act: significado e definições
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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.