react
🇺🇸
/riˈækt/
🇬🇧
/riˈækt/
intransitive verb
A2
to act or change because of something that happens
How did you react when you heard the news?
B1
to get sick from touching, eating, or breathing something
Some people react badly to certain foods.
R
to change chemically when mixed with something else
Chemicals react when combined to form new substances.
translation
to act or change because of something that happens; to get sick from touching, eating, or breathing something; to change chemically when mixed with something else
Word Forms
3rd Present
reacts
Past
reacted
Perfect
reacted
Progressive
reacting