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Verb: react  ree'akt
  1. Show a response or a reaction to something
    "The stock market reacted negatively to the news";
    - respond, reply
     
  2. (chemistry) undergo a chemical reaction; react with another substance under certain conditions
    "The hydrogen and the oxygen react"
     
  3. Act against or in opposition to
    "She reacts negatively to everything I say";
    - oppose

Derived forms: reacts, reacted, reacting

Type of: act, change state, move, turn

Encyclopedia: React, Respond