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act definition
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Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb act 7 of 10 senses of act Sense 1 act move => alternate, take turns => end up wind up finish => rush, hasten, hurry, look sharp => interrupt, disturb => react, respond => go ahead, plow ahead => attack, aggress => force => create => come to the fore, step forward, come forward, step up step to the fore, come out => reward, repay, pay back => race => use => play it by ear => play => deal => partner => exert => egotrip => reciprocate => go proceed, move => come close => perform => make bold, dare, presume to => prosecute, engage, pursue => act on => interact => react, oppose => take time by the forelock => coact => volunteer, offer => get around to => dally, toy, play, flirt => set about go about approach => participate, take part => misbehave, misconduct, misdemean => condescend, stoop, lower oneself => behave, acquit, bear, deport, conduct, comport, carry => behave, comport => try seek, attempt, essay, assay => woo, court, romance, solicit => court => dare => effect => antagonize, antagonise, counteract => anticipate, foresee, forestall, counter => prosecute => perpetrate, commit, pull => rampage => cope, get by make out make do contend, grapple, deal manage => condescend, deign, descend => condescend => take care => follow through go through => lord it over queen it over put on airs, act superior => stampede => make a point, make sure => repeat, take over => surprise => sneak => play => take => guard => begin, start => wait, hold off hold back => continue, go on proceed, go along keep => do well had best => continue => continue, persist in Sense 2 act behave, do => act involuntarily, act reflexively => quack => menace => make => swagger, bluster, swash => freeze => wanton => romanticize => sentimentalise, sentimentalize => bungle => play, toy => act play, act as => stooge => joke, jest => piffle => make => make as if => break down lose it => dally, dawdle => backslap => hugger mugger => sauce => footle => frivol, trifle => swell, puff up => follow => ramp, rage, storm Sense 3 act play, represent => support => enact, reenact, act out => act out => impersonate, portray => spoof, parody => emote Sense 4 act => criticize, criticise => bank Sense 8 act => play => drive around => walk around Sense 9 dissemble, pretend, act => simulate, assume, sham, feign Sense 10 act play, roleplay, playact => stooge => mime, pantomime => overact, ham, overplay => underact, underplay Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb act 7 of 10 senses of act Sense 1 act move => alternate, take turns => end up wind up finish => rush, hasten, hurry, look sharp => interrupt, disturb => react, respond => treat => overreact => answer => accept => stool => respond => greet => explode => accept => answer => wonder, marvel => go ahead, plow ahead => attack, aggress => check => fork => pin => tackle => force => pull => wrench, twist => attract => pick at pluck at pull at => retract, pull back draw back => draw close => create => draw => paint => fingerpaint => stipple => bodypaint => fresco => distemper => charge => shade, fill in => crosshatch => stipple => watercolor => build => come to the fore, step forward, come forward, step up step to the fore, come out => reward, repay, pay back => race => use => play it by ear => play => deal => partner => exert => overexert => egotrip => reciprocate => return => go proceed, move => work => venture, embark => steamroller, steamroll => come close => perform => officiate => marry, wed, tie, splice => make bold, dare, presume to => prosecute, engage, pursue => close => politick => logroll => act on => interact => conspire, collude => communicate, intercommunicate => grimace, make a face, pull a face => squint, squinch, cross one's eyes => wince => smile => dimple => grin => beam => smirk, simper => sneer => frown, glower, lower => scowl => screw up => pout, mop, mow => fingerspell => aphorize => riddle => project => reach, get through get hold of contact => raise => commune => pray => ask inquire, enquire => pry => consult, confer with => telecommunicate => call telephone, call up phone, ring => call in => telex => cable, telegraph, wire => fax, telefax, facsimile => e-mail, email, netmail => call => inform => wise up => teach, learn, instruct => train, develop, prepare, educate => retrain => drill => housebreak => toilet-train => indoctrinate => revolutionize, revolutionise, inspire, infect => brainwash => drill => hammer in drill in ram down beat in => inculcate, instill, infuse => din => catechize, catechise => reinforce, reward => spoonfeed => tutor => unteach => unteach => ground => lecture, talk => preach, prophesy => evangelize, evangelise => coach, train => enlighten, edify => condition => instruct, apprise, apprize => direct => point the way => brief => acquaint => warn => inform => tell evidence => fill in => update => misinform, mislead => lie => romance => perjure => fib => cover up => cover for => equivocate, tergiversate, prevaricate, palter => overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, magnify, amplify => overemphasize, overemphasise, overstress => boast, tout, swash, shoot a line brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade => puff => gloat, triumph, crow => preen, pride, congratulate => embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up dramatize, dramatise => glorify => deceive, betray, lead astray => pose, impersonate, personate => masquerade => bamboozle, snow, hoodwink, pull the wool over someone's eyes, lead by the nose, play false => gull, dupe, slang, befool, cod, fool, put on take in put one over put one across => pull the leg of kid => understate, minimize, minimise => trivialize, trivialise => denounce, tell on betray, give away rat, grass, peach, shit, shop, snitch, stag => tip off sell out => undeceive => warn => forewarn, previse => caution, admonish, monish => threaten => offer => alarm, alert => wake => advise, notify, give notice, send word apprise, apprize => familiarize, familiarise, acquaint => get into => prompt, remind, cue => volunteer => introduce, present, acquaint => reacquaint => reintroduce, re-introduce => present => introduce, bring out => regret => fear => indicate, point, show => finger => signalize, point out call attention => reflect => redound => indicate => read, register, show record => say => show => attest => surcharge => strike => call => indicate, suggest => nark => explain, explicate => interpret => deconstruct => reinterpret, re-explain => commentate => misinterpret => gloss, comment => commentate => account for => naturalize => clarify, clear up elucidate => elaborate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out expand, expound, dilate => detail => set forth, expound, exposit => describe, depict, draw => represent => delineate => sketch, outline, adumbrate => block out => premise => exemplify, illustrate, instance => specify, particularize, specialize => spell out => disambiguate => comment => secondguess => diskjockey, DJ => tell => digress, stray, divagate, wander => bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal => bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict => threaten => prophesy, foreshow => mark => blaze => dimension => signpost => signalize, distinguish => singularize => buoy => disclose, let on bring out reveal, discover, expose, declare, divulge, impart, break, give away let out => blackwash => muckrake => blow => out => come out of the closet, out come out => spring => betray, bewray => confide => unbosom, relieve => leak => talk, tattle, blab, peach, babble, sing, babble out blab out => talk => publicize, publicise, air, bare => bulletin => publish, bring out put out issue, release => circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around => sow, sough => popularize, popularise, vulgarize, vulgarise => carry, run => air, send broadcast, beam, transmit => satellite => sportscast => telecast, televise => colorcast => rerun, rebroadcast => repeat, reiterate, ingeminate, iterate, restate, retell => ditto => harp, dwell => translate, interpret, render => retranslate => mistranslate => gloss => latinize, Latinize => paraphrase, rephrase, reword => sum up summarize, summarise, resume => abstract => precis => docket => recapitulate, recap => retrograde, rehash => quote, cite => misquote => propagandize, propagandise => announce, annunciate, harbinger, foretell, herald => impart, leave give pass on => tell narrate, recount, spin, recite => relate => yarn => rhapsodize, rhapsodise => narrate => report, describe, account => report => report, cover => announce, denote => denounce => meld => report => check in sign in => check out => clock out punch out clock off => report => cry, blazon out => trump, trump out => blare out blat out => call out => count off => advertise, publicize, advertize, publicise => headline => ballyhoo => post => placard, bill => sound => disabuse => remonstrate, point out => testify, bear witness, prove, evidence, show => attest, certify, manifest, demonstrate, evidence => authenticate => prove => reflect => reflect => notarize => adduce, abduce, cite => joke, jest => gag, quip => horse around arse around fool around fool => pun => greet => compliment => address, turn to => ask => question, query => wonder, inquire, enquire => request => seek => interpellate => examine => quiz, test => cross examine, cross question => catechize, catechise => pump => check out sound out feel out => debrief => interrogate, question => address, call => nod => convey, impart => thank, give thanks => acknowledge, recognize, recognise => appreciate => hint, suggest => intimate, adumbrate, insinuate => clue in => allude, touch, advert => say => look => flash => breathe => express, show evince => sneer => imply, connote => burst out => rip out => suggest, evoke, paint a picture => smack, reek => incriminate, imply, inculpate => imply => presuppose => suggest, intimate => make out => connote, predicate => give => exude => vent, ventilate, give vent => formulate, word phrase, articulate => ask => lexicalize => dogmatize => formularize, formularise => frame, redact, cast, put couch => stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuate => background, play down => wave off => soft-pedal => bring out set off => pick up => foreground, highlight, spotlight, play up => raise => re-emphasise, re-emphasize => bear down => point up => drive home, ram home, press home => underscore, underline, emphasize, emphasise => menace => beam => smile => mean intend => symbolize, symbolise, stand for represent => embody, be personify => body, personify => exemplify, represent, typify => typify, epitomize, epitomise => denote, refer => twist, twist around pervert, convolute, sophisticate => euphemize => hark back return, come back recall => recur, go back => name identify => enumerate, itemize, itemise => list, name => number, list => announce => apply => slur => express, state => vote => vote => vote => signify => spell, import => aim => drive, get aim => sign => talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize => read => dictate => call => vocalize, phonate => troll => begin => lip off shoot one's mouth off => shout => yell, scream => holler, holler out => thunder, roar => bawl, bellow => whisper => speak up => snap, snarl => enthuse => rhapsodize, rhapsodise => speak in tongues => swallow => whiff => talk of talk about => discuss, talk over => negociate, negotiate, talk terms => intercede, mediate, intermediate, liaise, arbitrate => treat => horse-trade => parley => palaver => dicker, bargain => haggle, higgle, chaffer, huckster => beat down bargain down => broker => powwow => debate, deliberate => consider, debate, moot, turn over deliberate => wrestle => think twice => bandy, kick around => moderate, chair, lead => advise, counsel => urge, urge on press, exhort => push bear on => nudge => bull, bull through => preach, advocate => sermonize, sermonise, preachify, moralize, moralise => dissuade, deter => talk out of => warn, discourage, admonish, monish => tip off => misadvise, misadvize, misguide => propound => consult => contraindicate => confer, confabulate, confab, consult => collogue => broach, initiate => cover, treat, handle, plow, deal address => theologize, theologise => discourse, talk about discuss => descant => talk shop => spiel => bandy about => thrash out hammer out => blaspheme => blubber, blubber out => drone, drone on => bumble, stutter, stammer, falter => rasp => blurt out blurt, blunder out ejaculate => inflect, modulate => deliver, present => speechify => generalize, generalise => chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle-tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble => babble, blather, smatter, blether, blither => chatter => yack, jaw, yack away rattle on yap away => open up => snivel, whine => murmur => coo => susurrate => mumble, mutter, maunder, mussitate => slur => bark => bay => rant, mouth off jabber, spout, rabbit on rave => hiss, sizz, siss, sibilate => cackle => babble => chant, intone => gulp => sing => place => troll => croon => chant, intone, intonate, cantillate => singsong => yodel, warble, descant => warble, trill, quaver => treble => hum => belt out belt => descant on => vocalize, vocalise => harmonize, harmonise => descant => minstrel => solmizate => tweedle, chirp => choir, chorus => sing => solmizate => troll => hymn => carol => madrigal => talk, speak => continue, go on carry on proceed => segue => ramble on ramble, jog => discourse => pontificate => orate => talk down => spiel => dogmatize => cheek => level => talk turkey => monologuize, soliloquize => converse, discourse => argue, contend, debate, fence => stickle => spar => quibble, niggle, pettifog, bicker, squabble, brabble => quarrel, dispute, scrap, argufy, altercate => brawl, wrangle => spat => polemize, polemicize, polemicise => fall out => oppose => contest, contend, repugn => challenge, dispute, gainsay => call => call => interview, question => interview => interview => chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visit => shmooze, shmoose, schmooze, schmoose, jawbone => chat up flirt, dally, butterfly, coquet, coquette, romance, philander, mash => wanton => vamp => gossip => rumor, rumour, bruit => rap => speak, talk => run on => smatter => slang => gesticulate, gesture, motion => wink => stretch out put out extend, hold out stretch forth => hyperextend => shrug => clap, spat => applaud, clap, spat, acclaim => bravo => bless, sign => nod => cross oneself => bow, bow down => congee, conge => shake => beckon, wave => telepathize => write => apostrophize => encode, code, encipher, cipher, cypher, encrypt, inscribe, write in code => rewrite => decode, decrypt, decipher => transliterate, transcribe => Romanize, Latinize, Latinise, latinise => braille => transcribe => revise, revize => amend => sign, subscribe => rubricate => dot => type typewrite => backspace => double-space => triple-space => touch-type => handwrite => jot down jot => scribble, scrabble => write down set down get down put down => transcribe => dash down dash off => note, take down => write out issue, make out cut => check => write up => radio => write => network => sign, signal, signalize => wigwag => semaphore => heliograph => flag => whistle => semaphore => whistle => give throw => give pay => offer, extend => give render => dedicate => inscribe => carry, convey, express => quantify, measure => scale => meter => pace => clock, time => mistime => fathom, sound => titrate => plumb => weigh => heft => issue => come across come over => share => get => reach out => draw out => patronize, patronise, condescend => stoop to => communicate => manipulate, keep in line control => tease => ingratiate => cozy up cotton up shine up play up sidle up suck up => transact => deal sell trade => push => deal => black marketeer => pyramid => market => peddle, monger, huckster, hawk, vend, pitch => turn over => bank => marginalize, marginalise => combine => summate => have => invite, pay for => socialize => swing, get around => fraternize, fraternise => hobnob, hang out => entertain => host => feast, banquet, junket => wine and dine => emcee, compere => amuse, divert, disport => get in touch, touch base, connect => meet gather, assemble, forgather, foregather => group aggroup => team, team up => gang, gang up => brigade => meet => meet up with => convene => reconvene => sit => converge => concentrate => caucus => club => relate => oblige, bind, hold => pledge => article => indenture => tie down => connect => disrespect => transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against, breach, break => sin => fall => sin, blunder, boob, goof => conflict, run afoul, infringe, contravene => trespass => trespass, intrude => break in break => mesh => take back => get along with get on with get on get along => bind, tie, bond => befriend => pal, pal up chum up => treat, handle, do by => mock, bemock => tease, razz, rag, cod, tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally, ride => jeer, scoff, flout, barrack, gibe => kid, chaff, jolly, banter => ridicule, guy, blackguard, laugh at jest at rib, make fun, poke fun => satirize, satirise, lampoon => debunk, expose => unmask, uncloak => stultify => deride => catcall => ignore, disregard, snub, cut => wrong => aggrieve => sandbag => victimize, victimise => cheat, beat rip off chisel => gazump => cozen => overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hook => extort, rack, gouge, wring => bleed => swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, con => short-change, short => bilk => whipsaw => welsh => juggle, beguile, hoodwink => deceive, lead on delude, cozen => betray, sell => double cross => cheat, chisel => job => shark => rig, set up => cozen => crib => fudge, manipulate, fake, falsify, cook, wangle, misrepresent => juggle => shill => trick, fob, fox, pull a fast one on play a trick on => snooker => fool, gull, befool => cheat on cheat, cuckold, betray, wander => twotime => play around fool around => hoax, pull someone's leg, play a joke on => ensnare, entrap, frame, set up => humbug => criminalize => nurse => strong-arm => ride roughshod, run roughshod => upstage => rough-house => brutalize, brutalise => do justice, do-well by => gloss over skate over smooth over slur over skimp over => mistreat, maltreat, abuse, ill-use, ill-treat => kick around => pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby, coddle, mollycoddle, spoil, indulge => intervene, step in interfere, interpose => poke into intrude into meddle with horn in => meddle, tamper => interlope => consort, associate, affiliate, assort => ally => misally => go steady, go out date, see => company, companion, accompany, keep company => philander, womanize, womanise => react, oppose => pursue, follow up on act on => run down check out => buck, go against => backfire, backlash => take time by the forelock => coact => volunteer, offer => get around to => dally, toy, play, flirt => set about go about approach => confront, face up face => undertake, tackle, take on => participate, take part => experience, undergo, see go through => know experience, live => relive, live over => suffer, endure => die => suffer, meet => feel => enjoy => witness, find see => catch => come => partake in share in => misbehave, misconduct, misdemean => act up carry on => condescend, stoop, lower oneself => behave, acquit, bear, deport, conduct, comport, carry => fluster => assert, put forward => deal => walk around => pose => attitudinize, attitudinise => behave, comport => walk => assert oneself => remember oneself => try seek, attempt, essay, assay => take a dare, pick up the gauntlet => fight, struggle => tug, labor, labour, push drive => strive, reach, strain => overstrain => extend oneself => kill oneself, overexert oneself => trouble oneself, trouble, bother, inconvenience oneself => flounder => grope => endeavor, endeavour, strive => struggle => scuffle, tussle => wrestle => mudwrestle => take pains, be at pains => buck => give it a whirl, give it a try => gamble, chance, risk, hazard, take chances, adventure, run a risk, take a chance => luck it luck through => risk, put on the line lay on the line => venture, hazard, adventure, stake, jeopardize => bell the cat => woo, court, romance, solicit => chase, chase after => display => court => dare => effect => bring to bear => carry, execute => enforce, impose => dispatch, discharge, complete => backdate => antagonize, antagonise, counteract => anticipate, foresee, forestall, counter => prosecute => perpetrate, commit, pull => make => recommit => rampage => riot => cope, get by make out make do contend, grapple, deal manage => fend => hack, cut => scrape along scrape by scratch along squeak by squeeze by rub along => meet match, cope with => condescend, deign, descend => condescend => take care => follow through go through => lord it over queen it over put on airs, act superior => stampede => make a point, make sure => repeat, take over => ditto => surprise => sneak => play => take => guard => begin, start => wait, hold off hold back => hold out => delay => hesitate, pause => hem and haw => scruple => procrastinate, stall, drag one's feet, shillyshally, dilly-dally, dillydally => postpone, hold over put over table, shelve, set back defer, remit, put off => call => hold => respite => suspend => probate => reprieve, respite => continue, go on proceed, go along keep => hold => run on keep going => ride => do well had best => continue => continue, persist in Sense 2 act behave, do => act involuntarily, act reflexively => sneeze => blink, wink, nictitate, nictate => palpebrate => bat, flutter => fart, break wind => salivate => drivel, drool, slabber, slaver, slobber, dribble => quack => menace => make => swagger, bluster, swash => freeze => wanton => romanticize => sentimentalise, sentimentalize => bungle => play, toy => act play, act as => stooge => joke, jest => clown, clown around antic => piffle => make => make as if => break down lose it => dissolve => die => fall apart, go to pieces => dally, dawdle => backslap => hugger mugger => sauce => footle => frivol, trifle => swell, puff up => follow => ramp, rage, storm Sense 3 act play, represent => support => enact, reenact, act out => act out => impersonate, portray => spoof, parody => travesty => emote Sense 4 act => criticize, criticise => bank Sense 8 act => play => horse around arse around fool around fool => frolic, lark, rollick, skylark, disport, sport, cavort, gambol, frisk, romp, run around lark about => skylark => dabble, paddle, splash around => drive around => walk around Sense 9 dissemble, pretend, act => simulate, assume, sham, feign => play => feint Sense 10 act play, roleplay, playact => stooge => mime, pantomime => overact, ham, overplay => underact, underplay Entailment of verb act Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb act 10 senses of act Sense 1 act move Also See-> act on#1; act up#1; act upon#1 Sense 2 act behave, do Also See-> act up#2 Sense 3 act play, represent => re-create Sense 4 act => serve Sense 5 act play, act as => act behave, do Sense 6 act => be Sense 7 work act => succeed, come through Sense 8 act Sense 9 dissemble, pretend, act Sense 10 act play, roleplay, playact => perform Familiarity of verb act act used as a verb is familiar (polysemy count = 10) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb act Sense 2 act behave, do Sense 3 act play, represent => re-create Sense 5 act play, act as => act behave, do Sense 6 act => be Sense 9 dissemble, pretend, act Sense 10 act play, roleplay, playact => perform -------------- Sense 1 act move -------------- Sense 4 act => serve -------------- Sense 7 work act => succeed, come through -------------- Sense 8 act -------------- Grep of noun act abstract accessory after the fact accessory before the fact accessory during the fact accomplished fact act act of god actaea actaea alba actaea rubra acth actias actias luna actifed actin actinaria acting acting out actinia actinian actiniaria actiniarian actinic dermatitis actinic keratosis actinic radiation actinic ray actinide actinide series actinidia actinidia arguta actinidia chinensis actinidia deliciosa actinidia polygama actinidiaceae actiniopteris actinism actinium actinoid actinolite actinomeris actinomeris alternifolia actinometer actinometry actinomyces actinomycetaceae actinomycetales actinomycete actinomycin actinomycosis actinomyxidia actinomyxidian actinon actinopod actinopoda actinotherapy actinozoa actinozoan action action at law action mechanism action plant action potential action replay action spectrum actitis actitis hypoleucos actitis macularia actium activase activated carbon activated charcoal activating activating agent activation activation energy activator active active agent active air defense active application active birth active citizen active immunity active matrix screen active placebo active site active transport active trust active voice activeness activism activist activity actomyosin actor actor's agent actor's assistant actor's line actress acts acts of the apostles actual damages actual eviction actual sin actualisation actuality actualization actuarial table actuary actuation actuator actus reus adhesion contract aleatory contract alimentary tract almond extract artefact artifact autodidact bilateral contract bract breach of contract cataphract cataract cola extract compact conditional contract contact contract corticospinal tract cost-plus contract digestive tract electrical contact employment contract enabling act extract eye contact fact finding of fact fraud in fact futures contract gambling contract gastrointestinal tract gi tract impact labor contract legislative act lemon extract lower respiratory tract marriage contract matter of fact nerve tract occupational safety and health act optic tract oral contract output contract pact powder compact purchase contract pyramidal tract quasi contract question of fact racketeer influenced and corrupt organizations act redact requirements contract respiratory tract rico act riot act scientific fact service contract severable contract sex act social contract special act special contract speech act subcompact subcontract suicide pact tact term of a contract tocktact tract unilateral contract upper respiratory tract urinary tract vanilla extract yellow-dog contract Overview of noun act The noun act has 6 senses (first 4 from tagged texts) 1. (35) act enactment -- (a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body) 2. (26) act human action human activity -- (something that people do or cause to happen) 3. (9) act -- (a subdivision of a play or opera or ballet) 4. (3) act routine, number, turn, bit -- (a short theatrical performance that is part of a longer program; "he did his act three times every evening"; "she had a catchy little routine"; "it was one of the best numbers he ever did") 5. act -- (a manifestation of insincerity; "he put on quite an act for her benefit") 6. process, cognitive process, operation, cognitive operation, act -- (the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents; "the process of thinking"; "the act of remembering") Overview of verb act The verb act has 10 senses (first 5 from tagged texts) 1. (35) act move -- (perform an action "think before you act"; "We must move quickly") 2. (22) act behave, do -- (behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself; "You should act like an adult"; "Don't behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "She played the servant her husband's master") 3. (7) act play, represent -- (play a role or part "Gielgud played Hamlet"; "She wants to act Lady Macbeth but she is too young for the role") 4. (4) act -- (discharge one's duties; "She acts as the chair"; "In what capacity are you acting?") 5. (1) act play, act as -- (pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind; "He acted the idiot"; "She plays deaf when the news are bad") 6. act -- (be suitable for theatrical performance: "This scene acts well") 7. work act -- (have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected; "The voting process doesn't work as well as people thought"; "How does your idea work in practice?"; "This method doesn't work"; "The breaks of my new car act quickly"; "The medicine works only if you take it with a lot of water") 8. act -- (be engaged in an activity, often for no particular purpose other than pleasure) 9. dissemble, pretend, act -- (behave unnaturally or affectedly; "She's just acting") 10. act play, roleplay, playact -- (perform on a stage or theater; "She acts in this play"; "He acted in "Julius Caesar"; "I played in "A Christmas Carol") Grep of adj act abstract actable actinal acting actinic actinoid actinometric actinometrical actinomorphic actinomorphous actinomycetal actinomycetous actinomycotic actionable activated activating active activist activistic actual actualised actualized actuarial actuated actuating compact contrary to fact exact inexact intact matter-of-fact semiabstract Overview of noun act The noun act has 6 senses (first 4 from tagged texts) 1. (35) act enactment -- (a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body) 2. (26) act human action human activity -- (something that people do or cause to happen) 3. (9) act -- (a subdivision of a play or opera or ballet) 4. (3) act routine, number, turn, bit -- (a short theatrical performance that is part of a longer program; "he did his act three times every evening"; "she had a catchy little routine"; "it was one of the best numbers he ever did") 5. act -- (a manifestation of insincerity; "he put on quite an act for her benefit") 6. process, cognitive process, operation, cognitive operation, act -- (the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents; "the process of thinking"; "the act of remembering") Overview of verb act The verb act has 10 senses (first 5 from tagged texts) 1. (35) act move -- (perform an action "think before you act"; "We must move quickly") 2. (22) act behave, do -- (behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself; "You should act like an adult"; "Don't behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "She played the servant her husband's master") 3. (7) act play, represent -- (play a role or part "Gielgud played Hamlet"; "She wants to act Lady Macbeth but she is too young for the role") 4. (4) act -- (discharge one's duties; "She acts as the chair"; "In what capacity are you acting?") 5. (1) act play, act as -- (pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind; "He acted the idiot"; "She plays deaf when the news are bad") 6. act -- (be suitable for theatrical performance: "This scene acts well") 7. work act -- (have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected; "The voting process doesn't work as well as people thought"; "How does your idea work in practice?"; "This method doesn't work"; "The breaks of my new car act quickly"; "The medicine works only if you take it with a lot of water") 8. act -- (be engaged in an activity, often for no particular purpose other than pleasure) 9. dissemble, pretend, act -- (behave unnaturally or affectedly; "She's just acting") 10. act play, roleplay, playact -- (perform on a stage or theater; "She acts in this play"; "He acted in "Julius Caesar"; "I played in "A Christmas Carol")
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