[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:

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