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React and Utilize

verb

  • Show a response or a reaction to something.
  • Act against or in opposition to.
    • usage: "She reacts negatively to everything I say"
  • Undergo a chemical reaction; react with another substance under certain conditions.
    • usage: "The hydrogen and the oxygen react"
  • (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.

verb

  • Put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose.
    • usage: "use your head"; "we only use Spanish at home"; "I can't use this tool"; "Apply a magnetic field here"; "This thinking was applied to many projects"; "How do you utilize this tool"; "I apply this rule to get good results"; "use the plastic bags to store the food"; "He doesn't know how to use a computer"
  • Convert (from an investment trust to a unit trust. ).
(v.t.) To make useful; to turn to profitable account or use; to make use of; as, to utilize the whole power of a machine; to utilize one's opportunities.