Acts
Meaning of Acts
verb, 3rd person present
- take action; do something.
they urged Washington to act
he denied the charges, claiming that he had acted in self-defence
- behave in the way specified.
they challenged a man who was seen acting suspiciously
he acts as if he owned the place
try to act like civilized adults
- take effect; have a particular effect.
blood samples are analysed to find out how the drug acts in the body
they should remove taxes that act to suppress demand
- perform a role in a play, film, or television.
she acted in her first professional role at the age of six
he acted the role of the king
- a thing done; a deed.
a criminal act
the act of writing down one's thoughts
an act of heroism
- a pretence.
she was putting on an act and laughing a lot
- a written law passed by Parliament, Congress, etc.
the 1989 Children Act
- a main division of a play, ballet, or opera.
the first act
late Middle English: from Latin actus ‘event, thing done’, act- ‘done’, from the verb agere, reinforced by the French noun acte .
Information about Acts
- The singular form of Acts is: Act.
- Languages in which Acts is used:
(Press the button to hear it)
Hyphenation of Acts
Acts
- It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
- Acts is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
Acts synonyms
Meaning take action:
Meaning act in response to something; respond in a particular way:
Meaning begin a course of action:
Meaning act or conduct oneself in a specified way, especially towards others:
Meaning fulfil the purpose or task of (a specified thing):
Meaning carry out, accomplish, or fulfil (an action, task, or function):
Meaning have an effect on; make a difference to:
Meaning have an influence on:
Meaning change in character or composition, typically in a comparatively small but significant way:
Meaning make (someone or something) different; alter or modify:
Meaning make partial or minor changes to (something):
Meaning make a marked change in the form, nature, or appearance of:
Meaning have a significant influence on or determine (the manner or outcome of something):
Meaning determine the behaviour or supervise the running of:
Meaning represent (a character) in a theatrical performance or a film:
Meaning perform publicly in a film, play, etc:
Meaning an action that is performed intentionally or consciously:
Meaning the fact or process of doing something, typically to achieve an aim:
Meaning an action performed to convey a feeling or intention:
Meaning an achievement that requires great courage, skill, or strength:
Meaning a bold or daring feat:
Meaning an act of presenting a play, concert, or other form of entertainment:
Meaning a formal pledge or promise to do something:
Meaning prevent from growing or developing properly:
Meaning the action of functioning or the fact of being active or in effect:
Meaning a business enterprise, typically one that involves risk:
Meaning a vigorous or determined attempt:
Meaning a project or undertaking, especially a bold or complex one:
Meaning a thing done successfully with effort, skill, or courage:
Meaning something that has been achieved successfully:
Meaning an attempt to make something that is not the case appear true:
Meaning a spectacle or display, typically an impressive one:
Meaning an appearance or form of behaviour assumed by a person to conceal their genuine feelings:
Meaning a deceptive outward appearance:
Meaning a false show or pretence:
Meaning an absurd pretence intended to create a pleasant or respectable appearance:
Meaning an external form, appearance, or manner of presentation, typically concealing the true nature of something:
Meaning the position in which someone holds their body when standing or sitting:
Meaning a particular way of behaving adopted in order to impress or to give a false impression:
Meaning a studied display of real or pretended feeling:
Meaning the way that someone or something looks:
Meaning a thing that is not what it is purported to be:
Meaning a thing that is not genuine; a forgery or sham:
Meaning an attempt to deceive someone into believing that one can or is going to do something:
Meaning a humorous or malicious deception:
Meaning pretend to be affected by (a feeling, state, or injury):
Meaning falsely present something as the truth:
Meaning behaviour that is intended to impress or mislead:
Meaning present or constitute (a problem or danger):
Meaning a fraudulent imitation of something else:
Meaning deceit used in order to achieve one's goal:
Meaning concealment of one's thoughts, feelings, or character; pretence:
Meaning the action or process of manufacturing or inventing something:
Meaning the action of falsifying information or a theory:
Meaning an individual rule as part of a system of law:
Meaning an official order that has the force of law:
Meaning a written law passed by a legislative body:
Meaning a draft of a proposed law presented to parliament for discussion:
Meaning an official order or proclamation issued by a person in authority:
Meaning a formal authorization or proposition; a decree:
Meaning a formal pronouncement from an authoritative source:
Meaning an order or principle that must be obeyed:
Meaning a law that is passed:
Meaning a firm decision to do or not to do something:
Meaning an authoritative decision or pronouncement, especially one made by a judge:
Meaning one of a set of explicit or understood regulations or principles governing conduct or procedure within a particular area of activity:
Meaning the ability to make considered decisions or come to sensible conclusions:
Meaning a general law, rule, principle, or criterion by which something is judged:
Meaning an authoritative order:
Meaning a public or official announcement dealing with a matter of great importance:
Meaning a divine rule, especially one of the Ten Commandments:
Meaning an official order or commission to do something:
Meaning a plan or course of action taken to achieve a particular purpose:
Meaning a condition or requirement that is specified or demanded as part of an agreement:
Meaning a course along which someone or something moves:
Meaning a thing that is needed or wanted:
Meaning laws, considered collectively:
Meaning (in tsarist Russia) a decree with the force of law:
Meaning (especially in Spain and Spanish-speaking countries) a political manifesto or proclamation:
Meaning the action of separating something into parts or the process of being separated:
Meaning a relatively distinct part of a book, newspaper, statute, or other document:
Meaning a division of a section:
Meaning a part of a whole:
Meaning a division of a book, periodical, or broadcast serial:
Meaning each of the parts into which something is or may be divided:
Meaning a part or element of a larger whole, especially a part of a machine or vehicle:
Meaning a small piece, part, or quantity of something:
Meaning the action or process of moving through or past somewhere on the way from one place to another:
Meaning each of the separate instalments into which a serialized story or radio or television programme is divided:
Meaning a main division of a book, typically with a number or title:
Anagrams of Acts
Words that rhyme with Acts
acts, subacts, autodidacts, didacts, redacts, abreacts, overreacts, preacts, reacts, underreacts, artefacts, artifacts, benefacts, facts, geofacts, nonfacts, olfacts, unfacts, ventifacts, coenacts, enacts, preenacts, reenacts, coacts, retroacts, compacts, epacts, impacts, pacts, recompacts, subcompacts, Tracts, abstracts, attracts, bracts, caracts, carracts, cataphracts, cataracts, characts, contracts, counteracts, detracts, diffracts, distracts, extracts, fluidextracts, fracts, infracts, interacts
Are you looking more rhymes for Acts? Try our rhymes search engine.