react
/rɪˈakt/
US pronunciation
American sound/rɪˈakt/
rɪˈakt
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Stress
- 2nd syllable stress
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Clear final sound
rɪ - ˈakt -> react
Myanmar meaning
(v) ထရောက်မှုရှိသည်။ တုံ့ပြန်သည်။
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၁။ (က) ~ (to sb/sth) တုံ့ပြန်သည်။ (အစာ၊ ဆေးတစ်ခုခုနှင့်) မတည့်သည့်လက္ခဏာ ဖြစ်ပေါ်သည်။
I nudged her but she didn't react. ❍ You never know how she's going to react. ❍ react positively/negatively to a suggestion ❍ People can react badly to certain food additives. ❍ She reacted to her father's death by becoming angry and bitter.
(ခ) ~ (against sb/sth) တုံ့ပြန်သည်။ တန်ပြန်သည်။ ဆန့်ကျင်သည်။ react strongly against tax increases ❍ People often react against the way their parents brought them up.
၂။ ~ with sth; ~ (together) (chemistry ) ဓာတ်ပြုသည်။ Iron reacts with water and air to produce rust. ❍ Sodium and water react (together).
More examples
- I wasn’t sure how you would react.
- [react to] : The financial markets reacted badly to the latest news on inflation.
- Workers reacted angrily to the news of more job losses at the factory.
- [react by doing something] : When the parliament formally criticized him, Yeltsin reacted by threatening to close it down.
- [react accordingly/appropriately] : The software enables the computer to interpret messages and react accordingly.
- [react with] : Car emissions react with sunlight to form ozone.
- [react to] : Some children react badly to antibiotics.
Synonyms
act in response, respond, counter, retort, answer, reply, acknowledge, act, alter, answer back, backfire, be affected, behave, bond, boomerang, bounce back, change, echo, feel, function, get back at, give a snappy comeback, give back, have a funny feeling, have vibes, ionize, operate, oxidize, perform, proceed, rebound, reciprocate, recoil, recur, reduce, rejoin, return, revert, take, talk back, turn back, work
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