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Collocations for 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.

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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.

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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.

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

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React is used with these nouns as the object:
way

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