react
English
/ɹiːˈækt/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To act or perform a second time; to do over again; to reenact.
- (physics) To return an impulse or impression; to resist the action of another body by an opposite force
- (chemistry) To act upon each other; to exercise a reciprocal or a reverse effect, as two or more chemical agents; to act in opposition.
- (chemistry) To cause chemical agents to react; to cause one chemical agent to react with another.
Etymology
Prefix from English act root from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- (drive, lead, push, herd).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂eǵ-
Gloss
drive, lead, push, herd
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
鉛
Emoji
🚂
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- act English
- act the maggot English
- actability English
- actable English
- acteme English
- acter English
- actest English
- acteth English
- actless English
- adrenoreactive English
- alloreaction English
- alloreactive English
- ambiguous English
- aminoreactive English
- angioreactor English
- anteact English
- attoreactor English
- autoreact English
- autoreactive English
- back English
- backreact English
- backreaction English
- bioreactance English
- bioreaction English
- bioreactive English
- bioreactor English
- chastise English
- chastisement English
- cogitabund English
- congestive English
- counteract English
- countergesture English
- counterreaction English
- crossreact English
- crossreaction English
- crossreactive English
- digester English
- egest English
- egesta English
- egestion English
- egestive English
- georeactor English
- gestate English
- gestation English
- gesticulation English
- gesticulative English
- gestural English
- gesturalism English
- gesture English
- gestureless English
- gesturelike English
- gravireaction English
- hyperreact English
- hyperreaction English
- hyperreactive English
- hyporeactive English
- immunofluororeactive English
- immunoreact English
- immunoreaction English
- immunoreactive English
- interact English
- interreact English
- interreaction English
- macroreaction English
- microreaction English
- microreactor English
- minireactor English
- misact English
- monoreactive English
- multiact English
- multireactive English
- nanoreactor English
- neuroreactive English
- nonreaction English
- nonreactive English
- nonreactively English
- nonreactor English
- normoreactive English
- outact English
- overact English
- overreact English
- overreaction English
- overreactive English
- overreactor English
- photoreaction English
- photoreactive English
- photoreactor English
- playact English
- polyreaction English
- polyreactive English
- postact English
- postreaction English
- preact English
- proact English
- reactable English
- reactance English
- reacter English
- reaction English
- reactional English
- reactionism English
- reactionist English
- reactionless English
- reactionware English
- reactionwise English
- reactive English
- reactively English
- reactiveness English
- reactivity English
- reactogenic English
- reactogenicity English
- reactome English
- reactor English
- retroact English
- seroreaction English
- seroreactive English
- sonoreactor English
- squatter English
- squattocracy English
- subreaction English
- subreactive English
- suggest English
- thermoreactive English
- triboreaction English
- underact English
- underreact English
- underreaction English
- underreactor English
- unreactable English
- unreactive English
- vasoreactive English
- xenoreaction English
- xenoreactive English
- actio Latin
- activus Latin
- actor Latin
- actus Latin
- aeger Latin
- agendus, agenda Latin
- agilis Latin
- agitatus Latin
- agito Latin
- agēns Latin
- ambigo Latin
- ambiguus Latin
- castigo Latin
- castīgāre Latin
- coactus Latin
- cogitatio Latin
- cogo Latin
- congero Latin
- congestĭō Latin
- cōgēns Latin
- degero Latin
- dispositiōnem Latin
- dīgestus Latin
- exactus Latin
- exigentia Latin
- exigo Latin
- exigēns Latin
- gestatio Latin
- gesticulatus Latin
- gesto Latin
- gestus Latin
- ingero Latin
- intergero Latin
- oggero Latin
- praegero Latin
- progero Latin
- ācta Latin
- āctiō Latin
- āctor Latin
- āctus Latin
- āctōrem Latin
- reactor Dutch, Flemish
- réacteur French
- réactionnaire French
- προσαγωγός Ancient Greek
- ἀγωγή Ancient Greek
- ἀναγωγή Ancient Greek
- ἀξιόχρεως Ancient Greek
- ἀρωγή Ancient Greek
- ἄξιος Ancient Greek
- ὁπλιταγωγός Ancient Greek
- ὄναγρος Ancient Greek
- *h₂(e)ǵ-ó-s, *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂eǵro- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂mbʰi-h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂éǵeti Proto-Indo-European
- *kesa Proto-Indo-European
- *pelh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- reator Portuguese
- *akaną Proto-Germanic
- リアクション Japanese
- अज् Sanskrit
- आजि Sanskrit
- acte Old French
- digestible Old French
- digestion Old French
- disposisyon Cebuano
- reaksyon Cebuano
- akta Indonesian
- act Welsh
- ածեմ Old Armenian
- ág Old Irish
- exigence Middle French
- *ageti Proto-Celtic
- *ambaxtos Proto-Celtic
- *ɸel- Proto-Celtic
- *ɸiɸlāti Proto-Celtic
- *Háȷ́ati Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *agō Proto-Italic
- *gezō Proto-Italic
- agnus Lithuanian
- *aja- fiu-pro
- *ekäñye- Proto-Tocharian
- *āk Proto-Tocharian
- *āk- Proto-Tocharian
- act
- back
- acter
- egest
- acteth
- actest
- preact
- misact
- outact
- proact
- acteme
- egesta
- postact
- reactor
- playact
- gesture
- actable
- reacter
- gestate
- suggest
- actless
- overact
- anteact
- egestive
- reactive
- interact
- squatter
- reactome
- underact
- chastise
- digester
- egestion
- reaction
- multiact
- gestural
- retroact
- autoreact
- reactable
- ambiguous
- gestation
- backreact
- reactance
- overreact
- hyperreact
- counteract
- reactively
- bioreactor
- reactivity
- congestive
- crossreact
- interreact
- unreactive
- reactional
- underreact
- georeactor
- actability
- nonreactor
- cogitabund
- subreaction
- minireactor
- nonreaction
- sonoreactor
- immunoreact
- nanoreactor
- reactogenic
- bioreaction
- unreactable
- gesturelike
- subreactive
- reactionism
- bioreactive
- reactionist
- nonreactive
- overreactor
- gesturalism
- gestureless
- attoreactor
- squattocracy
- xenoreaction
- postreaction
- reactionware
- vasoreactive
- overreactive
- autoreactive
- angioreactor
- seroreaction
- reactionless
- reactiveness
- alloreaction
- monoreactive
- polyreactive
- xenoreactive
- chastisement
- seroreactive
- microreactor
- polyreaction
- underreactor
- reactionwise
- photoreactor
- hyporeactive
- backreaction
- bioreactance
- alloreactive
- overreaction
- neuroreactive
- macroreaction
- hyperreaction
- triboreaction
- crossreactive
- gesticulation
- aminoreactive
- gravireaction
- hyperreactive
- normoreactive
- interreaction
- gesticulative
- photoreaction
- crossreaction
- underreaction
- photoreactive
- multireactive
- microreaction
- nonreactively
- reactogenicity
- thermoreactive
- act the maggot
- immunoreaction
- countergesture
- immunoreactive
- adrenoreactive
- counterreaction
- immunofluororeactive