Act (IPA: /ˈækt/)
| Act (n.) |
That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed. |
| Act (n.) |
The result of public deliberation; the decision or determination of a legislative body, council, court of justice, etc.; a decree, edit, law, judgment, resolve, award; as, an act of Parliament, or of Congress. |
| Act (n.) |
A formal solemn writing, expressing that something has been done. |
| Act (n.) |
A performance of part of a play; one of the principal divisions of a play or dramatic work in which a certain definite part of the action is completed. |
| Act (n.) |
A thesis maintained in public, in some English universities, by a candidate for a degree, or to show the proficiency of a student. |
| Act (n.) |
A state of reality or real existence as opposed to a possibility or possible existence. |
| Act (n.) |
Process of doing; action. In act, in the very doing; on the point of (doing). |
| Act (v. t.) |
To move to action; to actuate; to animate. |
| Act (v. t.) |
To perform; to execute; to do. |
| Act (v. t.) |
To perform, as an actor; to represent dramatically on the stage. |
| Act (v. t.) |
To assume the office or character of; to play; to personate; as, to act the hero. |
| Act (v. t.) |
To feign or counterfeit; to simulate. |
| Act (v. i.) |
To exert power; to produce an effect; as, the stomach acts upon food. |
| Act (v. i.) |
To perform actions; to fulfill functions; to put forth energy; to move, as opposed to remaining at rest; to carry into effect a determination of the will. |
| Act (v. i.) |
To behave or conduct, as in morals, private duties, or public offices; to bear or deport one's self; as, we know not why he has acted so. |
| Act (v. i.) |
To perform on the stage; to represent a character. |
| Act |
Division or unit of a drama |
| Act |
Type of document |
| Act |
Formal written document that creates law, including acts, executive orders, and by-laws |
| Act |
Genetic element in the species Mus musculus |
| Act |
Genetic element in the species Drosophila melanogaster |
| Act Synonyms |
Enactment |
| Act Synonyms |
Human Action, Human Activity |
| Act Synonyms |
Number, Turn, Routine, Bi |
| Act Synonyms |
Act Up, Behave, Do |
| Act Synonyms |
Pretend, Dissemble |
| Act Synonyms |
Act On, Act Up, Act Upon, Move |
| Act Synonyms |
Play, Represent |
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Act As, Play |
| Act Synonyms |
Play, Playact, Roleplay |
| Act Synonyms |
Work |
| Spanish Translation |
Act in Spanish is Actuar |
| Tagalog Translation |
Act in Tagalog is Akto |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " "People will challenge you, question you, try to get you off track. Don't listen to the temptation to act out of character ."" - T. B. Joshua |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " "You didn't have to go and kick me!" You're quite right. It was an entirely voluntary act on my part ." (p. 101)" - Discworld |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " (repeated line) Live fast, think fast, act fast." - Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog |
| Example Sentence (Quote) "* Love is a simple thing and a deep thing: it is an act of life and not an illusion. Art is an illusion." - Love |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " *Don't act without an object." - Hawaiian proverbs |
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