[ US /ɹiˈækt/ ]
[ UK /ɹɪˈækt/ ]
VERB
  1. act against or in opposition to
    She reacts negatively to everything I say
  2. show a response or a reaction to something
  3. undergo a chemical reaction; react with another substance under certain conditions
    The hydrogen and the oxygen react
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How To Use react In A Sentence

  • But he has to be a little more careful about how he reacts. The Sun
  • The ether gradually absorbs oxygen from the atmosphere, being converted into acetic acid; this, by its superior affinities, reacts on the iodide present, converting it into acetate, with liberation of hydriodic acid; while this latter, under the influence of the atmospheric oxygen, is very rapidly converted into water and iodine. Notes and Queries, Number 227, March 4, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.
  • Owing to different structures of cotton fiber and chitin fiber, they have differentadsorbability to reactive dyestuffs.
  • The scene near the Chennai Kaliappa Hospital, on Tuesday was supremely ironical, and drew sharp reactions from tree lovers who were passing by.
  • His casual reaction, "you're overreacting," "these things happen, right?" suggests they've gone through this before, with presumably the more recent procedure she discussed with her gyno. Samantha Zalaznick: Mad Men Recap: Help!
  • No, but they more or less remained together, I hate to use the word ideologically, but I guess for want of a better word, they seemed to always react, more or less, the same way to political situations and to political candidates 'platforms. Oral History Interview with Lindy Boggs, January 31, 1974. Interview A-0082. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
  • Does a father react angrily when his tired, overwhelmed twelve-month-old flails out and hits him on the nose?
  • But Salmond appeared to concede that he had overreacted in his response to the PCC.
  • Meanwhile, doctors have identified still more reactions to stress that can increase our risk of cardiovascular disease. Times, Sunday Times
  • The 886 Professional thermostat/reactor is said to be the ideal complement to the system for any kind of derivatisation. Laboratorytalk - laboratory industry news
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