Dictionary

react en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ɹiːˈækt/

Etymology

From re- + act. Piecewise doublet of redact.

Meanings

1. (Internet) An emoji used to express a reaction to a post on social media.
   • Sad reacts only

Forms

react en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ɹiːˈækt/

Etymology

From re- + act. Piecewise doublet of redact.

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To act in response.
   • How did she react to the news?
2. (archaic, transitive) To 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 expelled him. 1791, Thomas Paine, Rights of Man:
3. (intransitive) To 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.
4. (intransitive) To act upon each other; to exercise a reciprocal or a reverse effect, as two or more chemical agents; to act in opposition.
5. (transitive) To cause chemical agents to react; to cause one chemical agent to react with another.
6. (Internet, intransitive) To post a reaction (icon or emoji indicating how one feels about a posted message).

Forms

Deriveds

crossreact · reacter · react Andy · reactance · wrench react · reactant · unreacted · react Anderson · reactor · reactive · reactome · reactable · misreact · immunoreacted · backreact · overreact · reactability · immunoreact · autoreact · reactogenic · nonreacted · hyperreact · underreact · unreact

Relateds

interreact · interreaction

Synonyms

take

Translations (46)

bg реагирам (to return an impulse or impression) · pt reagir (to act in response) · el αντιδρώ (to return an impulse or impression) · bg изпълнявам отново (to act or perform a second time) · ru реаги́ровать (to act in response) · ga imoibrigh (to act upon each other (in chemistry)) · fi vaikuttaa vastaan (to return an impulse or impression) · ru прореаги́ровать (to act upon each other (in chemistry)) · es reaccionar (to act in response) · fr réagir (to act in response) · tr reaksiyon göstermek (to return an impulse or impression) · pl zareagować (to act upon each other (in chemistry)) · nl reageren (to return an impulse or impression) · ru реаги́ровать (to act upon each other (in chemistry)) · fi reagoida (to act in response) · fr réagir (to act upon each other (in chemistry)) · fi tehdä uudelleen (to act or perform a second time) · pl reagować (to return an impulse or impression) · uk реагува́ти (to return an impulse or impression) · pl reagować (to act upon each other (in chemistry)) · fr réagir (to return an impulse or impression) · ru отреаги́ровать (to act in response) · pl zareagować (to act in response) · ca reaccionar (to return an impulse or impression) · pl zareagować (to return an impulse or impression) · fr encore agir (to act or perform a second time) · ko 반응하다 (to act in response) · ka რეაგირებს (to act in response) · ro reacționa (to act in response) · pt reagir (to return an impulse or impression) · eo reagi (to act in response) · fi reagoida (to return an impulse or impression) · uk зреагува́ти (to return an impulse or impression) · gl reaccionar (to act in response) · it reagire (to act in response) · ka რეაგირება (to act in response) · ru среаги́ровать (to act in response) · fr agir de nouveau (to act or perform a second time) · sv reagera (to return an impulse or impression) · es reaccionar (to return an impulse or impression) · ru среаги́ровать (to act upon each other (in chemistry)) · fi reagoida (to act upon each other (in chemistry)) · pl reagować (to act in response) · oc reagir (to return an impulse or impression) · uk відреагува́ти (to return an impulse or impression) · de reagieren (to return an impulse or impression)