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This word consists of 3 letters and is spelled as "A-C-T". It has 1 vowel and 2 consonants.

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act

noun

How to pronunciation act: ˈakt

What does Act Mean?

What does act meaning in English

1. Something done; a deed; an exploit, whether good or ill. I’ve done enough. A lower place, not well, May make too great an act: for learn this, Silius , Better to leave undone than by our deed Acquire too high a fame, when he, we serve, ’s away. Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra. The conscious wretch must all his acts reveal; Loth to confess, unable to conceal; From the first moment of his vital breath, To his last hour of unrepenting death. Dryd. Æneid vi.
   
2. Agency; the power of producing an effect. I will try the forces Of these thy compounds on such creatures as We count not worth the hanging; but none human; To try the vigour of them, and apply Allayments to their act; and by them gather Their several virtues and effects. Shakespeare’s Cymbeline.
   
3. Action; the performance of exploits; production of effects. ’Tis so much in your nature to do good, that your life is but one continued act of placing benefits on many, as the sun is always carrying his light to some part or other of the world. Dryden’s Fables, Dedicat. Who forth from nothing call’d this comely frame, His will and act, his word and work the same. Prior.

Other definitions for act

The definition of 'act' is: the doing of a thing : deed

How to spell act

Want to know how to spell act, you will find a comprehensive answer on this topic. The word "act consists of 1 syllables and is spelled "ˈakt".

Synonyms for act:

There are synonyms for act'. Depending on the situation and context, the following words are also often used instead of act:

bit, number, routine, shtick, turn

Some words similar to "act"

• protracted
• contraction
• detracts
• d'action
• intractably
• colliquefaction
• anfractuousness
• enacted
• actualities
• traction

The word "act" in works of art

To do nothing is often the best course of action, but I know from personal experience how frustrating it can be.

The Crown / Peter Morgan

Facts are the enemy of truth.

Don Quixote / Miguel de Cervantes

And the great owners, who must lose their land in an upheaval, the great owners with access to history, with eyes to read history and to know the great fact: when property accumulates in too few hands it is taken away. And that companion fact: when a majority of the people are hungry and cold they will take by force what they need. And the little screaming fact that sounds through all history: repression works only to strengthen and knit the repressed.

The Grapes of Wrath / John Steinbeck

Surface, oh, we never saw a braver fellow! He so good-natured, and so honest! Yes; his is a character in the very pink of integrity and social benevolence!

The School for Scandal / Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Bears, beets, Battlestar Galactica.

The Office (U.S.) / Greg Daniels

It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Arthur Conan Doyle

He had discovered a great law of human action, without knowing it—namely, that in order to make a man or a boy covet a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to attain.

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer / Mark Twain

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How many points in scrabble for act

How many points is the word "act" in Scrabble? Is "act" a Scrabble word? Here is the letter-by-letter scoring of the Scrabble game, which is played all over the world in different languages and with different words.

The total scrabble score for the word act is 5

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