react (rɪˈækt
)
Definitions
verb
- (intr; foll by to, upon etc) (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
- (intr) foll by against to act in an opposing or contrary manner
- (intr) physics to exert an equal force in the opposite direction to an acting force
- chemistry to undergo or cause to undergo a chemical reaction
Word Origin
C17: from Late Latin reagere , from re- + Latin agere to drive, doTranslations
- British English:
react
When you react to something that has happened to you, you behave in a particular way because of it.They reacted violently to the news.rɪˈækt VERB They reacted violently to the news.
- Spanish:
reaccionar
v
- French:
réagir
vi
- German:
reagieren
v
- Chinese: 起反应 v
- Arabic: يَتَفَاعَلُ v
- Portuguese: reagir v
- Russian: реагировать v
- Croatian: reagirati v
- Czech: reagovat v
- Danish: reagere v
- Dutch: reageren v
- Finnish: reagoida v
- Greek: αντιδρώ v
- Italian: reagire v
- Japanese: 反応する v
- Korean: 반응하다 v
- Norwegian: reagere v
- Polish: zareagować v reagować
- Brazilian Portuguese: reagir v
- European Spanish:
reaccionar
v
- Swedish: reagera v
- Thai: มีปฏิกิริยา v
- Turkish: tepki göstermek v
- Vietnamese: phản ứng v
Usage examples
Mogget, despite appearing to be asleep, was the first to react.
, LIRAEL: DAUGHTER OF THE CLAYR (2001)People can understand Stewie, but they react the way you'd react to a four-year-old telling you to go to hell.
Maxim (2004)He called the supply a hostile act that "vastly complicates our situation," without saying how the United States would react.
Globe and Mail (2003)A lot will depend on how Kingussie react to last weekend's defeat.
Glasgow Herald (2001)There is time to choose your response rather than just react blindly.
, MOVING INTO ECSTASY: An Urban Mystic's Guide to Movement, Music and Meditation (2001)