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English
Etymology
Old French acte, from Latin ācta (“register of events”), plural of āctum (“decree, law”), from agō (“put in motion”).
Pronunciation
Noun
act (countable and uncountable; plural acts)
- (countable) Something done, a deed.
- An act of good will.
- (obsolete, uncountable) Actuality.
- (countable) A product of a legislative body, a statute.
- The process of doing something.
- He was caught in the act.
- (countable) A formal or official record of something done.
- (countable) A division of a theatrical performance.
- The pivotal moment in the play was in the first scene of the second act.
- (countable) A display of behaviour.
- (countable) A performer or performers in a show.
- Which act did you prefer? The soloist or the band?
Synonyms
Meronyms
- (drama): scene
Holonyms
- (drama): play
Derived terms
terms derived from act (noun)
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terms related to act (noun)Verb
act (third-person singular simple present acts, present participle acting, simple past and past participle acted)
- (intransitive) To do something.
- If you don't act soon, you will be in trouble.
- (intransitive) To perform a theatrical role.
- I started acting at the age of eleven in my local theatre.
- (intransitive) To behave in a certain way.
- He's acting strangely - I think there's something wrong with him.
- (copulative) To convey an appearance of being.
- He acted unconcerned so the others wouldn't worry.
- (intransitive, construed with on or upon) To have an effect (on).
- High-pressure oxygen acts on the central nervous system and may cause convulsions or death.
- Gravitational force acts on heavy bodies.
- (transitive) To play (a role).
- He's been acting Shakespearean leads since he was twelve.
- (transitive) To feign.
- He acted the angry parent, but was secretly amused.
- (mathematics, intransitive, construed with on or upon, of a group) To map via a homomorphism to a group of automorphisms (of).
- This group acts on the circle, so it can't be left-orderable!
Derived terms
terms derived from act (verb)Related terms
terms related to act (verb)Translations
to do something
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