Definition
to act: to perform
He acted as a consultant on that project.
an act / acting: a gesture; a performance, a pretence, an interpretation of a role
an act of kindness
to act as/like: to perform a function
Luna acted as a mediator between the clowns and the acrobats during the strike of 1987.
- "General Rainbow Child : The audience hated all my acts, Brian."
- "Fornication is a disgusting act that degrades all humans, Mr. Jones."
- "I must know everything before we act."
- "No one was hurt during the revolution but the country did record its first ever act of violence when the former President's bodyguard was slightly pushed."
- "I dinna want to interrupt... whatever it is that you were doin' there, but the thing is, I'm not a fan of these stereotypical Scottish acts."
- "His second act was to have sex with the former President's wife."
- "He was acting strange, different, a little bit queer, I guess you could say."
- "Brian : I can be the last act!"
- "Philip Cheeter's first act upon becoming King was to rename Peacenikland "Cheeterland"."
- "So, now, as my first act as King of Cheeterland, please rise to sing your new national anthem."
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