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According to WordNet, the verb "act" has 10 sense(s).

200010435 behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself; "You should act like an adult"; "Don't behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people".

201095899 discharge one's duties; "She acts as the chair"; "In what capacity are you acting?".

201719302 play a role or part; "Gielgud played Hamlet"; "She wants to act Lady Macbeth, but she is too young for the role"; "She played the servant to her husband's master".

202367363 perform an action, or work out or perform (an action); "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel".

201721556 behave unnaturally or affectedly; "She's just acting".

201719921 perform on a stage or theater; "She acts in this play"; "He acted in `Julius Caesar'"; "I played in `A Christmas Carol'".

202419073 be engaged in an activity, often for no particular purpose other than pleasure.

202525447 have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected; "The voting process doesn't work as well as people thought"; "How does your idea work in practice?"; "This method doesn't work"; "The breaks of my new car act quickly"; "The medicine works only if you take it with a lot of water".

202744977 be suitable for theatrical performance; "This scene acts well".

200013615 pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind; "He acted the idiot"; "She plays deaf when the news are bad".


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