react (reacts 3rd person present) (reacting present participle) (reacted past tense & past participle )
1 verb When you react to something that has happened to you, you behave in a particular way because of it.
(=respond)
They reacted violently to the news... V to n
It's natural to react with disbelief if your child is accused of bullying... V adv/prep, Also V
2 verb If you react against someone's way of behaving, you deliberately behave in a different way because you do not like the way they behave.
(=rebel)
My father never saved and perhaps I reacted against that. V against n
3 verb If you react to a substance such as a drug, or to something you have touched, you are affected unpleasantly or made ill by it.
Someone allergic to milk is likely to react to cheese... V to n, Also V
4 v-recip When one chemical substance reacts with another, or when two chemical substances react, they combine chemically to form another substance.
Calcium reacts with water... V with n
Under normal circumstances, these two gases react readily to produce carbon dioxide and water. pl-n V