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react

/ɹiːˈækt/verb2 syllables

React means: show a response or a reaction to something.

Synonyms for react3

verb, as in show a response or a reaction to something

verb, as in act against or in opposition to

also used for react

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What does react mean?3

verb

1

show a response or a reaction to something

2

act against or in opposition to“She reacts negatively to everything I say”

3

undergo a chemical reaction; react with another substance under certain conditions“The hydrogen and the oxygen react”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with react?29

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All 29 rhymes for react, grouped by syllable

React in a sentence

  • Miroslav's blood was boiling, but he knew better than to react.Amastan
  • When we broke the news to him, he didn't react the way we expected.ddnktr
  • If the other doesn't react to me, i am indeed unimportant to him.manlytoaj
  • If someone irritates you, it is best not to react immediately.CK
  • I try to react to all comments, but this one somehow escaped my gaze.rul
  • It happened so suddenly we didn't have time to react.CK
  • How did he react to the bad news?Source_VOA
  • I didn't know how to react to that.CM

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of react

as a verb

past tense
reacted
present participle
reacting
third-person singular
reacts
past participle
reacted