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act
noun as in something done
Strong matches
accomplishment, achievement, doing, execution, exploit, feat, undertaking
noun as in legislative document
noun as in part of a performance
noun as in pretended behavior
verb as in do something
Strongest matches
begin, carry out, develop, do, enforce, execute, function, move, operate, pursue, respond, serve, undertake
Strong matches
accomplish, achieve, consummate, cook, intrude, labor, maneuver, officiate, percolate, perk, perpetrate, persevere, persist, practice, preside
Weak matches
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
verb as in entertain by playing a role
Strong matches
burlesque, characterize, dramatize, emote, feign, ham, impersonate, mime, mimic, mug, parody, personate, personify, pretend, rehearse, represent, simulate, star, stooge, strut
Weak matches
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
Example Sentences
Her hands are tied by D.C.’s unique status under the Home Rule Act, which granted limited self-government to the District.
Legal experts told Anita that the move possibly runs afoul of the Posse Comitatus Act, which prohibits the military from taking on domestic and immigration law enforcement.
Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with immigrant rights lawyers and lower court judges who argued the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 was not intended to be used against gangs such as Tren de Aragua.
She was secretly being paid because she had good credit to act as a front for the true buyer of the properties, to whom they were later transferred.
In her book, and in this interview, Lepore challenges Americans to rekindle their constitutional imaginations and really think about what the act of mending, repairing, or amending has meant through the nation’s history, and could mean for a country on the brink.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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