react

Academic Word List, sublist 3.

About 10.10 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To act in response.

   How did she react to the news?

2. verb To act or perform a second time; to do over again; to reenact. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
3. verb 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.

4. verb To act upon each other; to exercise a reciprocal or a reverse effect, as two or more chemical agents; to act in opposition.
5. verb To cause chemical agents to react; to cause one chemical agent to react with another.
6. verb To post a reaction (icon or emoji indicating how one feels about a posted message).
7. noun An emoji used to express a reaction to a post on social media.

   Sad reacts only

Similar words

respond oppose responding reply response answer reaction address deal reactive

Often followed by

to with in on upon differently against by as

Word family

reacted reacting reaction reactionaries reactionary reactions reactivate reactivation reactive reactor