react

[US]/riˈækt/
[UK]/riˈækt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vi. respond; influence; resist
vt. cause to interact; cause a chemical reaction

Phrases & Collocations

react quickly

overreact

react emotionally

react with anger

react defensively

react positively

react instinctively

react to criticism

react on

react against

Example Sentences

The eye reacts to light.

The eye reacts to the light.

Methane reacts with hydroxyl to produce formaldehyde.

An acid can react with a base to form a salt.

How did your mother react to the news? She reacted by getting very angry.

The police must be able to react swiftly in an emergency.

they reacted against the elite art music of their time.

the sulphur in the coal reacts with the limestone during combustion.

he reacts with intense, unschooled emotion.

The audience reacted readily to his speech.

reacted strongly to the sarcastic tone of the memorandum.

composers who reacted against romanticism.

It reacts violently with oxygen difluoride and barium peroxide.

She didn't look up or react in any way.

Unkindness often reacts on the unkind person.

How do acids react on metals?

How did he react to your suggestion?

The water was reacting with the ferrous iron in the tank.

By gravitation the sun and planets act and react upon one another.

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