act
verb
[ akt ]
• take action; do something.
• "they urged Washington to act"
Similar:
take action,
take steps,
take measures,
take the initiative,
move,
make a move,
react,
do something,
proceed,
go ahead,
make progress,
make headway,
be active,
be employed,
be busy,
get moving,
Opposite:
do nothing,
• behave in the way specified.
• "they challenged a man who was seen acting suspiciously"
• take effect; have a particular effect.
• "blood samples are analysed to find out how the drug acts in the body"
Similar:
affect,
have an effect on,
influence,
exert influence on,
work on,
have an impact on,
impact on,
alter,
change,
modify,
transform,
condition,
control,
Opposite:
have no effect on,
• perform a role in a play, film, or television.
• "she acted in her first professional role at the age of six"
Similar:
perform,
play,
play a part,
take part,
be an actor,
be an actress,
be one of the cast,
appear,
tread the boards,
act
noun
• a thing done; a deed.
• "a criminal act"
Similar:
deed,
action,
gesture,
feat,
exploit,
move,
performance,
undertaking,
manoeuvre,
stunt,
operation,
venture,
effort,
enterprise,
achievement,
accomplishment,
• a pretence.
• "she was putting on an act and laughing a lot"
Similar:
pretence,
false display,
show,
front,
facade,
masquerade,
charade,
guise,
posture,
pose,
affectation,
appearance,
sham,
fake,
bluff,
hoax,
make-believe,
play-acting,
feigning,
shamming,
posturing,
posing,
counterfeit,
subterfuge,
dissimulation,
dissemblance,
fabrication,
falsification,
a put-on,
a put-up job,
• a written law passed by Parliament, Congress, etc.
• "the 1989 Children Act"
Similar:
law,
decree,
statute,
bill,
Act of Parliament,
edict,
fiat,
dictum,
dictate,
enactment,
resolution,
ruling,
rule,
judgement,
canon,
ordinance,
proclamation,
command,
commandment,
mandate,
measure,
stipulation,
direction,
requirement,
legislation,
ukase,
pronunciamento,
• a main division of a play, ballet, or opera.
• "the first act"
Similar:
division,
section,
subsection,
portion,
part,
segment,
component,
bit,
passage,
episode,
chapter,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin actus ‘event, thing done’, act- ‘done’, from the verb agere, reinforced by the French noun acte .
ACT
abbreviation
• advance corporation tax.
• Australian Capital Territory.
