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Definition act in British English
act
verb
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Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
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verb
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
to do something for a particular reason or in a particular way
She claims that she acted out of necessity (=because she had to).
to do something immediately, especially in order to deal with an urgent problem
Had the paramedics not acted so swiftly, he would have died.
We must act now to prevent further damage to our rainforests.
if you act for someone, you do something as their representative
to behave in a particular way, especially a way that is unusual or annoying
A man was seen acting suspiciously twenty minutes before the robbery.
to behave in a particular way by doing something
Did the BBC act reasonably in sacking the journalist?
Don't expect the medicine to act immediately.
The experiment should show us how sugars act on the enamel of the teeth.
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