Reaction Change Riˈækʃn Recent Mixed Spokesman Losses I

• what was his reaction to the news?
• my immediate reaction was one of shock.
• a spokesman said the changes were not in reaction to the company's recent losses.
• there has been a mixed reaction to her appointment as director.

reaction

1. what you do, say or think as a result of something that has happened
• What was his reaction to the news?
• My immediate reaction was one of shock.
• A spokesman said the changes were not in reaction to the company's recent losses.
• There has been a mixed reaction to her appointment as director.
• The decision provoked an angry reaction from local residents.
• I tried shaking him but there was no reaction.
2. a change in people’s attitudes or behaviour caused by disapproval of the attitudes, etc. of the past
• The return to traditional family values is a reaction against the permissiveness of recent decades.
3. a response by the body, usually a bad one, to a drug, chemical substance, etc.
• to have an allergic reaction to a drug
4. the ability to move quickly in response to something, especially if in danger
• a skilled driver with quick reactions
5. a chemical change produced by two or more substances acting on each other
• see also chain reaction
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/chain-reaction
• a chemical/nuclear reaction
6. a force shown by something in response to another force, which is of equal strength and acts in the opposite direction
• Action and reaction are equal and opposite.
7. opposition to social or political progress or change
• The forces of reaction made change difficult.

Extra Examples

• Alcohol has the effect of slowing down your reactions.
• He eyed her cautiously, trying to gauge her reaction.
• Her outburst was a delayed reaction to an unpleasant letter she’d received that morning.
• Her rebellious attitude is just a reaction against her strict upbringing.
• His reaction is completely understandable.
• I am studying the reactions between certain gases.
• I believe she is experiencing a post-traumatic stress reaction.
• Judging by her reaction, she liked the present.
• Keenan showed lightning reactions.
• She had a very bad allergic reaction to the peanuts.
• She has very quick reactions.
• She was surprised at the reaction brought by the mention of his name.
• The change of plan set off a chain reaction of confusion.
• The critical reaction to his first novel has been positive.
• The incident calls for a measured response, avoiding knee-jerk reactions.
• The play met with a mixed reaction from the critics.
• The speech got a mixed reaction.
• There’s been a drop in ticket sales in reaction to the review.
• Your reaction time increases when you are tired.
• a delayed reaction to the drugs
• the energy given out during the reaction
• the fuel’s chemical reaction with the surrounding water
• the public reaction to the news
• A spokesman said the changes were not in reaction to the company’s recent losses.

Word Origin

• mid 17th cent.: from react + -ion, originally suggested by medieval Latin reactio(n-), from react- ‘done again’, from the verb reagere.