ACT

  1. (initialism) .  Australian Capital Territory, a federal territory of Australia.
  2. (initialism) .  A certain standardized college admissions test in the United States, originally called the (term, ) .
  3. Noun.  (countable) Something done, a deed.
  4. Noun.  (obsolete, uncountable) Actuality.
  5. Noun.  (countable) A product of a legislative body, a statute.
  6. Noun.  The process of doing something.
  7. Noun.  (countable) A formal or official record of something done.
  8. Noun.  (countable) A division of a theatrical performance.
  9. Noun.  (countable) A display of behaviour.
  10. Noun.  (countable) A performer or performers in a show.
  11. Verb.  (intransitive) To do something.
  12. Verb.  (intransitive) To perform a theatrical role.
  13. Verb.  (intransitive) To behave in a certain way.
  14. Verb.  (context, copulative) To convey an appearance of being.
  15. Verb.  (intransitive, construed with '''on''' or '''upon''') To have an effect (on).
  16. Verb.  (transitive) To play (a role).
  17. Verb.  (transitive) To feign.
  18. Verb.  (mathematics, intransitive) To map via a homomorphism to a group of automorphisms (of).

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