English Dictionary

act

/ækt/

verb

(intransitive) To do something. / (obsolete, transitive) To do (something); to perform. / (intransitive) To perform a theatrical role. / (intransitive) Of a play: to be acted out (well or badly).

She likes to act in school plays.

意味（1）

(intransitive) To do something.

If you don't act soon, you will be in trouble.

意味（2）

(obsolete, transitive) To do (something); to perform.

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

意味（3）

(intransitive) To perform a theatrical role.

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

意味（4）

(intransitive) 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.

意味（5）

(intransitive) To behave in a certain manner for an indefinite length of time.

A dog which acts aggressively is likely to bite.

意味（6）

(copulative) To convey an appearance of being.

He acted unconcerned so the others wouldn't worry.

意味（7）

(intransitive) To do something that causes a change binding on the doer.

act on behalf of John

意味（8）

(intransitive, construed with on or upon) To have an effect (on).

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

意味（9）

(transitive) To play (a role).

He's been acting Shakespearean leads since he was twelve.

意味（10）

(transitive) To feign.

He acted the angry parent, but was secretly amused.

意味（11）

(mathematics, intransitive, construed with on or upon, of a group) To map via a homomorphism to a group of automorphisms (of).

This group acts on the circle, so it can't be left-orderable!

意味（12）

(obsolete, transitive) To move to action; to actuate; to animate.

Self-love, the spring of motion, acts the soul.

意味（13）

(obsolete, Scotland, transitive) To enact, decree.