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I . act [ækt] N

2. act (of a play) THEAT:

act

3. act no pl (pretence):

act
igra f
to put on an act

4. act (performance):

act
točka f

II . act [ækt] VB intr

2. act (function):

act person
act thing

3. act (represent):

act
to act for [or on behalf of] sb

4. act (behave):

act
act
act your age!
to act as if ...

5. act (play):

act

6. act (sham):

act

7. act (take effect):

to act [on sth]

III . act [ækt] VB trans

act out VB trans

1. act (realize):

act
act

2. act (perform):

act
act

3. act (play through):

act

act up VB intr inf

1. act person:

act

2. act thing:

act

3. act (go crazy):

act
noreti [perf ponoreti]

4. act (boast):

act
act

ˈspeech act N LING

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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For example, if one claims or implies with their speech act that it is raining outside, a good reason for claiming this is that one saw it out the window.
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This act is deemed to be a sort of fast and penance necessary for the journey.
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An 1819 act of the second chamber abolished compulsory labor required by the state with the extra costs which resulted being absorbed by the treasury.
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The act of imagining unexperienced childhood events, such as being rescued by a lifeguard or breaking a window with one's hand, increased confidence that the events had occurred.
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Extracts of flowers are used against heart diseases, leucorrhoea, and menorrhagia, and act as antiduretic in polyuria and antitoxin.
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Even her gran got in on the act by performing a belly-dance.
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Do you allow those walls to be vilolated with a simple act of a registered letter?
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Such decisions are usually left up to those who are legally responsible to act on behalf of the bank.
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In a shocking act of savagery, she says he set fire to a bowl of nail polish remover while her hand was in it.
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His recursion simply steps up the degree of the functions, an intuitive act, ad infinitum.
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