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Reaction Countable Noun Tepki Uncountable Sth  /Riˈækʃn   Sb/Sth

Level B1 
Kind noun
Front reaction 
IPA  /riˈækʃn   / noun
Back tepki
başkaldırmak
Back 2

reaction (noun)

 /riˈækʃn   / noun
 
TO EVENT
1 [countable, uncountable]
(a) reaction (to sb/sth)
something that you do or say because of sth that has happened
tepki
 Could we have your reaction to the latest news, Prime Minister?
 He shook his head in reaction to the statement.
 I shook him to try and wake him up but there was no reaction.
TO SB/SITUATION
2 [countable, uncountable]
(a) reaction (against sb/sth)
behaviour that shows that you do not like the influence of sb/sth (for example authority, your family, etc.)
baş kaldırma, karşı gelme
 Her strange clothes are a reaction against the conservative way she was brought up.
TO FOOD, DRUGS, ETC.
3 [countable]
a reaction (to sth)
a bad effect that your body experiences because of sth that you have eaten, touched or breathed
reaksiyon
 She had an allergic reaction to something in the food.
TO DANGER
4 [countable, usually plural]
the physical ability to act quickly when sth happens
refleks, tepki
 If the other driver's reactions hadn't been so good, there would have been an accident.
IN CHEMISTRY
5 [countable, uncountable]
a chemical change produced by two or more substances coming into contact with each other
tepkime
 a nuclear reaction
 

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