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ALL meanings of react

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  • intransitive verb react person, animal 1
  • intransitive verb react chemistry 1
  • intransitive verb react respond to a drug 1
  • intransitive verb react respond negatively to sth 1
  • verb without object react to act in response to an agent or influence: How did the audience react to the speech? 1
  • verb without object react to act reciprocally upon each other, as two things. 1
  • verb without object react to act in a reverse direction or manner, especially so as to return to a prior condition. 1
  • verb without object react to act in opposition, as against some force. 1
  • verb without object react to respond to a stimulus in a particular manner: reacting to a shock by jumping; to react to the word “coward” with anger. 1
  • verb without object react to undergo a chemical reaction. 1
  • verb with object react to act or perform again. 1
  • verb react When you react to something that has happened to you, you behave in a particular way because of it. 0
  • verb react If you react against someone's way of behaving, you deliberately behave in a different way because you do not like the way they behave. 0
  • verb react If you react to a substance such as a drug, or to something you have touched, you are affected unpleasantly or made ill by it. 0
  • verb react When one chemical substance reacts with another, or when two chemical substances react, they combine chemically to form another substance. 0
  • verb react (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 0
  • verb react to act in an opposing or contrary manner 0
  • verb react to exert an equal force in the opposite direction to an acting force 0
  • verb react to undergo or cause to undergo a chemical reaction 0
  • intransitive verb react to act in return or reciprocally 0
  • intransitive verb react to act in opposition 0
  • intransitive verb react to act in a reverse way; go back to a former condition, stage, etc. 0
  • intransitive verb react to respond to a stimulus; be affected by some influence, event, etc. 0
  • intransitive verb react to act with another substance in producing a chemical change 0
  • verb transitive react to cause to react; specif., to produce a chemical change in 0
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