act

Definition for act

noun as in something done

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action, deed, move, operation, performance, step, thing

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accomplishment, achievement, doing, execution, exploit, feat, undertaking

noun as in legislative document

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amendment, bill, decree, law, measure, resolution, statute

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announcement, clause, code, commitment, edict, enactment, judgment, order, ordinance, subpoena, summons, verdict, warrant, writ

noun as in part of a performance

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scene, show

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bit, curtain, epilogue, gag, introduction, number, piece, prologue, routine, schtick, sketch, spot, turn

noun as in pretended behavior

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attitude, performance, show

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affectation, bit, chaser, dissimilation, fake, feigning, front, phony, pose, posture, pretense, put on, sham, simulation, stall, stance, stunt

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false front, shuck and jive, soft soap, sweet-talk

verb as in do something

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begin, carry out, develop, do, enforce, execute, function, move, operate, pursue, respond, serve, undertake

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accomplish, achieve, consummate, cook, intrude, labor, maneuver, officiate, percolate, perk, perpetrate, persevere, persist, practice, preside

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carry on, do a number, do one's thing, get in there, go about, go for broke, go for it, go in for, go that route, go to town, knock off, make progress, take effect, take part, take steps, take up, transort, work out

verb as in behave in a certain way

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appear, behave, carry out, conduct, do, enact, execute, function, operate, perform, react, seem, serve

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carry, comport, exert, strike

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carry oneself, give the appearance, go about, impress as, play part, represent oneself, take on

verb as in entertain by playing a role

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enact, perform, play, portray

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burlesque, characterize, dramatize, emote, feign, ham, impersonate, mime, mimic, mug, parody, personate, personify, pretend, rehearse, represent, simulate, star, stooge, strut

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be on, bring down the house, do a turn, go on, go over, ham it up, lay an egg, make debut, play act, play gig, play part, play role, put it over, say one's piece, take part, tread the boards

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Mr Bennett urged the government to "step up and act decisively" before his parents faced the "bleak milestone" of a year in custody.

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