react
IPA: riˈækt
noun
- (Internet) An emoji used to express a reaction to a post on social media.
verb
- (intransitive) To act in response.
- (transitive, now rare) To act or perform a second time; to do over again; to reenact.
- (physics, intransitive) To return an impulse or impression; to resist the action of another body by an opposite force
- (chemistry, intransitive) To act upon each other; to exercise a reciprocal or a reverse effect, as two or more chemical agents; to act in opposition.
- (chemistry, transitive) To cause chemical agents to react; to cause one chemical agent to react with another.
- (Internet, intransitive) To post a reaction (icon or emoji indicating how one feels about a posted message).
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Examples of "react" in Sentences
- The dog reacted to one of the backpacks.
- The chair reacts the weight of the person.
- The ox on the left appears to react to it.
- The police reacted nearly instantaneously.
- The delegation reacted negatively to the plan.
- Bianca Maria usually reacted with nonchalance.
- But I would react, as I have reacted to a toady.
- The WH reacted to the editorial, not the report.
- The Portuguese reacted with derision, and refused.
- At the first inkling of a genuine issue, they react.
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