/ɹiːˈækt/
OriginFrom re- + act. Piecewise doublet of redact.
- intransitiveTo act in response.
“How did she react to the news?”
- archaic, transitiveTo act or perform a second time; to do over again; to reenact.
“It is somewhat extraordinary, that the offence for which James II, was expelled, that of setting up power by assumption, should be re-acted, under another shape and form, by the parliament that expell”
- intransitiveTo 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.”
- intransitiveTo act upon each other; to exercise a reciprocal or a reverse effect, as two or more chemical agents; to act in opposition.
- transitiveTo cause chemical agents to react; to cause one chemical agent to react with another.
- Internet, intransitiveTo post a reaction (icon or emoji indicating how one feels about a posted message).
- InternetAn emoji used to express a reaction to a post on social media.
Formsreacts(present, singular, third-person) · reacting(participle, present) · reacted(participle, past) · reacted(past) · reäct(alternative, rare) · reacts(plural)