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反応 — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • behavior noun The way a person, animal, or system acts, especially in response to a situation.
  • feedback noun Comments or reactions about how well something worked, used to guide improvement.
  • react verb To act, respond, or behave in a particular way because of something that has happened.
  • reaction noun A response, in words, feelings, or actions, to something that has happened.
  • reception noun A formal social event, often to welcome or honor someone.

Senses

反応 is used for these senses in English:

  • behavior (countable, uncountable) The way a living creature behaves or acts generally.
  • behavior (uncountable) The way a device or system operates.
  • feedback Critical assessment of a process or activity or of their results.
  • reaction An action or statement in response to a stimulus or other event.
  • reaction (chemistry) A transformation in which one or more substances is converted into another by combination or decomposition.
  • reception (linguistics) Reading viewed as the active process of receiving a text in any medium (written, spoken, signed, multimodal, nonverbal), consisting of several steps, such as ideation, comprehension, reconstruction, interpretation.

feedback — full definition

  1. noun Comments or reactions about how well something worked, used to guide improvement.
  2. noun A high-pitched squeal caused by sound from a speaker looping back into a microphone.

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