react

Verb
  1. Show a response or a reaction to something (synset 200719282)
    is a type of: act, move - perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
    subtypes:
    • treat - regard or consider in a specific way
    • bristle - react in an offended or angry manner
    • flip, flip out - react in an excited, delighted, or surprised way
    • overreact - show an exaggerated response to something
    • answer - react to a stimulus or command
    • accept - be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal
    • stool - react to a decoy, of wildfowl
    • respond - respond favorably or as hoped
    • greet - react to in a certain way
    • explode - show a violent emotional reaction
    • accept - react favorably to; consider right and proper
    • answer - respond to a signal
    • decline, refuse - show unwillingness towards
    • accept, consent, go for - give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to
    • marvel, wonder - be amazed at
    • acknowledge, notice - express recognition of the presence or existence of, or acquaintance with
    • refuse, reject, resist - resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ
    same as: respond
  2. Act against or in opposition to (synset 202383714)
    "She reacts negatively to everything I say"
    is a type of: act, move - perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
    subtypes:
    same as: oppose
  3. Undergo a chemical reaction;
    React with another substance under certain conditions (synset 200447840)
    "The hydrogen and the oxygen react"
    referred to in: chemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions
    is a type of: change state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action
    subtypes: bromate, brominate - react with bromine

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