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US
/ɹiˈækt/
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[ UK /ɹɪˈækt/ ]
[ UK /ɹɪˈækt/ ]
VERB
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act against or in opposition to
She reacts negatively to everything I say - show a response or a reaction to something
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undergo a chemical reaction; react with another substance under certain conditions
The hydrogen and the oxygen react
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.
- Aliquot 10μ l of the master mix for each DNA to be analyzed into a reaction tube.
- But decades of research have gone by and scientists remain incapable of creating a sustainable fusion reaction that could be used to create reliable power.
- Nectarines exhibit different reactions to specific insect attacks and fungal infections than do peaches.
- The luciferin-luciferase's reaction system may emit fluorescence, while the toxic substances will suppress the luminous intensity.
- KING: How do you react to the fact, we'll get to "Apollo 13" and lots of other things, that people looked at it from their point of view, liberals saw it as liberal, conservatives saw it conservative, moderates saw it as moderate, some people saw it as apolitical, antipolitical. CNN Transcript - Larry King Live Weekend: Tom Hanks' Career From `Bonfire of the Vanities' to `Saving Private Ryan' - February 17, 2001
- When aniline is reacted with excess acetic acid under dehydration conditions a white, crystalline material is formed, acetanilide.
- The scene near the Chennai Kaliappa Hospital, on Tuesday was supremely ironical, and drew sharp reactions from tree lovers who were passing by.