acted

/หˆรฆk.tษชd/

IPA: /AE1 K T AH0 D/

verb
  1. 1

    To do something.

    โ€œIf you don't act soon, you will be in trouble.โ€

  2. 2

    To do (something); to perform.

  3. 3

    To perform a theatrical role.

    โ€œI started acting at the age of eleven in my local theatre.โ€

  4. 4

    Of a play: to be acted out (well or badly).

  5. 5

    To behave in a certain manner for an indefinite length of time.

    โ€œA dog which acts aggressively is likely to bite.โ€

  6. 6

    To convey an appearance of being.

    โ€œHe acted unconcerned so the others wouldn't worry.โ€

  7. 7

    To do something that causes a change binding on the doer.

    โ€œact on behalf of Johnโ€

  8. 8

    (construed with on or upon) To have an effect (on).

    โ€œGravitational force acts on heavy bodies.โ€

  9. 9

    To play (a role).

    โ€œHe's been acting Shakespearean leads since he was twelve.โ€

  10. 10

    To feign.

    โ€œHe acted the angry parent, but was secretly amused.โ€

  11. 11

    (construed with on or upon, of a group) To map via a homomorphism to a group of automorphisms (of).

    โ€œThis group acts on the circle, so it can't be left-orderable!โ€

  12. 12

    To move to action; to actuate; to animate.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/act, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/acted