act

(Englisch)

Noun

1. (countable) Something done, a deed.
2. (obsolete, uncountable) Actuality.
3. (countable, uncountable) Something done once and for all, as distinguished from a work.
4. (countable) A product of a legislative body, a statute.
5. (countable) (In the United States) A legislative proposal, a bill that has not yet become law.
6. (countable, uncountable) The process of doing something.
7. (countable) A formal or official record of something done.
8. (countable) A division of a theatrical performance.
9. (countable) A performer or performers in a show.
10. (countable) Any organized activity.
11. (countable) A display of behaviour.
12. (countable) A display of behaviour.
13. (countable, uncountable) A thesis maintained in public, in some English universities, by a candidate for a degree, or to show the proficiency of a student.
14. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable) Ellipsis of act of parliament.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To do something.
2. (obsolete, transitive) To do (something); to perform.
3. (intransitive) To perform a theatrical role.
4. (intransitive) Of a play: to be acted out (well or badly).
5. (intransitive) To behave in a certain manner for an indefinite length of time.
6. (copulative) To convey an appearance of being.
7. (intransitive) To do something that causes a change binding on the doer.
8. (intransitive) To have an effect (on).
9. (transitive) To play (a role).
10. (transitive) To feign.
11. (intransitive) To carry out work as a legal representative in relation to a particular legal matter.
12. (intransitive) To possess an action onto (some other structure). Examples include the group action of a group on a set, the action of a ring on a module by scalar multiplication, and the action of a group or algebra on a vector space via a representation.
13. (obsolete, transitive) To move to action; to actuate; to animate.
14. (Scotland, obsolete, transitive) To enact; to decree.

Adv

Clipping of actually.

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ækt/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Geerbt von Mittelenglisch: acte

Verwandt mit Deutsch: Akte

In summary

From Middle English acte, from Old French acte, from Latin ācta (“register of events”), plural of āctum (“decree, law”), from agere (“to do, to act”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti. Compare German Akte (“file”). Partially displaced deed, from Old English dǣd (“act, deed”).

Konzepte

Akt

Tat

Handlung

handeln

Gesetz

spielen

tun

agieren

machen

aufführen

wirken

arbeiten

verfahren

Aufzug

vorgehen

Tun

Akte

funktionieren

verhalten

veranlassen

Arbeit

Werk

Prozess

darstellen

auftreten

Betragen

Handeln

benehmen

Verhalten

Benehmen

Verordnung

fungieren

stellen

Urkunde

vorgeben

Pose

beeinflussen

schauspielern

einwirken

operieren

scheinen

Dokument

Nummer

🔢

sich verhalten

bereiten

darbieten

Börsenwucher treiben

ausführen

bewerkstelligen

Beweisstück

Synonyme

deed

action

do

perform

work

behave

play

make

operate

achievement

law

performance

conduct

move

function

affect

achieve

influence

accomplishment

behavior

operation

take action

run

doing

behaviour

serve

deal

statute

pretend

exploit

show

appear

activity

represent

decree

commit

conduct oneself

playact

portray

act as

manners

effect

enactment

document

carry out

impersonate

process

bill

give

practise

Übersetzungen

acte

agir

atto

actuar

acto

ato

agire

jouer

faire

loi

fare

πράξη

acte

akt

ley

Sätze

The Scotland Act set out a four-year maximum term for each session of Parliament .

Das Scotland Act legte eine maximale Laufzeit von vier Jahren für jede Parlamentssitzung fest.