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react Verb

— If you react to a person or event, you do something because of the person or event. When someone shouts at you, you usually react by shouting back. — If you react to a medicine or other substance, something happens in your body because of it. She reacts badly to asprin. Her skin becomes red all over her body. — When two or more chemicals react, they combine to form new chemical compounds. Acids and alkalis normally react to form salt and water.

react

— verb show a response or a reaction to something — verb act against or in opposition to She reacts negatively to everything I say — verb undergo a chemical reaction; react with another substance under certain conditions The hydrogen and the oxygen react

Synonyms react synonyms

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react English » English

respond reply answer response rebel oppose counteract counter spontaneous return retroact retort retaliate resist repose repercussion reciprocate reactive reactionary reaction reacting kick against involuntary give a respond to flinch feedback engender echo counter to contravene answer back affect act on

Topics react topics

What do people use react to talk about?
Social behavior Conflict Fight

Fight against something bad
Grammar General words Do

React, respond

Conjugation react conjugation

How do you conjugate react?

react · verb

Examples react examples

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Simple sentences

People almost always react to frustration in the same way.
How did he react to the bad news?
I do not react well to surprises.
How did Tom react?
There are many ways to react to compliments.
I wonder how he's going to react.
Tom didn't expect Mary to react like she did.
If you want to go on an adventure, you need to learn how to react quickly.
I just wanted to see how you'd react.
I didn't expect Mary to react like she did.
Tom didn't know how to react.
They want to see how we react.
I knew how you'd react.
How did your boyfriend react when you told him that you hadn't always been a woman?
We have to react faster.
Tom tried not to react.
I didn't know how to react.
How would you react?

Movie subtitles

How did your body react to all this medication?
And how'd she react when you told her that?
How do you think women are going to react to those?
Well, if Ellman shows antagonism towards Nolan, without apparent cause would he react in the same way to?.
How did the patient react to the anaesthetic?
I thought you would react just that way.
The cells are now bombarded by greasy solar atoms, which forces the body to react.
It may react.
Artists often react this way and our brother Martin has always been distrustful.
How did Her Highness react to the idea of a European Federation?
How did the commander react to that?
React to it.
Slave missiles designed to react automatically to, erm. well, to activity on Earth.
Especially fear in children and how they react to it.
Of course, the actors had to move and react convincingly to make these quick cuts work.
We all react differently.
For instance why the normally fearful exhibition manager didn't react to our letter at all!
Pupils react very slowly. Quite interesting.
And how did he react?
They react, they don't.
So I prefer to think that it was something unexpected that you found in your music case that caused you to react in such fashion.
But why do you react that way?
The first time you hear the serenade, don't react, continue as if you'd heard nothing.
Can we know how they'll react if they do not find me?
How did Her Highness react to the idea of a European federation?
Lydia doesn't react to the bite.
You know how dad'll react if he doesn't see us in the box.
Don't react this way.
How'd she react?
Even an old woman would react!
That's the problem of a sheltered life - you react like a schoolgirl.
I'm telling you to react. I want to be a grandmother. Well, your mother will be the granny.
I do not know the others, but the lieutenant and I Dabecki we have to react to this.
With this in mind how do you think you'd react?

News and current affairs

So how will the world - first and foremost, the main nuclear powers - react to the Fukushima disaster?
How will the ECB react to better economic news?
Specifically, policymakers must be open and willing to understand the unusual challenges facing the US economy, react accordingly, and possess sufficiently potent policy instruments.
It is highly unlikely that the US will react after Iraq as it did after Vietnam.
Some Americans react emotionally to that prospect, though it would be ahistorical to believe that the US will have a preponderant share of power resources forever.
The US labor market is more flexible than Europe's, enabling it to react more nimbly to the ever shifting sands of globalization.
But if the stock market collapses too quickly, the Fed should worry about a recession and react aggressively to cushion the fall.
I was certain that when Americans knew what was being done in their name, they would react with horror and outrage.
Most people never think about this when they react to the headline debt-to-GDP figure.
So, too, did the Bank of England, though it was a bit slower to react.
The Bank of Japan and the ECB were, characteristically, the slowest to react, keeping their policy rates higher for longer, and not undertaking QE and other extraordinary liquidity measures until late in the day.
The Commission did not react, leaving French and Italian leaders to claim that they, not Brussels bureaucrats, had the last word.
And how will voters react?
There is a pool of about 300 million graduates to build on, and, according to solid evidence, they react to changes in economic incentives with respect to their location choices.
The current economic stalemate is troubling, because financial markets could react adversely, and because delays in addressing the fiscal deficit means a higher national debt.
The EU was right to react decisively to ensure the euro's stability by providing short-term assistance to Greece and establishing the European Financial Stabilization Mechanism.
China's leaders can, of course, react to events without much regard for Chinese public opinion.
There is no abstract theory that can predict how people will react to an austerity program.
A single monetary policy focused on price stability in the euro area cannot react to shocks that affect only one country or region.
This is a further reason why we need economic union: markets would be less likely to react negatively to temporarily higher deficits if they were more confident in future growth prospects.
The conclusions that we might draw for the future depend heavily on how central banks and regulators react to the crisis.
If bank failures typically reflect real underlying problems, sensitive professional investors can be expected to react quickly when any whiff of panic is in the air.

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