Engage
React
React verb - To act or behave in response (as to a stimulus or influence).
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- It usually takes a while for the cabdriver to react and engage reverse, by which time there's typically a massive pileup of police vehicles behind the taxi preventing it from moving.
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Frank Burns and Margaret Houlihan engage in a torrid affair for four seasons, but kid themselves that no one knows about it and react with outrage when anyone refers to it.
Source: Secret Relationship - Diamond City guards will react differently based on your companion, and your companions will engage in conversations with NPCs such as Whitechapel Charlie and Takahashi.
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React and Engage. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/engage/react
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React or Engage. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/engage/react.
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