Act
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Word Type
Verb
Noun
Proper Noun
Adverb
The word "act" can be used as verb, noun, proper noun and adverb.
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Acts of the Apostles Baker Act Dutch act Enabling Act Hague Invasion Act Marchman Act act a fool act against act chicken act like a bull in a china shop act of Congress act of adjournal act of attainder act of darkness act of faith act of god act of independent significance act of parliament act of sederunt act of settlement act of terrorism act of war act on act one's age act out act possum act smart act the fool act the giddy goat act the goat act the hypocrite act the jennet act the maggot act up act upon actability actable acteme acter actless actor actress anteact autoreact backreact balancing act caught in the act class act clean up one's act co-act coact coact counteract crossreact cyberact disappearing act double act drag act enact final act generative act get in on the act get into the act get one's act together hard act to follow have one's act together illocutionary act in the act interact interreact juggling act juridical act juristic act keep an act misact model act multiact nonact novelty act nuptial act one-act outact overact overreact play-act postact preact proact random act of kindness react read someone the riot act retroact revenue act second act sex act sexual act sister act speech act stamp act support act third-act breakup tough act to follow tribute act underact underreact uniform act voice-act warm-up act watch and act
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Part Of (Holonyms)
Broader Terms (Hypernyms)
acquit be bear behave bring home the bacon carry come through comport conduct deliver the goods deport do dramatic composition dramatic work event exist expression instrument legal document legal instrument manifestation move official document perform performance public presentation re-create recreate reflection reflexion serve succeed win
Type Of (IsA)
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action activate active actors actors job actors stuff actuality agency agent australia automorphism be onstage behave behavior behaviour by actors candidate career chapter charade college contrition craft curtains deactivate deceive deed degree demonstrate division do do something doing doing something drama drama part drama segment dramatic dramatic events effect entertainment events fake feign films five function give give performance group group scenes guild hollywood homomorphism imitate imitating impersonation in movies in play in plays job legislative body map motion movie movie behavior movie job movie star movie thing movies movies star of contrition on stage onstage oscar oscar winning parliament parliament rule part part of part play partition perform performance performer performers performing personify personify someone play play behavior play chapter play division play function play part play partition play role play segment play theatre play unit playacting playing playing role plays plays films portray pretend pretend play pretend show pretending profession proficiency respond role roles roles plays rule scene scene one scene segment scenes screen screen guild segment shakespeare shorten shorten it show skill someone stage stage curtains stage performance stage performers stage playing stage profession staging standardized star statute student stuff theater theater profession theaters theatre theatrical theatrical profession thesis thespian thespian craft unit united states winning
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