act: signification et définitions

A performance or entertainment usually forming part of a longer presentation: a juggling act; a magic act.

The process of doing or performing something: the act of thinking.

Something done or performed; a deed: a charitable act.

A product, such as a statute, decree, or enactment, resulting from a decision by a legislative or judicial body: an act of Congress.

A formal written record of proceedings or transactions.

One of the major divisions of a play or opera.

The actor or actors presenting such a performance: joined the act in Phoenix.

A manifestation of intentional or unintentional insincerity; a pose: put on an act.

To play the part of; assume the dramatic role of: She plans to act Lady Macbeth in summer stock.

To perform (a role) on the stage: act the part of the villain.

To behave like or pose as; impersonate: Don't act the fool.

To behave in a manner suitable for: Act your age.

To behave or comport oneself: She acts like a born leader.

To perform in a dramatic role or roles.

To be suitable for theatrical performance: This scene acts well.

To behave affectedly or unnaturally; pretend.

To appear or seem to be: The dog acted ferocious.

To carry out an action: We acted immediately. The governor has not yet acted on the bill.

To operate or function in a specific way: His mind acts quickly.

To serve or function as a substitute for another: A coin can act as a screwdriver.

To produce an effect: waited five minutes for the anesthetic to act.

act out To perform in or as if in a play; represent dramatically: act out a story.

act out To realize in action: wanted to act out his theory.

act out To express (unconscious impulses, for example) in an overt manner without conscious understanding or regard for social appropriateness.

act up To misbehave.