verb [V]
1 ~ (to sth) (by doing sth) to change or behave in a particular way as a result of or in response to sth:
Local residents have reacted angrily to the news. * I nudged her but she didn't react. * You never know how he is going to react. * The market reacted by falling a further two points.
2 to become ill/sick after eating, breathing, etc. a particular substance:
People can react badly to certain food additives.
3 ~ (with sth)
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for react is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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