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NOUN | 1 | act, enactment | A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body |
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2 | act, human action, human activity | Something that people do or cause to happen | |
3 | act | A subdivision of a play or opera or ballet | |
4 | act, routine, number, turn, bit | A short theatrical performance that is part of a longer program | |
5 | act | A manifestation of insincerity | |
VERB | 1 | act, move | Perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) |
2 | act, behave, do | Behave in a certain manner | |
3 | act, play, represent | Play a role or part | |
4 | act | Discharge one's duties | |
5 | act, play, act as | Pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind | |
6 | act | Be suitable for theatrical performance | |
7 | act, work | Have an effect or outcome | |
8 | act | Be engaged in an activity, often for no particular purpose other than pleasure | |
9 | act, dissemble, pretend | Behave unnaturally or affectedly | |
10 | act, play, roleplay, playact | Perform on a stage or theater |
Sounds | ae'kt |
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Rhymes | abstract, artifact, attract, and 38 more rhymes in aekt at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body. |
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Synonyms | enactment |
Category | law, jurisprudence |
Narrower | decree, edict, fiat, order, rescript; legislative act, statute |
Broader | legal document, legal instrument, official document, instrument |
Meaning | Something that people do or cause to happen. |
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Synonyms | human action, human activity |
Narrower | action; nonaccomplishment, nonachievement; leaning; motivation, motivating; assumption; rejection; forfeit, forfeiture, sacrifice; activity; wear, wearing; judgment, judgement, assessment; production; stay; residency, residence, abidance; inactivity; hindrance, interference; stop, stoppage; group action; distribution; legitimation; waste, permissive waste; proclamation, promulgation; communication, communicating; speech act |
Verbs | act; actuate; actuate |
Meaning | A subdivision of a play or opera or ballet. |
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Part of | ballet, concert dance; play, drama, dramatic play; opera |
Parts | scene |
Broader | dramatic composition, dramatic work |
Meaning | A short theatrical performance that is part of a longer program. |
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Examples | "he did his act three times every evening" |
Synonyms | routine, number, turn, bit |
Narrower | show-stopper, showstopper, stopper |
Broader | performance, public presentation |
Verbs | act; act; act |
Meaning | A manifestation of insincerity. |
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Examples | "he put on quite an act for her benefit" |
Broader | expression, manifestation, reflection, reflexion |
Verbs | act; act |
Meaning | Perform an action, or work out or perform (an action). |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP |
Examples | "think before you act"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel" |
Synonyms | move |
Caused by | incite, instigate, set off, stir up; direct; coerce, hale, squeeze, pressure, force; compel, oblige, obligate |
Narrower | alternate, take turns; finish up, land up, fetch up, end up, wind up, finish; rush, hasten, hurry, look sharp, festinate; 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; satisfice, staisfise; maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre; dispatch; evade; race; use; play it by ear; play; deal; partner; exert; egotrip; reciprocate; go, proceed, move; come close; perform; make bold, dare, presume; 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; 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; go off half-cocked, go off at half-cock; wait, hold off, hold back; continue, go on, proceed, go along, keep; do well, had best; continue; continue, persist in |
Contrary | refrain, forbear |
See also | act on; act up; act upon |
Nouns | action; act; action |
Meaning | Behave in a certain manner. Show a certain behavior. Conduct or comport oneself. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s Adjective |
Examples | "You should act like an adult"; "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people" |
Synonyms | behave, do |
Narrower | act involuntarily, act reflexively; fall over backwards, bend over backwards; presume; vulgarize, vulgarise; optimize, optimise; quack; menace; make; swagger, bluster, swash; freeze; wanton; romanticize; sentimentalise, sentimentalize, sentimentize, sentimentise; bungle; play, toy; act, play, act as; stooge; joke, jest; piffle; make; make as if; break down, lose it, snap; dally, dawdle; backslap; hugger mugger; sauce; footle; frivol, trifle; swell, puff up; follow; relax, loosen up; ramp, rage, storm |
Similar to | act, play, act as; dissemble, pretend, act |
See also | act up |
Meaning | Play a role or part. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
Examples | "She wants to act Lady Macbeth, but she is too young for the role" |
Synonyms | play, represent |
Category | performing arts |
Entailed by | enter |
Narrower | make, pretend, make believe; support; enact, reenact, act out; act out; impersonate, portray; parody; emote |
Broader | re-create |
Similar to | act, play, act as; act, play, roleplay, playact; play |
Nouns | acting; act; actor |
Meaning | Discharge one's duties. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s PP |
Examples | "She acts as the chair"; "In what capacity are you acting?" |
Narrower | criticize, criticise; bank |
Broader | serve |
Nouns | actor |
Meaning | Pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody |
Examples | "He acted the idiot" |
Synonyms | play, act as |
Broader | act, behave, do |
Similar to | act, behave, do; act, play, represent |
Nouns | act |
Meaning | Be suitable for theatrical performance. |
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Pattern | Something ----s Adjective/Noun |
Examples | "This scene acts well" |
Broader | be |
Similar to | act, play, roleplay, playact |
Nouns | acting; act |
Meaning | Have an effect or outcome. Often the one desired or expected. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP |
Examples | "How does your idea work in practice?"; "The breaks of my new car act quickly" |
Synonyms | work |
Broader | succeed, win, come through, bring home the bacon, deliver the goods |
Similar to | bring, work, play, wreak, make for |
Meaning | Be engaged in an activity, often for no particular purpose other than pleasure. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s |
Narrower | play; drive around; walk around |
Nouns | action |
Meaning | Behave unnaturally or affectedly. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "She's just acting" |
Synonyms | dissemble, pretend |
Narrower | simulate, assume, sham, feign |
Similar to | act, behave, do |
Nouns | act |
Meaning | Perform on a stage or theater. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s |
Examples | "She acts in this play"; "He acted in `Julius Caesar'" |
Synonyms | play, roleplay, playact |
Category | dramaturgy, dramatic art, dramatics, theater, theatre |
Narrower | stooge; mime, pantomime; overact, ham it up, ham, overplay; underact, underplay |
Broader | perform |
Similar to | play; play; act, play, represent; act |
Nouns | acting; act; actor |