react
English
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Etymology
Category:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#REACTCategory:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂eǵ-#REACTFrom re- + actCategory:English terms prefixed with re-#ACT. Piecewise doublet of redactCategory:English piecewise doublets#REACT.
Pronunciation
Verb
react (third-person singular simple present reacts, present participle reacting, simple past and past participle reacted)Category:English lemmas#REACTCategory:English verbs#REACTCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#REACTCategory:Pages with entries#REACTCategory:Pages with 2 entries#REACT
- (intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#REACT) To act in response.
- Synonym: take
- How did she react to the news?Category:English terms with usage examples#REACT
- (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#REACT, now rareCategory:English terms with rare senses#REACT) To act or perform a second time; to do over again; to reenact. [from 17th c.]
- 1791, Thomas Paine, Rights of Man:
- 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.Category:English terms with quotations#REACT
- (physicsCategory:en:Physics#REACT, intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#REACT) 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.Category:English terms with usage examples#REACT
- (chemistryCategory:en:Chemistry#REACT, intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#REACT) To act upon each other; to exercise a reciprocal or a reverse effect, as two or more chemical agents; to act in opposition.
- (chemistryCategory:en:Chemistry#REACT, transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#REACT) To cause chemical agents to react; to cause one chemical agent to react with another.
- (InternetCategory:en:Internet#REACT, intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#REACT) To post a reaction (icon or emoji indicating how one feels about a posted message).
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Noun
react (plural reacts)Category:English lemmas#REACTCategory:English nouns#REACTCategory:English countable nouns#REACTCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#REACTCategory:Pages with entries#REACTCategory:Pages with 2 entries#REACT
- (InternetCategory:en:Internet#REACT) An emoji used to express a reaction to a post on social media.
- Sad reacts onlyCategory:English terms with usage examples#REACT
Anagrams
Portuguese
Etymology
Pseudo-anglicismCategory:Portuguese pseudo-loans from English#REACTCategory:Portuguese terms derived from English#REACT.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁeˈa.ki.t͡ʃi/ [heˈa.ki.t͡ʃi], /ʁeˈak.t͡ʃi/ [heˈak.t͡ʃi], /ʁiˈɛ.ki.t͡ʃi/ [hɪˈɛ.ki.t͡ʃi], (faster pronunciation) /ˈʁjɛ.ki.t͡ʃi/ [ˈhjɛ.ki.t͡ʃi], /ʁiˈɛk.t͡ʃi/ [hɪˈɛk.t͡ʃi], (faster pronunciation) /ˈʁjɛk.t͡ʃi/ [ˈhjɛk.t͡ʃi]Category:Portuguese 4-syllable words#REACTCategory:Portuguese 3-syllable words#REACTCategory:Portuguese 4-syllable words#REACTCategory:Portuguese 3-syllable words#REACTCategory:Portuguese 3-syllable words#REACTCategory:Portuguese 2-syllable words#REACTCategory:Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation#REACT
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁeˈa.ki.t͡ʃi/ [χeˈa.ki.t͡ʃi], /ʁeˈak.t͡ʃi/ [χeˈak.t͡ʃi], /ʁiˈɛ.ki.t͡ʃi/ [χɪˈɛ.ki.t͡ʃi], (faster pronunciation) /ˈʁjɛ.ki.t͡ʃi/ [ˈχjɛ.ki.t͡ʃi], /ʁiˈɛk.t͡ʃi/ [χɪˈɛk.t͡ʃi], (faster pronunciation) /ˈʁjɛk.t͡ʃi/ [ˈχjɛk.t͡ʃi]Category:Portuguese 4-syllable words#REACTCategory:Portuguese 3-syllable words#REACTCategory:Portuguese 4-syllable words#REACTCategory:Portuguese 3-syllable words#REACTCategory:Portuguese 3-syllable words#REACTCategory:Portuguese 2-syllable words#REACTCategory:Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation#REACT
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁeˈak.t͡ʃi/ [heˈak.t͡ʃi], /ʁeˈa.ki.t͡ʃi/ [heˈa.ki.t͡ʃi], /ʁiˈɛk.t͡ʃi/ [hɪˈɛk.t͡ʃi], (faster pronunciation) /ˈʁjɛk.t͡ʃi/ [ˈhjɛk.t͡ʃi], /ʁiˈɛ.ki.t͡ʃi/ [hɪˈɛ.ki.t͡ʃi], (faster pronunciation) /ˈʁjɛ.ki.t͡ʃi/ [ˈhjɛ.ki.t͡ʃi]Category:Portuguese 3-syllable words#REACTCategory:Portuguese 4-syllable words#REACTCategory:Portuguese 3-syllable words#REACTCategory:Portuguese 2-syllable words#REACTCategory:Portuguese 4-syllable words#REACTCategory:Portuguese 3-syllable words#REACTCategory:Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation#REACT
Noun
react m (plural reacts)Category:Portuguese lemmas#REACTCategory:Portuguese nouns#REACTCategory:Portuguese countable nouns#REACTCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#REACTCategory:Portuguese masculine nouns#REACTCategory:Pages with entries#REACTCategory:Pages with 2 entries#REACT
- (BrazilCategory:Brazilian Portuguese#REACT, Internet slangCategory:Portuguese internet slang#REACT) a video reviewing or responding another video (not necessarily as a real-time reaction)