type |
v |
lex_filenum |
41 |
def |
perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) |
examples |
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
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Frame - 1 |
Something ----s |
Frame - 2 |
Somebody ----s |
Frame - 22 |
Somebody ----s PP |
Outgoing links |
Derivationally related form |
move → move |
Derivationally related form |
act → action; act → action; act → act |
Antonym |
act → refrain |
Also see |
act → act on |
Also see |
act → act up |
Also see |
act → act upon |
Hyponym |
alternate, take turns; finish up, land up, fetch up, end up, wind up, finish; rush, hasten, hurry, look sharp, festinate; interrupt, disturb; react, respond; go ahead, plow ahead; attack, aggress; force; create; come to the fore, step forward, come forward, step up, step to the fore, come out; reward, repay, pay back; satisfice, satisfise; maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre; dispatch; evade; race; use; play it by ear; play; deal; partner; exert; egotrip; reciprocate; go, proceed, move; come close; perform; make bold, dare, presume; prosecute, engage, pursue; act on; interact; react, oppose; take time by the forelock; coact; volunteer, offer; get around to; dally, toy, play, flirt; set about, go about, approach; participate, take part; misbehave, misconduct, misdemean; condescend, stoop, lower oneself; behave, acquit, bear, deport, conduct, comport, carry; behave, comport; try, seek, attempt, essay, assay; woo, court, romance, solicit; court; dare; effect; antagonize, antagonise, counteract; anticipate, foresee, forestall, counter; prosecute; perpetrate, commit, pull; rampage; cope, get by, make out, make do, contend, grapple, deal, manage; condescend, deign, descend; condescend; take care; lord it over, queen it over, put on airs, act superior; stampede; make a point, make sure; repeat, take over; surprise; sneak; play; take; guard; begin, start; go off half-cocked, go off at half-cock; wait, hold off, hold back; continue, go on, proceed, go along, keep; do well, had best; continue; continue, persist in |
Incoming links |
Derivationally related form |
act → act; action → act; action → act |
Derivationally related form |
move → move |
Hypernym |
alternate, take turns; finish up, land up, fetch up, end up, wind up, finish; rush, hasten, hurry, look sharp, festinate; interrupt, disturb; react, respond; go ahead, plow ahead; attack, aggress; force; create; come to the fore, step forward, come forward, step up, step to the fore, come out; reward, repay, pay back; satisfice, satisfise; maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre; dispatch; evade; race; use; play it by ear; play; deal; partner; exert; egotrip; reciprocate; go, proceed, move; come close; perform; make bold, dare, presume; prosecute, engage, pursue; act on; interact; react, oppose; take time by the forelock; coact; volunteer, offer; get around to; dally, toy, play, flirt; set about, go about, approach; participate, take part; misbehave, misconduct, misdemean; condescend, stoop, lower oneself; behave, acquit, bear, deport, conduct, comport, carry; behave, comport; try, seek, attempt, essay, assay; woo, court, romance, solicit; court; dare; effect; antagonize, antagonise, counteract; anticipate, foresee, forestall, counter; prosecute; perpetrate, commit, pull; rampage; cope, get by, make out, make do, contend, grapple, deal, manage; condescend, deign, descend; condescend; take care; lord it over, queen it over, put on airs, act superior; stampede; make a point, make sure; repeat, take over; surprise; sneak; play; take; guard; begin, start; go off half-cocked, go off at half-cock; wait, hold off, hold back; continue, go on, proceed, go along, keep; do well, had best; continue; continue, persist in |
Cause |
incite, instigate, set off, stir up; direct; coerce, hale, squeeze, pressure, force; compel, oblige, obligate |
Antonym |
refrain → act |
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<def>perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)<def/>
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