Act

  • 101act up — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms act up : present tense I/you/we/they act up he/she/it acts up present participle acting up past tense acted up past participle acted up informal 1) if children act up, they behave badly The kids have been… …

    English dictionary

  • 102act —   1. To do. Hana.   To act as, noho.    ♦ Act of God, pō ino no ke Akua mai.   2. Theatrical. Mahele (of a play).    ♦ To act in a play, hana keaka.   3. Law. Kānāwai.   4. To pretend. Ho omeamea, ho omea …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 103act — [14] Act, action, active, actor all go back to Latin agere ‘do, perform’ (which is the source of a host of other English derivatives, from agent to prodigal). The past participle of this verb was āctus, from which we get act, partly through… …

    Word origins

  • 104act up — intransitive verb Date: 1903 1. to act in a way different from that which is normal or expected: as a. to behave in an unruly, recalcitrant, or capricious manner < the children were acting up > b. show off c. to function improperly …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 105act on — phr verb Act on is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑force Act on is used with these nouns as the object: ↑advice, ↑hunch, ↑impulse, ↑information, ↑instruction, ↑recommendation, ↑suggestion, ↑tip off …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 106ACT — • Actor Language minimale Programmiersprache mit LISP ähnlicher Syntax zur Programmierung von Aktoren • Air Control Team • Algebraic Compiler and Translator • Automatic Code Translation • Advanced Communication Technology Paketvermittlungssystem&#8230; …

    Acronyms

  • 107ACT — [1] Actor Language minimale Programmiersprache mit LISP ähnlicher Syntax zur Programmierung von Aktoren [2] Air Control Team [3] Algebraic Compiler and Translator [4] Automatic Code Translation [5] Advanced Communication Technology&#8230; …

    Acronyms von A bis Z

  • 108act —  ; actuality    These two related terms (from the Latin agere, meaning to do ) have a wide variety of meanings; two meanings are particularly important in theology: (1) in the area of morality, human act refers to a person s free, deliberate,&#8230; …

    Glossary of theological terms

  • 109Act — * Den letzten Act spielen. Die Sache ganz und gar beenden. Lat.: Supremum fabulae actum addere. (Cicero.) (Erasmus, 730.) [Zusätze und Ergänzungen] *2. Bis zum letzten Act kommen. – Erasm. 5. Ans Ziel, ans Ende, bis zum Händeklatschen, sagten die …

    Deutsches Sprichwörter-Lexikon

  • 110act — See: READ THE RIOT ACT …

    Dictionary of American idioms