re-act (2 of 2)
/ (riːˈækt) /
(tr) to act or perform again
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