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We have found lemma(root) word of acts : act.
Definitions
[akt], (Verb)
Definitions:
- take action; do something
(e.g: they urged Washington to act)
- behave in the way specified
(e.g: they challenged a man who was seen acting suspiciously)
- take effect; have a particular effect
(e.g: blood samples are analysed to find out how the drug acts in the body)
- perform a role in a play, film, or television
(e.g: she acted in her first professional role at the age of six)
Phrases:
- a hard act to follow
- act of God
- act of grace
- catch someone in the act
- get in on the act
- get one's act together
- in the act of
Origin
:
late Middle English: from Latin actus ‘event, thing done’, act- ‘done’, from the verb agere, reinforced by the French noun acte
[akt], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a thing done; a deed
(e.g: a criminal act)
- a pretence
(e.g: she was putting on an act and laughing a lot)
- a written law passed by Parliament, Congress, etc.
(e.g: the 1989 Children Act)
- a main division of a play, ballet, or opera
(e.g: the first act)
Phrases:
- a hard act to follow
- act of God
- act of grace
- catch someone in the act
- get in on the act
- get one's act together
- in the act of
Origin
:
late Middle English: from Latin actus ‘event, thing done’, act- ‘done’, from the verb agere, reinforced by the French noun acte
[ˌeɪsiːˈtiː], (Abbreviation)
Definitions:
- advance corporation tax
- Australian Capital Territory
Phrases:
Origin
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