react
To act in response.
Verb 4 meanings
To act in response.
“How did she react to the news?”
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.”
To act upon each other; to exercise a reciprocal or a reverse effect, as two or more chemical agents; to act in opposition.
To cause chemical agents to react; to cause one chemical agent to react with another.
Noun 1 meaning
An emoji used to express a reaction to a post on social media.
“Sad reacts only”
Etymology
From re- + act. Piecewise doublet of redact.
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REACT at a glance
REACT has 5 letters and scores 7 points in Scrabble (R 1 + E 1 + A 1 + C 3 + T 1) and 8 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,443 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with react
All rhymesOne letter away
- REACH10
- REAST5
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