Definitions for react

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react re·act

Spelling: [ree-akt]

IPA: /riˈækt/

React is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 94 anagrams from letters in react (acert).

Definitions for react

verb (used with object)

1. to act or perform again.

verb (used without object)

1. to act in response to an agent or influence:
2. to act reciprocally upon each other, as two things.
3. to act in a reverse direction or manner, especially so as to return to a prior condition.
4. to act in opposition, as against some force.
5. to respond to a stimulus in a particular manner:
6. to undergo a chemical reaction.

Origin of react

1635-45; re- + act, probably modeled on Medieval Latin reagere

Examples for react

At any rate he will then be less often deceived and will react in a more plastic manner.

The country has the ability to react very quickly because of the experience of the physicians and the political will to do so.

There is thus no domain of the mind which is not influenced by love, and which does not react on love in its turn.

Previously, this dog did not react when it saw people stoop down.

These insights and discoveries help PepsiCo anticipate, rather than react to, an ever-changing consumer landscape.

People watch night soaps because the genre allows them to believe in a world where people just react off their baser instincts.

I know, some of you will now react by saying that the Netanyahu government supports a Palestinian state.

"That's why you react so strongly from love in your plays," Roger said judicially.

But the children are well aware of this fact, consciously or not, and react accordingly.

Instead of reacting to Republican proposals, President Obama is forcing Republicans to react to him.