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Verb: react  ree'akt
  1. Show a response or a reaction to something
    - respond
     
  2. Act against or in opposition to
    "She reacts negatively to everything I say"
    - oppose
     
  3. Undergo a chemical reaction; react with another substance under certain conditions
    "The hydrogen and the oxygen react"

Derived forms: reacted, reacting, reacts

See also: reactant, reaction, reactive

Type of: act, change state, move, turn

Encyclopedia: React