React

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To act in response to or under the influence of a stimulus or prompting: reacted strongly to the sarcastic tone of the memorandum.
  • verb-intransitive. To act in opposition to a former condition or act: composers who reacted against romanticism.
  • verb-intransitive. To act reciprocally or in return.
  • verb-intransitive. Chemistry To undergo a reaction: Methane reacts with hydroxyl to produce formaldehyde.
  • v. Chemistry To cause (a substance or substances) to undergo a reaction.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To act or perform a second time; to do over again; as, to react a play; the same scenes were reacted at Rome.
  • v. 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.
  • v. To act upon each other; to exercise a reciprocal or a reverse effect, as two or more chemical agents; to act in opposition.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To act or perform a second time; to do over again; to reenact
  • verb-intransitive. To return an impulse or impression; to resist the action of another body by an opposite force.
  • verb-intransitive. To act upon each other; to exercise a reciprocal or a reverse effect, as two or more chemical agents; to act in opposition.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To act or perform anew; reenact: as, to react a play.
  • To exert, as a thing acted upon, an opposite action upon the agent.
  • To act, after being acted upon, in a manner directly opposed to the first action, and in increased measure.
  • To act mutually or reciprocally upon each other, as two or more chemical agents.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. show a response or a reaction to something
  • v. undergo a chemical reaction; react with another substance under certain conditions
  • v. act against or in opposition to
  • Verb Form
    reacted    reacting    reacts   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    reenact    return    recoil   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    abstract    act    attacked    attract    backed    blacked    compact    contract    counterattacked    cracked