React and Implement
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
- (v.t.) To act or perform a second time; to do over again; as, to react a play; the same scenes were reacted at Rome.
- (v.i.) To act upon each other; to exercise a reciprocal or a reverse effect, as two or more chemical agents; to act in opposition.
- (v.i.) To return an impulse or impression; to resist the action of another body by an opposite force; as, every body reacts on the body that impels it from its natural state.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
(Military) REACT stands for rapid execution and combat targeting
Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. 31 January 2011.
noun
- Instrumentation (a piece of equipment or tool) used to effect an end.
verb
- Apply in a manner consistent with its purpose or design.
- usage: "implement a procedure"
- Ensure observance of laws and rules.
- usage: "Apply the rules to everyone";
- Pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue.
- usage: "Did he go through with the treatment"; "He implemented a new economic plan"; "She followed up his recommendations with a written proposal"
- synonyms: follow through, follow up, follow out, carry out, put through, go through
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
- (v.t.) To fulfill or perform, as a contract or an engagement.
- (n.) That which fulfills or supplies a want or use; especially, an instrument, toll or utensil, as supplying a requisite to an end; as, the implements of trade, of husbandry or of war.
- (v.t.) To accomplish; to fulfill.
- (v.t.) To provide with an implement or implements; to cause to be fulfilled, satisfied or carried out, by means of an implement or implements.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary