Verb: react ree'akt
- Show a response or a reaction to something
"The stock market reacted negatively to the news";
- respond, reply
- (chemistry) undergo a chemical reaction; react with another substance under certain conditions
"The hydrogen and the oxygen react"
- 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