act

[ækt]

Definition:
1. A particular thing that someone does.
2. A law that has been passed by a parliament.
3. Play a role or part.
4. Discharge one's duties.

Use 'act' in a sentence:

• 1. She did a lot of acting when she was at college.
• 2. Don't take her seriously—it's all an act.
• 3. You must act boldly and confidently.
• 4. Their failure to act is indicative of their lack of interest.
• 5. She confessed to her parents her desire to act.
• 6. They were one of rock's most impressive live acts.
• 7. It seems like an act of monumental folly.
• 8. The judge has to act within the competence of the court.
• 9. The children started to act out the whole incident.
• 10. The killing was the act of a madman.
• 11. He cleaned up his act and came off drugs.
• 12. Politicians across the political spectrum have denounced the act.
• 13. I decided to act dumb.
• 14. He was caught in the act of stealing a car.
• 15. She doesn't go on until Act 2.
• 16. The murder was the act of a psychopath.
• 17. The time has come to act.
• 18. The support (act) has yet to be confirmed.
• 19. He tends to act on impulse.
• 20. We don't want to act precipitously.
• 21. My previous boss will act as a reference for me.
• 22. The nation's advertisers need to clean up their act.
• 23. He urged everyone to act responsibly.
• 24. Why didn't you act on her suggestion?
• 25. Only an act of Congress could rectify the situation.
• 26. His anger was real. It wasn't an act.
• 27. Can you act as interpreter?
• 28. Language interpretation is the whole point of the act of reading.
• 29. The hero dies in Act 5, Scene 3.
• 30. Get pairs of students to act out the dialogue in front of the class.
• 31. Their stage act is a little too raunchy for television.
• 32. This was a fiendish act of wickedness.
• 33. She acted with a touring company for three years.
• 34. He needs to get his act together if he's going to pass.
• 35. It was generally admitted that the government had acted too quickly.
• 36. She acts well but she hasn't got star quality.
• 37. Students in fifty schools are to act as guinea pigs for these new teaching methods.
• 38. The new tax laws should act as a stimulus to exports.
• 39. You should consider other people before you act.
• 40. We need to act on a Europe-wide scale.
• 41. She acts like she owns the place.
• 42. The 1972 act imposed direct rule from Westminster.
• 43. Most of the cast act well.
• 44. He may construe the approach as a hostile act.
• 45. You could get them under the Trade Descriptions Act for that!
• 46. Let me know if you see anyone acting suspiciously.
• 47. Her acting added warmth and colour to the production.
• 48. She prefers to act rather than direct.
• 49. The child's same-sex parent acts as a role model.
• 50. The role will be the biggest challenge of his acting career.
• 51. Lack of training acts as a block to progress in a career.
• 52. The hotel has polished up its act since last year.
• 53. She's a real class act.
• 54. Pain acts as a natural defence mechanism.
• 55. Why can't you two act like civilized adults?