elacto
masculine
/ˈakto/
#1941 of 5,000 Core 5000
Translation
act, action, ceremony, act (of a play)
Word origin
From Latin actus ('a doing, a performance'), from agere ('to do, to drive'). The theatrical sense of a division of a play comes from the same word.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- actus
- English cognates
- act, action, agent
Grammar
Gendermasculine
Pluralactos
Examples
.
It was an act of great courage.
.
The play has three acts.
.
The official ceremony began at eight.
.
His actions always say more than his words.
.
We attended a very important ceremony in the city.
Add to review queue
Track this word in your spaced-repetition queue and be tested on it at the right interval.
Go to my review queueThis word is part of lesson 39.