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Adjective acting has 1 sense
- acting - serving temporarily especially as a substitute; "the acting president"
Antonyms: permanent, lasting (indirect, via impermanent)
Noun acting has 1 sense
- acting, playing, playacting, performing - the performance of a part or role in a drama
--1 is a kind of activity; performing arts
--1 is a part of performance
--1 has particulars:
Verb act has 10 senses
- act, move - perform an action, or work out or perform (an action); "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"
Antonyms: refrain, forbear
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- act, behave, do - behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself; "You should act like an adult"; "Don't behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people"
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Somebody ----s Adjective
- act, play, represent - play a role or part; "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"
--3 is one way to re-create
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- act - discharge one's duties; "She acts as the chair"; "In what capacity are you acting?"
--4 is one way to serve
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- act, play, act as - pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind; "He acted the idiot"; "She plays deaf when the news are bad"
--5 is one way to act, behave, do
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- act - be suitable for theatrical performance; "This scene acts well"
--6 is one way to be
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Something ----s Adjective/Noun
- work, act - have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected; "The voting process doesn't work as well as people thought"; "How does your idea work in practice?"; "This method doesn't work"; "The breaks of my new car act quickly"; "The medicine works only if you take it with a lot of water"
--7 is one way to succeed, win, come through, bring home the bacon, deliver the goods
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- act - be engaged in an activity, often for no particular purpose other than pleasure
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- dissemble, pretend, act - behave unnaturally or affectedly; "She's just acting"
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- act, play, roleplay, playact - perform on a stage or theater; "She acts in this play"; "He acted in `Julius Caesar'"; "I played in `A Christmas Carol'"
--10 is one way to perform
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