react
//ɹiːˈækt//
Forms
- present (v1)
- react
- past (v2)
- reacted
- past participle (v3)
- reacted
- present participle
- reacting
- 3rd person singular
- reacts
- Plural
- reacts
Definitions
1.To act in response.
- How did she react to the news?
2.To return an impulse or impression; to resist the action of another body by an opposite force
- 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.
4.To cause chemical agents to react; to cause one chemical agent to react with another.
1.An emoji used to express a reaction to a post on social media.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2885
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Etymology
From re- + act.
Piecewise doublet of redact.