react
pronunciation
How to pronounce react in British English:
UK [riˈækt]
How to pronounce react in American English:
US [riˈækt]
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- Verb:
- show a response or a reaction to something
- undergo a chemical reaction; react with another substance under certain conditions
- act against or in opposition to
Word Origin
- react (v.)
- 1640s, "to exert, as a thing acted upon, an opposite action upon the agent," from re- + act (v.). Chemical sense is from 1944. Related: Reacted; reacting (1610s). For sense development, see reaction. Meaning "perform again" (often re-act) is from 1650s.
Example
- 1. Iran didn 't immediately react to huawei 's announcement .
- 2. But do markets really react efficiently to news ?
- 3. Deep inside the brain , it transmits sounds to other areas of the brain that perceive and react to them .
- 4. How did the queen react ?
- 5. Ever wondered how you might react ?