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1. (countable) An instance of a certain standardized college admissions test in the United States, originally called the American College Test.countable

2. (uncountable) Acronym of acceptance and commitment therapy.abbreviationacronymalt-ofuncountable

1. (countable) Something done, a deed.Examples: "an act of goodwill"; "That best portion of a good man's life, / His little, nameless, unremembered acts / Of kindness and of love."Synonyms: deedcountable

2. (obsolete, uncountable) Actuality.Examples: "The seeds of plants are not at first in act, but in possibility, what they afterward grow to be."obsoleteuncountable

3. (theology) Something done once and for all, as distinguished from a work.countableuncountable

4. (law, countable) A product of a legislative body, a statute.Examples: "But was it responsible governance to pass the Longitude Act without other efforts to protect British seamen? Or might it have been subterfuge—a disingenuous attempt to shift attention away from the realities of their life at sea."Synonyms: statutecountable

5. (law, countable) (In the United States) A legislative proposal, a bill that has not yet become law.Examples: "Under current law, employers can drag out the union election process... Under the PRO Act, workers and the NLRB set union election procedures. The employer is not involved."countable

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

1. (intransitive) To do something.Examples: "If you don’t act soon, you will be in trouble."intransitive

2. (obsolete, transitive) To do (something); to perform.Examples: "that we act our temporal affairs with a deſire no greater than our neceſſity"; "Industry doth beget by producing good habits, and facility of acting things expedient for us to do."; "Uplifted hands that at convenient times / Could act extortion and the worst of crimes."obsoletetransitive

3. (intransitive) To perform a theatrical role.Examples: "I started acting at the age of eleven in my local theatre."intransitive

4. (intransitive) Of a play: to be acted out (well or badly).Examples: "But whatever types he assumes, the need to have a good play which acts delightfully well before the audience, and to their delectation, is the dominant thrust. If the play acts well, the director gets the credits."intransitive

5. (intransitive) To behave in a certain manner for an indefinite length of time.Examples: "A dog which acts aggressively is likely to bite."; "I believe that Bill’s stuck-up because of the way that he acts."; "He’s acting strangely—I think there’s something wrong with him."intransitive

6. (copulative) To convey an appearance of being.Examples: "He acted unconcerned so the others wouldn’t worry."copulative

1. (text messaging) Clipping of actually.Examples: "james did u act enjoy that juice? looked like u were gagging icl"Internetabbreviationalt-ofclipping