Act Definition
act
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English
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Etymology
Old French acte, from Latin ācta (“register of events”), plural of āctum (“decree, law”), from agō (“put in motion”).
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ækt/, SAMPA: /{kt/
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- Rhymes: -ækt
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 performer or performers in a show.
- Which act did you prefer? The soloist or the band?
- (countable) Any organized activity.
- 1934, Babette Hughes, One egg: a farce in one act, page 46:
- The minute you let it be known you're planning a sales campaign everybody wants to get into the act.
- (countable) A display of behaviour.
Synonyms
- (something done): deed
- (product of a legislative body): statute
- (display of behavior): pretense
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act (noun)
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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
to perform a theatrical role
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- German: spielen (de)
- Greek: υποδύομαι (el)
- Hungarian: játszik (hu)
- Latin: ago (la), gero (la)
- Polish: grać (pl)
- Russian: играть (ru)
- Spanish: actuar (es)
- Swahili: tenda (sw)
- Telugu: నటించు (naTinchu)
- Ukrainian: грати (uk)
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to behave in a certain way
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- Greek: συμπεριφέρομαι (el)
- Latin: ago (la), facio (la), geror (la), me gero (la)
- Polish: zachowywać się
- Russian: вести себя (ru)
- Swahili: tenda (sw)
- Telugu: నటించు (naTinchu), ప్రవర్తించు (pravartinchu)
- Ukrainian: поводитись (uk)
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to respond to information
to have an effect on
to map to a group of automorphisms
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