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| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | deed, human action, human activity |
| Type of | event |
| Has types | touch, stoppage, stop, stay, speech act, sacrifice, running away, retrieval, residency, residence, rejection, recovery, propulsion, promulgation, production, proclamation, permissive waste, obstetrical delivery, nonachievement, nonaccomplishment, motivation, motivating, mitzvah, mitsvah, leveling, legitimation, leaving, leaning, judgment, judgement, interference, inactivity, implementation, hire, hindrance, hinderance, group action, going away, going, getting, forfeiture, forfeit, find, exhumation, equalization, equalisation, emergence, egression, egress, effectuation, distribution, disposition, disposal, disinterment, discovery, digging up, derivation, departure, delivery, communication, communicating, causing, causation, assumption, assessment, actuation, activity, action, acquiring, abidance, wearing, wear, waste, uncovering, touching |
| Derivation | actuate |
act::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | enactment |
| Type of | official document, legal instrument, instrument, legal document |
| Has types | order, nullity, fiat, rescript, legislative act, edict, decree, statute |
act::verb | Spocien Dictionary
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.
act::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | bit, number, routine, turn |
| Type of | performance, public presentation |
| Has types | stopper, showstopper, show-stopper |
he did his act three times every evening.
act::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | work |
| Type of | come through, win, bring home the bacon, succeed, deliver the goods |
| Verb group | wreak, work, make for, play, bring |
How does your idea work in practice?.
The breaks of my new car act quickly.
act::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | behave, do |
| Has types | play, make, lose it, loosen up, act as, act involuntarily, joke, jest, act reflexively, storm, presume, stooge, trifle, toy, vulgarize, backslap, snap, bend over backwards, bluster, break down, bungle, sentimentize, sentimentise, sentimentalize, sentimentalise, sauce, dally, romanticize, dawdle, vulgarise, puff up, piffle, wanton, hugger mugger, frivol, relax, optimize, fall over backwards, swell, swash, follow, footle, optimise, menace, freeze, swagger, ramp, rage, quack, make as if |
| Verb group | play, pretend, dissemble, act as |
You should act like an adult.
The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | play, represent |
| Type of | re-create |
| Has types | reenact, support, portray, pretend, enact, emote, impersonate, parody, act out, make, make believe |
| Verb group | act as, roleplay, play, playact |
| Derivation | actable, acting, actor |
She wants to act Lady Macbeth, but she is too young for the role.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | manifestation, reflexion, expression, reflection |
he put on quite an act for her benefit.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | dramatic composition, dramatic work |
act::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Has types | walk around, drive around, play |
| Derivation | action |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | be |
| Verb group | roleplay, play, playact |
| Derivation | acting, actable |
This scene acts well.
Examples of act
act
This is a balancing act that we must all be concerned about and work to achieve.
From the thenewstribune.com
The health care reform act increased the maximum adoption tax credit to $13,170.
From the usatoday.com
Malcolm Gladwell can tell you how irrelevant and inconsequential an act that is.
From the techcrunch.com
Bernstein's Sacconaghi says hardware companies like EMC rarely get a second act.
From the businessweek.com
The federal government does not act as a fiduciary for trust fund beneficiaries.
From the washingtontimes.com
Mr. Obama is the president and Americans increasingly expect him to act as such.
From the online.wsj.com
It basically provides for declaratory judgment that the act is unconstitutional.
From the online.wsj.com
They're not in trouble for the act itself, but for the alleged ensuing cover-up.
From the freep.com
That means the Senate, when it returns on Feb. 28, has a handful of days to act.
From the courier-journal.com
- Perform an action, or work out or perform (an action); "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel"
- A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body
- 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?"; "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people"
- Something that people do or cause to happen
- A subdivision of a play or opera or ballet
- Play a role or part; "Gielgud played Hamlet"; "She wants to act Lady Macbeth, but she is too young for the role"; "She played the servant to her husband's master"
- ACT! by Sage is a customer relationship management (CRM) software application which is used to keep track of client and prospect details in a single database that can be shared by multiple users. ...
- ACT is a lossy ADPCM 8 kbit/s compressed audio format recorded by most Chinese MP3 and MP4 players with a recording function, and voice recorders. ...
- Act were a short-lived synthpop group signed to ZTT Records in the late 1980s, and comprising British musician Thomas Leer and German ex-Propaganda vocalist Claudia Bru00FCcken. Besides synthpop and disco, the group were also influenced by psychedelic rock and musical theatre. Lyrically, their songs tended to be concerned with decadence and the moral bankruptcy...
