Synonyms

move

Examples

"think before you act" "We must move quickly" "The governor should act on the new energy bill" "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel"

Used in print

It recommended that Fulton legislators act `` to have these laws studied and revised to the end of modernizing and improving them '' .

If an automobile were approaching him , he would know what was required of him , even_though he might not be able to act quickly enough .

To be eligible to borrow from a Bank_for_Cooperatives , a cooperative must be an association in which farmers act together in processing and marketing farm products , purchasing farm supplies , or furnishing farm business services , and must meet the requirements set_forth in the Farm_Credit_Act_of_1933 , as amended .

The detergent active is that substance which primarily acts to remove greasy soils .

It is evident that the requirements imposed by these effects upon any one detergent constituent acting alone are severe .

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Synonyms

enactment

Used in print

The bond issue will go to the state courts for a friendly test_suit to test the validity of the act , and_then the sales will begin and contracts let for repair work on some of Georgia 's most heavily traveled highways .

Committee approval of Gov._Price_Daniel 's `` abandoned property '' act seemed certain Thursday despite the adamant protests of Texas bankers .

The charge : violation of the California Medical_Practices Act by practicing medicine without a license and selling misbranded drugs .

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legal_document legislative_act decree law

Synonyms

human_action human_activity

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One validated acts of school districts .

With this act of disobedience , and not with the inception of his individual existence , man began the downward circuit on the spiral of history , descending from the created capacity for immortality to an inescapable mortality .

Yet often fear persists because , even with the most rigid ritual , one is never quite free from the uneasy feeling that one might make some mistake or that in every previous execution one had been unaware of the really decisive act .

The feeling of individual inferiority , defeat , or humilation growing out of various social situations or individual deficiencies or failures is compensated for by communion in worship or prayer with a friendly , but all-victorious Father-God , as_well as by sympathetic fellowship with others who share this faith , and by opportunities in religious acts for giving_vent to emotions and energies .

We all believe that toward acts or effects of a certain kind one attitude is fitting and another not ; but on the theory before us such a belief would not make_sense .

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Synonyms

behave do

Examples

"You should act like an adult" "Don't behave like a fool" "What makes her do this way?" "She played the servant her husband's master"

Used in print

Foods , which long had been considered `` recession resistant '' but hardly dynamic stocks , have been acting like growth_stocks , going_to higher price-earnings ratios .

He said that from his experience of two years with Gen._Clay in West_Berlin administration , that `` Russia respects our show of strength , but that presently we 're not acting as we should and must '' .

Long before 1815 the Christian conscience was leading some to declare slavery wrong and to act accordingly .

`` Would you advise us to act the same way ?

`` We the people of the Confederate States , each state acting in its sovereign and independent character , in_order_to form a permanent federal_government , establish justice , insure domestic tranquility , and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity - invoking the favor and the guidance of Almighty_God - do ordain and establish this Constitution for the Confederate_States_of_America '' .

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As she gained composure during the second act , her technical resourcefulness emerged stronger , though she had already revealed a trill almost unprecedented in years of performances of `` Lucia '' .

By the end of the third act , the artist is dead but the body lingers on , a shell among other shells .

There is a fine second act , as an example , one in which Samuel_Groom , as Dillon , has an opportunity to blaze_away in one impassioned passage after another .

Wallace_Gray has directed a difficult play here , usually well , but with just a_bit too much physical movement in the first act for my taste .

So the audience last night was all ears and eyes just after Act 2 , got a rousing opening chorus , `` Where's_Charley ? ''

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dramatic_composition play opera ballet scene

Synonyms

play represent

Examples

"Gielgud played Hamlet" "She wants to act Lady Macbeth, but she is too young for the role" "She played the servant to her husband's master"

Used in print

Since she could not act , one part suited her as well as any other , and so she was the first person to offer Mr._Lincoln a glass of water , holding it up to the box , high above her head , to Miss_Harris , who had asked for it .

She could act and she could write .

Old_Order , acted and atonally sung by Grunnfeu_Arapacis , the lovely Serbantian import , then entered and delivered the well-known invocation to the god Phineoppus , whereupon the stage is quite unexpectedly visited by a company of wandering Gorshek priests , symbolizing Love , Lust , Prudence and General_Motors , respectively .

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re-create enact impersonate spoof act_out make masquerade support emote performing_arts play actor play acting theatrical_performance

Examples

"She acts as the chair" "In what capacity are you acting?"

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Acting hastily under White_House pressure , the Senate tonight confirmed Robert_C._Weaver as the nation 's federal housing chief .

The Eleanor_Roosevelt Tractor_Committee acts on behalf of the Cuban freedom fighters .

The one of 1861 made clear that in making their government the people were acting through their states , whereas the Preamble of 1787 - 89 expressed , as clearly as language can , the opposite concept , that they were acting directly as citizens .

The one of 1861 made clear that in making their government the people were acting through their states , whereas the Preamble of 1787 - 89 expressed , as clearly as language can , the opposite concept , that they were acting directly as citizens .

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serve criticise bank actor

Synonyms

number routine bit turn

Examples

"he did his act three times every evening" "she had a catchy little routine" "it was one of the best numbers he ever did"

Used in print

They had spent the morning revising the act , eliminating all the gay songs , patter and dancing with a view of the best public_relations .

The act , cut to shreds and hastily patched together during the afternoon , had not been rehearsed sufficiently by anyone .

As Andy reached the finale of his act , a subdued commotion backstage drew his attention to the wings .

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performance show-stopper

Synonyms

play act_as

Examples

"He acted the idiot" "She plays deaf when the news are bad"

Used in print

Acting only as interpreter Carla , her hands folded on her lap , was utterly impersonal .

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play drive_around walk_around action

Synonyms

roleplay playact play

Examples

"She acts in this play" "He acted in "Julius Caesar" "I played in "A Christmas Carol"

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perform mime stooge underact overact dramaturgy play play play roleplaying actor acting barnstormer

Synonyms

pretend dissemble

Examples

"She's just acting"

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simulate

Examples

: "This scene acts well"

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be

Synonyms

work

Examples

"The voting process doesn't work as well as people thought" "This method doesn't work" "The medicine works only if you take it with a lot of water"

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succeed bring

Examples

"he put on quite an act for her benefit"

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expression dissemble

Synonyms

process cognitive_operation operation mental_process cognitive_process

Examples

"the process of thinking" "the cognitive operation of remembering"

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cognition basic_cognitive_process higher_cognitive_process psychology