Act

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. özel isim Initialism of the Australian Capital Territory: a federal territory of Australia.

   “Osteoporosis Australia is calling for the 'no hat, no play' policy in school playgrounds to be reassessed in the ACT and Tasmania, because children are not getting enough sunlight.”

2. özel isim Initialism of American College Test.
3. özel isim Initialism of Association of Consumers and Taxpayers, a political party of New Zealand.
4. özel isim ACT New Zealand, a liberal conservative political party in New Zealand.
5. isim An instance of a certain standardized college admissions test in the United States, originally called the American College Test.
6. isim Acronym of acceptance and commitment therapy.
7. isim Something done, a deed.

   “an act of goodwill”

8. isim Actuality.

   “The seeds of plants are not at first in act, but in possibility, what they afterward grow to be.”

9. isim Something done once and for all, as distinguished from a work.
10. isim A product of a legislative body, a statute.

    “But was it responsible governance to pass the Longitude Act without other efforts to protect British seamen? Or might it have been subterfuge—a disingenuous attempt to shift attention away from the realities of their life at sea.”

11. isim (In the United States) A legislative proposal, a bill that has not yet become law.

    “Under current law, employers can drag out the union election process... Under the PRO Act, workers and the NLRB set union election procedures. The employer is not involved.”

12. isim The process of doing something.

    “He was caught in the act of stealing.”

13. isim A formal or official record of something done.
14. isim A division of a theatrical performance.

    “The pivotal moment in the play was in the first scene of the second act.”

15. isim A performer or performers in a show.

    “Which act did you prefer? The soloist or the band?”

16. isim Any organized activity.

    “The minute you let it be known you're planning a sales campaign everybody wants to get into the act.”

17. isim A display of behaviour.
18. isim A display of behaviour meant to deceive.

    “to put on an act”

19. isim A thesis maintained in public, in some English universities, by a candidate for a degree, or to show the proficiency of a student.
20. isim Ellipsis of act of parliament.
21. isim a regulation (see Usage notes)
22. fiil To do something.

    “If you don’t act soon, you will be in trouble.”

23. fiil To do (something); to perform.

    “that we act our temporal affairs with a deſire no greater than our neceſſity”

24. fiil To perform a theatrical role.

    “I started acting at the age of eleven in my local theatre.”

25. fiil Of a play: to be acted out (well or badly).

    “But whatever types he assumes, the need to have a good play which acts delightfully well before the audience, and to their delectation, is the dominant thrust. If the play acts well, the director gets the credits.”

26. fiil To behave in a certain manner for an indefinite length of time.

    “A dog which acts aggressively is likely to bite.”

27. fiil To convey an appearance of being.

    “He acted unconcerned so the others wouldn’t worry.”

28. fiil To do something that causes a change binding on the doer.

    “act on behalf of John”

29. fiil To have an effect (on).

    “High-pressure oxygen acts on the central nervous system and may cause convulsions or death.”

30. fiil To play (a role).

    “He’s been acting Shakespearean leads since he was twelve.”