act

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

acte

agir

jouer

faire

loi

action

opérer

sembler

procéder

se comporter

fait

fonctionner

document

numéro

🔢

fabriquer

poser

présenter

jeu

décret

influer

construire

représenter

réaliser

accomplir

travailler

processus

produire

activité

édit

pièce

comporter

occupation

œuvre

rendre

interpréter

faire semblant

effectuer

geste

besogner

délibération

déroulement

droit pénal

épater

escroquerie

être efficace

exaction

faire l’acteur

interagir

jurisprudence

profiter de

Synonymes

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

Traductions

atto

Akt

actuar

acto

ato

Tat

agire

Handlung

handeln

fare

πράξη

ley

acte

Gesetz

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ækt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: acte

Appartenant à allemand: 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”).

Phrases

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

La loi sur l'Écosse a établi une durée maximale de quatre ans pour chaque session du Parlement.