/ækt/
Translation
To do something, or to play a part in a film or a play.
Word origin
From Latin actus and actum, from agere, meaning to do or to drive.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- agere
- English cognates
- action, agent, active
Grammar
Examples
films.
"Act" here means to play a part on screen or on stage.
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"Act" here means to do something about a problem.
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"Act like" means to behave in a certain way.
Used in
Grammar articles
(6)Gerund and infinitive: which verb form comes next?
Indirect questions in English: Could you tell me where the station is, and the word order that goes with it
Nominalisation in English: arrive becomes arrival, decide becomes decision, and why written English turns actions into things
Reporting verbs in English: admit, deny, suggest, promise, and the pattern welded to each one
Verb patterns with objects in English: want somebody to do, make somebody do, and see somebody doing
Word formation in English: how suffixes build word families and give away the part of speech
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