Definitions of act
n. - That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.
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n. - The result of public deliberation; the decision or determination of a legislative body, council, court of justice, etc.; a decree, edit, law, judgment, resolve, award; as, an act of Parliament, or of Congress.
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n. - A formal solemn writing, expressing that something has been done.
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n. - A performance of part of a play; one of the principal divisions of a play or dramatic work in which a certain definite part of the action is completed.
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n. - A thesis maintained in public, in some English universities, by a candidate for a degree, or to show the proficiency of a student.
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n. - A state of reality or real existence as opposed to a possibility or possible existence.
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n. - Process of doing; action. In act, in the very doing; on the point of (doing).
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v. t. - To move to action; to actuate; to animate.
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v. t. - To perform; to execute; to do.
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v. t. - To perform, as an actor; to represent dramatically on the stage.
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v. t. - To assume the office or character of; to play; to personate; as, to act the hero.
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v. t. - To feign or counterfeit; to simulate.
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v. i. - To exert power; to produce an effect; as, the stomach acts upon food.
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v. i. - To perform actions; to fulfill functions; to put forth energy; to move, as opposed to remaining at rest; to carry into effect a determination of the will.
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v. i. - To behave or conduct, as in morals, private duties, or public offices; to bear or deport one's self; as, we know not why he has acted so.
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v. i. - To perform on the stage; to represent a character.
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The word "act" uses 3 letters: A C T.
Direct anagrams of act:
cat
Words formed by adding one letter before or after act (in bold), or to act in any order:
a - acta e - cate tace f - fact h - chat tach k - tack l - talc n - cant o - coat taco p - pact r - cart s - acts cast cats scat t - tact
Shorter words found within act:
at ta
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