Meaning of act | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Something done, a deed.
   countable
2. Initialism of the Australian Capital Territory: a federal territory of Australia.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
3. An instance of a certain standardized college admissions test in the United States, originally called the American College Test.
   countable
4. act (something done)
5. A trademark for a standardized college entrance examination.
6. Initialism of American College Test.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
7. Actuality.
   obsolete, uncountable
8. Acronym of acceptance and commitment therapy.
   abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable
9. Australian Capital Territory
10. Initialism of Association of Consumers and Taxpayers, a political party of New Zealand.
    abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
11. Something done once and for all, as distinguished from a work.
    countable, uncountable
12. ceremony, function
13. To be included in an activity.
14. ACT New Zealand, a liberal conservative political party in New Zealand.
    New-Zealand
15. A product of a legislative body, a statute.
    countable
16. To improve one's behavior or performance.
17. (In the United States) A legislative proposal, a bill that has not yet become law.
    countable
18. To insert oneself into an ongoing activity, project, or situation.
19. The process of doing something.
    countable, uncountable
20. To get organized.
21. A formal or official record of something done.
    countable
22. active.
23. A division of a theatrical performance.
    countable
24. temporarily carrying out the duties of. He is acting president of the society. waarnemend نَائِب، وَكِيل временно заместващ interino zastupující amtierend fungerende αναπληρωματικόςen funciones kohusetäitja جانشین موقت viransijainen suppléant מְמָלֵא מָקוֹם בְּפוֹעַל कार्यकारी aktualan ügyvezető pejabat sementara starfandi, verandi incaricato, 代理の 대행의 (laikinai) einantis pareigas vietas izpildītājs melakonkan waarnemendfungerende, konstituert pełniący obowiązki دځاي ځانشين interino provizoriu...
25. A performer or performers in a show.
    countable
26. a performer in a play. akteur, aktrise مُمَـثِّـل مَسْرَحِي актьор, актриса ator herec der/die Schauspieler(in) skuespiller ηθοποιόςactor; actriz näitleja بازیگر näyttelijä acteur/-trice שחקן, שחקנית अभिनेता glumac színész pemain, aktor, aktris leikari, leikkona attore, attrice 俳優 배우 aktorius aktieris pelakon acteurskuespilleraktor لوبي كوونكي actor actor, actriţă актёр herec, herečka igralec glumac skådespelare นักแสดง aktör 演員 актор, актриса اداکار یا اداکارہ diễn viên 演员
27. Any organized activity.
    countable
28. to do the work or duties of. He acts as head of department when his boss is away. doen diens قَامَ مَقَام، عَمِلَ كَـ действам като fazer as vezes de jednat jako fungieren als fungere som εκτελώ καθήκοντα hacer de, actuar como (kellenagi) tegutsema به جای چیزی یا کسی عمل کردن virkaa toimittava faire fonction de לְשָׁמֶש כֶּ- का काम करना vršiti ulogu intézkedik bertindak selaku gegna hlutverki sem agire da, agire in qualità di ～の役を務める 역할을 하다 dirbti (kuo), eiti pareigas būt par; strādāt par ber...
29. A display of behaviour.
    countable
30. A display of behaviour meant to deceive.
    countable
31. A thesis maintained in public, in some English universities, by a candidate for a degree, or to show the proficiency of a student.
    countable, uncountable
32. Ellipsis of act of parliament.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Osteoporosis Australia is calling for the 'no hat, no play' policy in school playgrounds to be reassessed in the ACT and Tasmania, because children are not getting enough sunlight.”

“an act of goodwill”

“That best portion of a good man's life, / His little, nameless, unremembered acts / Of kindness and of love.”

“The seeds of plants are not at first in act, but in possibility, what they afterward grow to be.”

“But was it responsible governance to pass the Longitude Act without other efforts to protect British seamen? Or might it have been subterfuge—a disingenuous attempt to shift attention away from the realities of their life at sea.”

“Under current law, employers can drag out the union election process... Under the PRO Act, workers and the NLRB set union election procedures. The employer is not involved.”

“He was caught in the act of stealing.”

““H'm !” he said, “so, so—it is a tragedy in a prologue and three acts. I am going down this afternoon to see the curtain fall for the third time on what […] will prove a good burlesque ; but it all began dramatically enough. It was last Saturday […] that two boys, playing in the little spinney just outside Wembley Park Station, came across three large parcels done up in American cloth. […]””

“The pivotal moment in the play was in the first scene of the second act.”

“Which act did you prefer? The soloist or the band?”

“The minute you let it be known you're planning a sales campaign everybody wants to get into the act.”

“to put on an act”

“He said, "I'm just curious, is this for real or just an act? / Can't tell if you love or hate me, never met someone like that"”

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