[ noun ]
■ doing something in opposition to another way of doing it that you don't like
e.g.)
・his style of painting was a reaction against cubism
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reaction
[ verb ]
■ undergo a chemical reaction
■ react with another substance under certain conditions
e.g.)
・The hydrogen and the oxygen react
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react
[ verb ]
■ show a response or a reaction to something
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react
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respond
[ verb ]
■ respond favorably or as hoped
e.g.)
・The cancer responded to the aggressive therapy
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respond
[ noun ]
■ a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent
e.g.)
・a bad reaction to the medicine
・his responses have slowed with age
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reaction
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response
[ noun ]
■ an idea evoked by some experience
e.g.)
・his reaction to the news was to start planning what to do
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reaction
[ noun ]
■ response to an inquiry or experiment
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feedback
[ noun ]
■ the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange
e.g.)
・he growled his reply
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reply
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response
[ noun ]
■ a result
e.g.)
・this situation developed in response to events in Africa
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response
[ noun ]
■ a response that reveals a person's feelings or attitude
e.g.)
・he was pleased by the audience's reaction to his performance
・John feared his mother's reaction when she saw the broken lamp
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reaction
[ noun ]
■ (chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others
e.g.)
・there was a chemical reaction of the lime with the ground water
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chemical reaction
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reaction
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