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react
verb as in respond; conduct oneself
Example Sentences
Also this week Putin - seemingly reacting to these moves - ratcheted up the tension still further by loosening the conditions of use for Russia’s nuclear weapons.
Leading Israeli figures across the political spectrum have reacted angrily to the announcement.
The research team applied this principle to the new pressure release valve: a flexible membrane mimics the opening movement of the plant trap and reacts to critical pressure increases in the speaking valve.
“He probably didn’t expect for me to react so positively, but I had to, because I think he did a great job,” Lafleur said.
In a school of fish, for example, a few individuals might notice a predator and change their behavior, “and then suddenly, there’s this really fast transition where the whole network reacts.”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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