react
/ɹiːˈækt/ verb B1- To act in response. · How did she react to the news?
- 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.
- To act upon each other; to exercise a reciprocal or a reverse effect, as two or more chemical agents; to act in opposition.
- To cause chemical agents to react; to cause one chemical agent to react with another.
- To post a reaction (icon or emoji indicating how one feels about a posted message).
He/she/it reacts · Past reacted · Past participle reacted · -ing form reacting
Verb forms
- Base form
- react
- He/she/it
- reacts
- Past
- reacted
- Past participle
- reacted
- -ing form
- reacting
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