Definizione monolingua

act

act (third-person singular simple present acts, present participle acting, simple past and past participle acted)

1. (intransitive) To do something.

   If you dont act soon, you will be in trouble.

2. (intransitive) To perform a theatrical role.

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

3. (intransitive) To behave in a certain way.

   Hes acting strangely - I think theres something wrong with him.

4. (copulative) To convey an appearance of being.

   He acted unconcerned so the others wouldnt worry.

5. (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.

   Gravitational force acts on heavy bodies.

6. (transitive) To play (a role).

   Hes been acting Shakespearean leads since he was twelve.

7. (transitive) To feign.

   He acted the angry parent, but was secretly amused.

8. (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 cant be left-orderable!

act (countable and uncountable; plural acts)

1. (countable) Something done, a deed.

   An act of good will.

2. (obsolete, uncountable) Actuality.
3. (countable) A product of a legislative body, a statute.
4. The process of doing something.

   He was caught in the act.

5. (countable) A formal or official record of something done.
6. (countable) A division of a theatrical performance.

   The pivotal moment in the play was in the first scene of the second act.

7. (countable) A display of behaviour.
8. (countable) A performer or performers in a show.

   Which act did you prefer? The soloist or the band?

Definizione dizionario act

	atto
	deed
	process of doing
	division of theatrical performance

	agire
	to do something

	azione
	Comportamento realizzato da una persona che può avere conseguenze legali.
	Something done voluntarily by a person, and of such a nature that certain legal consequences attach to it.

	legge
	statute

commettere

fare

	messinscena
	display of behaviour

	numero
	division of theatrical performance

	scena
	display of behaviour

	atti
	Documenti, disposizioni, ordini, decreti, ordinanze, ecc.
	Legal documents, decrees, edicts, laws, judgments, etc.

akt

attività

comportarsi

decreto

diritto

documento

eseguire

fatto

fingere

fungere

funzionare

gesto

giocare

operare

parere

rappresentare

recitare

suonare

vertere

Altri significati:

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

act (a part)

(countable) A display of behaviour.

(transitive) To play (a role).

commission (of a crime)

To perform a theatrical role.

The process of doing something.

state of existence

play the part (of)

(countable) A product of a legislative body, a statute.

To do something.

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

(transitive) To feign.

act (in a play)

(intransitive) To perform a theatrical role.

geographic terms (below country level)

(countable) A performer or performers in a show.

(intransitive) To behave in a certain way.

(obsolete, uncountable) Actuality.

(countable) A formal or official record of something done.

(countable) Something done, a deed.

(countable) A division of a theatrical performance.

formal record of something done

(copulative) To convey an appearance of being.

(intransitive) To do something.

to have an effect on

to perform a theatrical role

to respond to information

to behave in a certain way