react

  • 21react — verb (I) 1 to behave in a particular way because of something that has happened or something that has been said to you (+ to): How did Wilson react to your idea? | He reacted angrily to accusations of disloyalty. | react by doing sth: Ellie… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 22react*/ — [riˈækt] verb [I] 1) to behave in a particular way because of things that are happening around you or things that other people are doing to you I wasn t sure how you would react.[/ex] Workers reacted angrily to the news of more job cuts.[/ex] 2)… …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 23react — /ree akt /, v.i. 1. to act in response to an agent or influence: How did the audience react to the speech? 2. to act reciprocally upon each other, as two things. 3. to act in a reverse direction or manner, esp. so as to return to a prior… …

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  • 24react — verb 1》 respond to something in a particular way.     ↘(react against) respond with hostility or a contrary course of action to. 2》 suffer from adverse physiological effects after ingesting, breathing, or touching a substance. 3》 Chemistry &… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 25react — /ri ækt/ verb ♦ to react to to do or to say something in reply to what someone has done or said ● Shares reacted sharply to the fall in the exchange rate. ● How will the chairman react when we tell him the news? …

    Dictionary of banking and finance

  • 26react — verb Etymology: New Latin reactus, past participle of reagere, from Latin re + agere to act more at agent Date: 1644 intransitive verb 1. to exert a reciprocal or counteracting force or influence often used with on or upon 2. to change in… …

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  • 27React OS — ReactOS Bildschirmfoto …

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  • 28react — verb a) To act or perform a second time; to do over again; as, to react a play; the same scenes were reacted at Rome. b) To return an impulse or impression; to resist the action of another body by an opposite force; as, every body reacts on the… …

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  • 29react — To take part in or to undergo a chemical reaction. [Mod. L. reactus] * * * rapid early action in coronary treatment * * * re·act rē akt vi 1) to respond to a stimulus 2) to undergo chemical reaction vt to cause to react * * * re·act (re aktґ) 1.… …

    Medical dictionary

  • 30react to — phr verb React to is used with these nouns as the object: ↑news, ↑stimulus …

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