react

1 show a response or a reaction to something [syn: respond]

2 undergo a chemical reaction; react with another substance under certain conditions; "The hydrogen and the oxygen react"

3 act against or in opposition to; "She reacts negatively to everything I say" [syn: oppose]

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ækt

Verb

1. To act or perform a second time; to do over again; as, to react a play; the same scenes were reacted at Rome.
2. To return an impulse or impression; to resist the action of another body by an opposite force; as, every body reacts on the body that impels it from its natural state.
3. To act upon each other; to exercise a reciprocal or a reverse effect, as two or more chemical agents; to act in opposition.

Translations

• Dutch: reageren ↺
• (2)

Anagrams

• trace

REACT or React may refer to:

• Rapid Execution and Combat Targeting System - current U.S. nuclear command and control system for ICBMs
• Radio Emergency Associated Communication Teams, a volunteer radio emergency service which began by monitoring CB Channel 9 radio
• REACT belt, a restraint device
• React (record label), a 1990s London based dance record label
• ReactOS, an open source operating system compatible with Microsoft Windows
• React (Erick Sermon album), an album by rapper Erick Sermon

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