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act

(Pronunciation -تلفظ سنیۓ ) US:
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act Urdu meaning
act Urdu meaning

Noun: act
1. act [ Synonyms: enactment]
A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body
قانون۔
2. act [ Synonyms: deed, human action, human activity]
Something that people do or cause to happen
عمل۔
فعل۔
کام۔
3. act
A subdivision of a play or opera or ballet
4. act [ Synonyms: bit, number, routine, turn]
A short performance that is part of a longer program
"he did his act three times every evening"; "she had a catchy little routine"; "it was one of the best numbers he ever did";
5. act
A manifestation of insincerity
"he put on quite an act for her benefit";
Verb: act
1. act [ Synonyms: move]
Perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
"think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel";
کام کرنا۔
2. act [ Synonyms: behave, do]
Behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
"You should act like an adult"; "Don't behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people";
پیش آنا۔
3. act [ Synonyms: play, represent]
Play a role or part
"Gielgud played Hamlet"; "She wants to act Lady Macbeth, but she is too young for the role"; "She played the servant to her husband's master";
کردار ادا کرنا ۔
4. act [ Synonyms: act as, play]
Pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind
"He acted the idiot"; "She plays deaf when the news are bad";
5. act
Be suitable for theatrical performance
"This scene acts well";
6. act [ Synonyms: work]
Have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected
"The voting process doesn't work as well as people thought"; "How does your idea work in practice?"; "This method doesn't work"; "The breaks of my new car act quickly"; "The medicine works only if you take it with a lot of water";
7. act
Be engaged in an activity, often for no particular purpose other than pleasure
8. act [ Synonyms: dissemble, pretend]
Behave unnaturally or affectedly
"She's just acting";
ناٹک کرنا۔
9. act [ Synonyms: play, playact, roleplay]
Perform on a stage or theater
"She acts in this play"; "He acted in `Julius Caesar'"; "I played in `A Christmas Carol'";
جھوٹ موٹ بننا۔
فلم میں کام کرنا۔

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abidance, acquiring, acquit, act, act as, act involuntarily, act on, act out, act reflexively, act superior, action, activity, actuation, aggress, alternate, antagonise, antagonize, anticipate, approach, assay, assessment, assume, assumption, attack, attempt, backslap, bear, begin, behave, bend over backwards, bluster, break down, bungle, carry, causation, causing, coact, come close, come forward, come out, come to the fore, commit, communicating, communication, comport, condescend, conduct, contend, continue, cope, counter, counteract, court, create, dally, dare, dawdle, deal, decree, deign, delivery, departure, deport, derivation, descend, digging up, discovery, disinterment, dispatch, disposal, disposition, distribution, disturb, do well, drive around, edict, effect, effectuation, egotrip, egress, egression, emergence, emote, enact, end up, engage, equalisation, equalization, essay, evade, exert, exhumation, fall over backwards, feign, festinate, fetch up, fiat, find, finish, finish up, flirt, follow, footle, force, foresee, forestall, forfeit, forfeiture, freeze, frivol, get around to, get by, getting, go, go about, go ahead, go along, go off at half-cock, go off half-cocked, go on, going, going away, grapple, group action, guard, had best, ham, ham it up, hasten, hinderance, hindrance, hire, hold back, hold off, hugger mugger, hurry, impersonate, implementation, inactivity, interact, interference, interrupt, jest, joke, judgement, judgment, keep, land up, leaning, leaving, legislative act, legitimation, leveling, look sharp, loosen up, lord it over, lose it, lower oneself, make, make a point, make as if, make believe, make bold, make do, make out, make sure, manage, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, menace, mime, misbehave, misconduct, misdemean, mitsvah, mitzvah, motivating, motivation, move, nonaccomplishment, nonachievement, nullity, obstetrical delivery, offer, oppose, optimise, optimize, order, overact, overplay, pantomime, parody, participate, partner, pay back, perform, permissive waste, perpetrate, persist in, piffle, play, play it by ear, plow ahead, portray, presume, pretend, proceed, proclamation, production, promulgation, propulsion, prosecute, puff up, pull, pursue, put on airs, quack, queen it over, race, rage, ramp, rampage, react, reciprocate, recovery, reenact, rejection, relax, repay, repeat, rescript, residence, residency, respond, retrieval, reward, romance, romanticize, running away, rush, sacrifice, satisfice, satisfise, sauce, seek, sentimentalise, sentimentalize, sentimentise, sentimentize, set about, sham, show-stopper, showstopper, simulate, snap, sneak, solicit, speech act, stampede, start, statute, stay, step forward, step to the fore, step up, stooge, stoop, stop, stoppage, stopper, storm, support, surprise, swagger, swash, swell, take, take care, take over, take part, take time by the forelock, take turns, touch, touching, toy, trifle, try, uncovering, underact, underplay, use, volunteer, vulgarise, vulgarize, wait, walk around, wanton, waste, wear, wearing, wind up, woo


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