"react" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ri'ækt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-react.wav [UK] Forms: react [canonical], reacts [third-person, singular], reacted [past], reacted [past, participle], reacting [present, participle]
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  1. If you react to a person or event, you do something because of the person or event.
    Sense id: simple-react-en-verb-HW85nZR7 Categories (other): Verbs
  2. If you react to a medicine or other substance, something happens in your body because of it.
    Sense id: simple-react-en-verb-YT1f9ZAW Categories (other): Verbs
  3. When two or more chemicals react, they combine to form new chemical compounds.
    Sense id: simple-react-en-verb-SYduB-Jg Categories (other): Verbs
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