react

react
verb
ADVERB
▪ strongly
▪ favourably/favorably, positively, well
▪

people who react positively to change

▪ adversely, badly, negatively, poorly, unfavourably/unfavorably
▪ aggressively, angrily, defensively, sharply, violently
▪ emotionally
▪ cautiously, coolly
▪ calmly, rationally
▪ appropriately
▪ strangely
▪ immediately, instantly
▪ quickly, rapidly, swiftly
▪

The police must be able to react swiftly in an emergency.

▪ slowly
▪ differently
▪ accordingly
▪

His insensitive remarks hurt and she reacted accordingly.

▪ automatically, instinctively, spontaneously
▪ physically
▪ chemically
▪

Silicon reacts chemically like carbon.

VERB + REACT
▪ tend to
▪ be slow to
▪

The industry has been slow to react to these breakthroughs in technology.

▪ not know how to
▪

He did not know how to react to her sudden mood swings.

PREPOSITION
▪ against
▪

Many young people react against traditional values.

▪ by
▪

The government reacted by increasing taxation.

▪ to
▪

The committee reacted positively to the proposals.

▪ with
▪

Her family reacted with horror when she told them.

React is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑audience, ↑investor, ↑market
React is used with these nouns as the object: ↑way

Collocations dictionary. 2013.

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