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ActNoun1. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body. 2. Something that people do or cause to happen. 3. A subdivision of a play or opera or ballet. 4. A short theatrical 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. A manifestation of insincerity; "he put on quite an act for her benefit". 6. The performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents; "the process of thinking"; "the act of remembering". Verb1. Perform an action; "think before you act"; "We must move quickly". 2. 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?"; "She played the servant her husband's master". 3. Play a role or part; "Gielgud played Hamlet"; "She wants to act Lady Macbeth, but she is too young for the role". 4. Discharge one's duties; "She acts as the chair"; "In what capacity are you acting?". 5. Pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind; "He acted the idiot"; "She plays deaf when the news are bad". 6. Be suitable for theatrical performance: "This scene acts well". 7. 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". 8. Be engaged in an activity, often for no particular purpose other than pleasure. 9. Behave unnaturally or affectedly; "She's just acting". 10. : perform on a stage or theater; "She acts in this play"; "He acted in "Julius Caesar"; "I played in "A Christmas Carol". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "act" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
Etymology: Act \Act\ ([a^]kt), noun. [Latin actus, from agere to drive, do: compare to French acte. See Agent.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | ACT 1. |
Law | A bill passed by the Legislature and approved by the Governor. (references) |
Literature | Act and ~~~Opponency Opponency An "Act," in our University language, consists of a thesis and "disputation" thereon, covering continuous parts of three hours. The person "disputing" with the "keeper of the Act" is called the "opponent," and his function is called an "opponency." In some degrees the student is required to keep his Act, and then to be the opponent of another disputant. Much alteration in these matters has been introduced of late, with other college reforms. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Tips from 1870 | Usage: Act, Action. "The best portion of a good man's life is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love." "Suit the action to the word." Action suggests the operation; act, the accomplished result. Source: Slips of Speech. |
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The abbreviation ACT or A.C.T. may apply to several different topics:
- ACT (examination)
- ACT New Zealand (political party and movement)
- Australian Capital Territory
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- Act of Parliament
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An act (from Latin 'acta', 'actum', act, action) is an action, the process of doing something.
It is also a written document that attests the legality of a transaction. In this sense there were found very ancient acts from the Babylonian period, carved on clay tablets in cuneiform writing.
An act also attests the legality of a pact or the peace after an armed conflict or war.
An act is one of the parts in which is divided a play or opera.
It is also called act the contemporary history, duly authorised, of the life and actions of a martyr.
An act (often Act) is a document or ordinance redacted by a king, president or legislative body to regulate on some subject. See Act of Parliament.
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The American College Testing Program, or American College Test which is now officially the ACT (pronounced A.C.T.) is a college-entrance examination that emerged in 1959 as a competitor to the Educational Testing Service's Scholastic Aptitude Test (now SAT). In contrast with the SAT, the ACT is more oriented to knowledge content (facts), rather than vocabulary and analogies. It includes a Science, Math, Reading, and English portions, and thus is more analogous with the SAT II or subject exams.The ACT is more widely used in the midwest and southeast United States, while the SAT is more popular in the northeast and west coasts. Usage of the ACT by colleges has risen as a result of various criticisms of the effectiveness and fairness of the SAT. Where the SAT focuses mainly on deception and tricks to fool students, the ACT is an actual gauge of knowledge. Students that are more comfortable with reading/writing than math also prefer the ACT because of the extra weight given to those sections.
In some states, the ACT is taken by all high school students as a standard to measure schools and the students, in others it is an optional test for college acceptance.
The ACT was developed by the University of Iowa and is an outgrowth of the Iowa Tests of Education Development. ACT incorporated, a not-for-profit organization based in Iowa City, Iowa now administrates the test, as well as several other assessment tests in other fields.
The ACT is divided into four sections: Writing, Reading, Math, and Science Reasoning. Based on performance in all sections, scores are tallied up and then reported on a scale of 1 to 36, 36 being the highest possible score.
See also: List of admissions tests
External Links
- http://www.act.org/
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ACT New Zealand is a political party in the New Zealand Parliament. It is located on the political right, and claims to support individual freedom, low taxation, and smaller government. It sometimes uses the term "libertarian" to describe itself, although this is disputed by the smaller Libertarianz party. In recent times, it has begun to use the term "liberal" quite frequently, referring to the classical liberalism of British (not American) tradition. Because the term "liberal" can have such a great variety of meanings, however, some New Zealanders would not consider ACT's use of it to be accurate.
Policies
ACT New Zealand currently focuses on two main policy areas - taxation and crime. On the subject of taxes, ACT says that tax rates should be lower, and also says that that there should not be different tax rates depending upon how wealthy a person is. On the subject of crime, ACT advocates harsher penalties. ACT is also known for its criticism of alleged government waste and inefficiency.
History
ACT grew out of the Association of Consumers and Taxpayers, although the two are separate organizations. The association was founded in 1994 by Roger Douglas and Derek Quigley, both former cabinet ministers. The organization was intended to be a lobby group, promoting the economic policies that Douglas and Quigley stood for (sometimes known as "Rogernomics").The following year, with the new MMP electoral system making it easier for smaller parties to gain seats, ACT New Zealand was established as a separate political party based on the association's views. Initially, the party was led by Douglas, but in March of 1996, he steped down and was replaced by Richard Prebble.
In the 1996 elections, ACT gained eight seats in Parliament. It remained outside the National- New Zealand First coalition government, although sometimes gave it support.
In the elections of 1999, ACT increased its strength in parliament by one seat, giving it a total of nine.
In the 2002 elections, ACT's strength in parliament remained unchanged, prompting speculation about Prebble's leadership. As yet, however, there have been no obvious challenges, and Prebble remains in control.
In 2003, the party was embarrassed by allegations against Donna Awatere Huata, one of its MPs. It was claimed that Awatere Huata had diverted funds from a children's educational program for her own personal use, and an official investigation was launched. This investigation eventually led Awatere Huata's arrest for fraud. As ACT had a reputation for vociferously attacking any perceived dishonesty by members of other parties, the charges against Awatere-Huata were damaging to it. Awatere Huata refused to resign from her parliamentary seat, but was expelled from the ACT caucus. In November, she was removed from the party itself, becoming an independent. ACT argued that she should be forced to resign from parliament, as her departure from the party left ACT with fewer seats than the public had chosen to give it at the last election. As yet, the matter remains unresolved, but if Awatere Huata is convicted on the charges brought against her, she will be automatically expelled from parliament.
Towards the end of 2003, there was discussion about a possible pact between ACT and the larger National Party. National, as the largest party on the political right, seems a natural coalition partner for ACT, but there has never been a formal agreement between the two. Some right-wing politicians believe that an agreement is essential to the establishment of a new right-wing government, and point to the pre-election agreement between Labour and the Alliance in 1999. As yet, however, there has been no deal.
Today, ACT is one of the more noticable opposition parties, known for its frequent and vociferous criticism of the government. Critics of the party, however, sometimes claim that ACT is more interested in scoring political points and gaining media exposure than in participating in constructive dialogue. This view is, in fact, shared by some members of the party itself, which see ACT's alleged "grandstanding" as detracting from the group's core message. The party's leadership, of course, rejects the criticism.
External link
- ACT New Zealand official website
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In Westminster System parliaments, an Act of Parliament is a part of the law passed by the Parliament. It can also be a private bill. It usually starts as a draft proposal, known as a White Paper. A Bill is then introduced into the House of Commons or House of Representatives or the House of Lords or Senate. By constitutional convention, Bills which contain significant provisions relating to taxation or public expenditure start in the House of Commons; in Canada this is the law. In the UK, Law Commission bills and consolidation bills start in the House of Lords. In some countries, the bill receives different names if it's initiated by the Government (Project) or by the Parliament (Proposition), like in Spain.
Procedure
UK
In the UK, each bill passes through the following stages:
- Pre-legislative scrutiny: It is increasingly common for a small number of Government bills to be published in draft before they are presented in Parliament. These bills are then considered either by the relevant select committee of the House of Commons or by an ad hoc Joint Committee of both Houses. This is not strictly speaking part of the legislative process, but it provides an opportunity for the Committee to express a view on the bill and propose amendments before it is introduced.
- First reading: This is a formality; no actual vote occurs. The Bill is presented and ordered to be printed and, in the case of Private Members' bills, a date is set for second reading.
- In the case of a Government Bill, Explanatory Notes, whcih try to explain the effect of the Bill in more simple language are also usually ordered to be printed.
- Second reading: A debate on the general principles of the bill is followed by a vote. Normally, the Second Reading of a Government bill is approved. A defeat for a Government bill on this Reading signifies a major loss. If the bill is read a second time, it is committed to a standing committee for the committee stage.
- Procedural Orders and Resolutions: Immediately after Second Reading, in the case of Government Bills, the House normally passes forthwith (i.e. without debate) a Programme Order, setting out the timetable for the committee and remaining stages of the Bill. It may also pass a separate Money Resolution, authorising any expenditure arising from the Bill; and/or a Ways and Means Resolution, authorising any new taxes or charges the Bill creates.
- Committee stage: This usually takes place in a standing committee in the Commons and on the Floor of the House in the Lords. In the United Kingdom, the House of Commons utilizes the following committees on bills:
The committee considers each clause of the bill, and may make amendments to it. Significant amendments may be made at committee stage. In some cases, whole groups of clasues are inserted or removed. However, almost all the amendments which are agreed to in committee will have been tabled by the Government to correct deficiencies in the bill or to enact changes to policy made since the bill was introduced (or, in some cases, to import material which was not ready when the bill was presented).
- Standing Committee: Despite the name, a standing committee is a committee specifically constituted for a certain bill. Its membership reflects the strengths of the parties in the House.
- Special Standing Committee: The committee investigates the issues and principles of the bill before sending it to a regular Standing Committee. This procedure has not been used in many years; the pre-legislative scrutiny process (see above) is now preferred.
- Select Committee: A specialized committee that normally conducts oversight hearings for a certain Department considers the bill. This procedure is used very rarely; the quintennial Armed Forces Bill, however, is always referred to this committee.
- Committee of the Whole House: The whole house sits as a committee in the House of Commons to consider parts of the annual Finance Bill and also bills of great constitutional significance. This is also the procedure used in the upper house.
- Consideration (or Report) stage: this takes place on the Floor of the House, and is a further opportunity to amend the bill. Unlike committee stage, the House need not consider every clause of the bill, only those to which amendments have been tabled.
- Third reading: a debate on the final text of the bill, as amended. In the Lords, further amendments may be made on third reading, in the Commons it is usually a short debate followed by a single vote; amendments are not permitted.
- Passage: The Bill is then sent to the other House (to the Lords, if it originated in the Commons; to the Commons, if it is a Lords Bill), which may amend it. The Commons may reject a bill from the Lords outright; the Lords may amend a bill from the Commons but, if they reject it, the Commons may force it through without the Lords' consent in the following Session of Parliament, as is detailed below. Furthermore, the Lords can neither initiate nor amend Money Bills, bills dealing exclusively with public expenditure or the raising of revenue. If the other House amends the Bill, the Bill and amendments are sent back for a further stage.
- Consideration of Lords/Commons Amendments: The House in which the bill originated considers the amendments made in the other House. It may agree to them, amend them, propose other amendments in lieu or reject them. A Bill may pass backwards and forwards several times at this stage, as each House amends or rejects changes proposed by the other. If each House insists on disagreeing with the other, the Bill is lost, unless the Parliament Acts are invoked.
- The Parliament Acts: Under the Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949, which do not apply for bills seeking to extend Parliament's length to more than five years, if the Lords reject a bill originated in the House of Commons, then the Commons may pass that bill again in the next session. The Bill is then submitted for Royal Assent even though the Lords did not pass it. Also, if the Lords do not approve of a Money Bill within thirty days of passage in the Commons, the bill is submitted for Royal Assent nevertheless.
Australia
In Australia, the bill passes through the following stages:
- First Reading: Again, this stage is a mere formality.
- Second Reading: As in the UK, the stage involves a debate on the general principles of the bill is followed by a vote. Again, the Second Reading of a Government bill is usually approved. A defeat for a Government bill on this Reading signifies a major loss. If the bill is read a second time, it is then considered in detail
- Consideration in Detail: This usually takes place on the Floor of the House. Generally, committees are not used to consider the bill in detail.
- Third reading: A debate on the final text of the bill, as amended. Very rarely do debates occur during this stage.
- Passage: The Bill is then sent to the other House (to the Senate, if it originated in the House of Representatives; to the Representatives, if it is a Senate Bill), which may amend it. If the other House amends the Bill, the Bill and amendments are sent back to the original House for a further stage.
- Consideration of Senate/Represetntatives Amendments: The House in which the bill originated considers the amendments made in the other House. It may agree to them, amend them, propose other amendments in lieu or reject them. However, the Senate may not amend Money Bills, though it can "request" the House to make amendments. A Bill may pass backwards and forwards several times at this stage, as each House amends or rejects changes proposed by the other. If each House insists on disagreeing with the other, the Bill is lost.
- Disagreement between the Houses: Often, when a bill cannot be passed in the same form by both Houses, it is "laid aside." Sometimes, a special constitutional procedure allowing the passage of the bill without the agreement of both houses is allowed. If the House twice passes the same bill, and the Senate twice fails to pass that bill (either through rejection or through the passage of unacceptable amendments), then the Governor-General may dissolve both Houses of Parliament. If the House again passes the bill after the election, but the deadlock between the Houses persists, then the Governor-General may convene a joint sitting of both Houses, where a final decision will be taken on the bill. The procedure only applies if the bill originated in the House of Representatives. Six double-dissolutions have occurred, though a joint session only became necessary once.
Canada
In Canada, the bill passes through the following stages:
The debate on each stage is actually debate on a specific motion. For the first reading, there is no debate. For the second and third readings, the motion is "That this bill be now read a second [third] time." In the Committee stage, the debate is on the motions for specific amendments and the motion "That the clause [as amended] stand part of the bill," which is presented on every clause, whether amended or not. In the Report stage, the debate is on the motions for specific amendments. The final motion is "That the bill do now pass."
- First Reading: Again, this stage is a mere formality.
- Second Reading: As in the UK, the stage involves a debate on the general principles of the bill is followed by a vote. Again, the Second Reading of a Government bill is usually approved. A defeat for a Government bill on this Reading signifies a major loss. If the bill is read a second time, then it progresses to the committee stage.
- Committee stage: This usually takes place in a standing committee in the Commons.
The committee considers each clause of the bill, and may make amendments to it. Significant amendments may be made at committee stage. In some cases, whole groups of clasues are inserted or removed. However, almost all the amendments which are agreed to in committee will have been tabled by the Government to correct deficiencies in the bill or to enact changes to policy made since the bill was introduced (or, in some cases, to import material which was not ready when the bill was presented).
- Standing Committee: The standing committee is a permanent one; each committee deals with bills in specific subject areas. Canada's standing committees is similar to the UK's select committees.
- Special Committee: The procedure is not used often.
- Legislative Committee: A legislative committee is especially appointed a certain bill, like the UK's standing committees.
- Committee of the Whole House: The whole house sits as a committee in the House of Commons to consider appropriation bills.
- Consideration (or Report) stage: this takes place on the Floor of the House, and is a further opportunity to amend the bill.
- Third reading: A debate on the final text of the bill, as amended. Very rarely do debates occur during this stage.
- Passage: The Bill is then sent to the other House (to the Senate, if it originated in the House of Commons; to the Commons, if it is a Senate Bill), which may amend it. If the other House amends the Bill, the Bill and amendments are sent back to the original House for a further stage.
- Consideration of Senate/Commons Amendments: The House in which the bill originated considers the amendments made in the other House. It may agree to them, amend them, propose other amendments in lieu or reject them. If each House insists on disagreeing with the other, the Bill is lost.
- Disagreement between the Houses: There is no specific procedure under which the Senate's disagreement can be overruled by the Commons. The Senate's rejection is absolute.
Since the mid-19th century, in most but not all cases, the votes by the House of Commons are a formality in which the vote is predetermined by party lines. Because the Westminster system requires the government to keep the support of the House of Commons, the rejection of a bill by Commons is a major political crisis. Therefore, the government will in almost all cases ensure passage of a bill by a combination of modifying the bill so that it is acceptable to members of the ruling party and pressuring party members to vote for the bill. In some cases, such as the Hunting Bill in the 2002-03 Session of Parliament, this has entailed accepting very significant amendments, transforming the purpose of the bill (in this case, from a bill to licence and regulate hunting with dogs, to a bill imposing an outright ban). Unlike the American system, a member of parliament rarely votes against party instructions.
Exceptions are cases of political crisis or matters of conscience such as the age of consent, in which the government may declare a free vote in which Members of Parliament are absolved of the requirement of voting with their party.
It can either fail or pass and then go on to final, formal examination by the Monarch who invariably gives it the Royal Assent. Although the Monarch can in theory refuse to endorse a bill at this stage, this power has not been used since the early 18th century. The Monarch signs letters patent to signify her Assent to one or more Bills. When this happens at the end of a Session of Parliment, it is usually accompanied by an elaborate ceremony in the House of Lords. It then becomes part of the law of the land.
UK Details
Types of Acts
Acts of Parliament are of two types -Private Bills, common in the 19th Century, are now rare, as new planning legislation introduced in the 1960s removed the need for many of them. They are subject to a different procedure from that for Public Bills, described above, involving a quasi-judicial committee of three MPs.
- Public Acts are for laws of general application (e.g. reforming the criminal justice system), which affect a general class or category of persons. Such a class or category might include, for example, all citizens, all people above or below a certain age, all pensioners, prisoners, local authorities or public limited companies.
- Private Acts affect a specific person (real or legal) differently from others. They include acts to confer powers on certain local authorities (but not others), acts affecting certain companies established by Act of Parliament (e.g. TSB, Transas), and acts which allow major works projects (e.g. the Channel Tunnel Rail Link), which grant special powers on the company undertaking the work (e.g. the compulsory purchase of land). Personal acts are a sub-category of private acts, which confer specific rights or duties on a named individual or individals (e.g. allowing two persons to marry even though they are within a "prohibited degree of cosanguinity or affinity").
Sovereignty
In the UK, Parliament has unlimited sovereignty. As such Acts of Parliament are without limit or constraint. Although in modern times, European Law and Human Rights Legislation can overturn some Acts, this is only because another Act has declared so.English law is also made through Statutory Instruments (SIs). These are laws which are written by a Government minister, exercising legislative powers delegated to him or her by Act of Parliament. Some of these must be approved by Parliament before they can become law, others need only be laid before Parliament a certain number of days (usually 40) before coming into force. They are used because they are much faster and simpler to implement than a full act of Parliament. SIs are sometimes described as "secondary legisaltion, not second class legislation". They have the same force as an Act of Parliament, and much of the UK's law is made in this way. There are literally thuosands of SIs each year, compared with around 50 Acts.
International treaties are not effective in domestic UK law until enforced by an Act of Parliament (e.g. The Single European Act, which brought the UK into the European Union, or the strangely named Outer Space Act which deals with international treaties on Space).
Historical Records
All UK Acts of Parliament since 1497 are kept in the House of Lords Record Office, including the oldest Act: The "Taking of Apprentices for Worsteads in the County of Norfolk" Act 1497, a reference to the wool worsted manufacture at Worstead in Norfolk, England.Acts before 1962 are referenced using 'Year of reign', 'Monarch', c., 'Chapter number' - e.g. 16 Charles II c. 2 - to define a chapter of the appropriate statute book. Since 1962, the regnal year has been replaced by the calendar year. All Acts have a short title, or citation (e.g. Local Government Act 2003, National Health Service Act 1974).
Parliament Acts
Parliament Acts are executed by the Administration and its superior and directive dome, the Government (specially using the administrative regulations), are applied by the judicial power (judges), and must be obeyed by everybody.
Acts of Historical Importance
The most important Acts in UK history are listed below:
- Act of Settlement- established a line of succesion for the monarchy and provided that the monarch cannot will the throne to any person, as was previously common
- Bill of Rights- placed limits on the sovereign's power
- Act of Union 1707- united England and Scotland into Great Britain
- Act of Union 1801- united Great Britain and Ireland into the United Kingdom
- Statute of Westminster- gave independence to the British dominians overseas
- Scotland Act 1998- established a quasi-independent Scottish Parliament
Topical Acts
Current Acts of Parliament of special interest:
- Terrorism Act 2000
External Links
- All Acts of Parliament and Statutory Instruments are available free on-line under Crown copyright terms from Her Majesty's Stationary Office (HMSO) at http://www.hmso.gov.uk/
See also
- UK topics
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A primary concern of the theory of action in philosophy is to demarcate actions from other doings. For instance, if you are startled and accidently drop a plate, causing it to shatter, it is clear that breaking the plate was something you did. But can it be seen as an action you undertook?There is a special field in analytical philosophy called philosophy of action. Some of the most prominent philosophers who worked in it are Elizabeth Anscombe and Donald Davidson.
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Activism, in a general sense, can be described as involvement in action to bring about change, be it social, political, environmental, or other change. This action is in support of or opposition to one side of a controversial argument.There are many different forms of activism; a select list follows.
- Voluntary simplicity
- Anarchism
- Nonviolence
- Civil disobedience
- Civil and social disobedience
- Animal rights activism
- Anticonsumerist activism
- Anti-corporate activism
- Anti-racist activism
- Economic activism
- Environmental activism
- Fair trade
- hacktivism
- Culture jamming
- Demonstrations
- Tactical Frivolity
- Sniggling
- Guerrilla communication
- See also: direct action
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Australian Capital Territory, chiefly the site of Canberra (population 320,000), Australia's capital city, is situated between the country's two largest and rival cities, Melbourne and Sydney. Apart from the city, there is a some agricultural land (sheep, dairy cattle, some vinyards and a very small area of crops), and a large area of national park, much of it mountainous and forested. The area and population is quite similar to the nation of Luxembourg but the pattern of settlement is very different.
Australian Capital Territory
Territory flag (In detail) Coat of Arms (In detail) 
Capital Canberra Area
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2 358 km²
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Density322 200
137/km²Time zone UTC+10 (except during daylight saving time—UTC+11) Highest point Bimberi Peak (1 912 m) ISO 3166-2 code: AU-CT When the constitution for the Commonwealth of Australia was being negotiated between the colonies, Melbourne and Sydney each demanded that they become the capital. As a compromise, it was agreed that the capital would initially be Melbourne, until a new capital city could be built. The final constitution therefore required that the new capital city would be located in territory taken from New South Wales, and be at least 100 statute miles from Sydney.
The present site was chosen in 1908, with additional territory on the coast at Jervis Bay allocated so the national capital could have a sea port. In 1911 an international competition was held, and Canberra was begun. The federal government officially moved there from Melbourne in 1926. At first most public service administration continued to be done in Melbourne, but the various departments were gradually moved to Canberra over the years.
The Australian Capital Territory is wholly surrounded by New South Wales. For administrative purposes, the Australian Capital Territory also incorporates the Jervis Bay Territory (being a naval base on the NSW coast near the town of Jervis Bay), and the uninhabited external territories.
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Republic Acts are laws in the Philippines, created by the Congress and signed by the president.
List of Republic Acts
This is a list of Republics Acts that have been mentioned in Wikipedia.
R.A. No. Date Passed What it Did Pre-Commonwealth 1876 August 18, 1908 Mountain Province was established with Amburayan, Apayao, Benguet, Bontoc, Ifugao, Kalinga, and Lepanto as sub-provinces. 2711 Mar 10, 1917 established most of the modern-day provinces of the Philippines. Post-Commonwealth 14 Sep 7, 1946 changed the name of the province of Tayabas to Quezon. 333 Jul 17, 1948 declared Quezon City the capital of the Philippines. 537 Jun 16, 1959 extended the area of Quezon City. 2141 Apr 8, 1959 made Biliran a sub-province of Leyte. 4695 June 18, 1966 formed the provinces of Kalinga-Apayao, Benguet, Ifugao, and Mountain Province from the earlier Mountain Province 6396 Sep 17, 1971 made Siquijor an independent province. 6430 Jun 17, 1972 changed the name of the province of Davao del Norte to Davao. 6734 Aug 1, 1989 created the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), which was officially inaugurated on November 6, 1990 in Cotabato City. 6766 Oct 23, 1989 provided for an Organic Act for the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR). It mandates the creation of an autonomous government to be headed by a Regional Governor. It creates a Regional Assembly that will enact laws of regional application and a regional judiciary composed of a supreme court and lower courts. 7160 May 11, 1992 made Biliran an independent province. Biliran was previously a sub-province of Leyte. 7878 Feb 14, 1995 divided Kalinga-Apayao into Kalinga and Apayao provinces. 8223 Dec 8, 1996 converted the municipality of Marikina, Metro Manila into a city. 8438 Dec 22, 1997 created the Cordillera Autonomous Region. A plebiscite, held on March 9, 1998 to ratify the bill, was held and invalidated the act. See Cordillera Administrative Region. 8470 Jan 31, 1998 split the province of Davao into two, creating the province of Compostela Valley. 8471 Jan 31, 1998 created the Island Garden City of Samal in Davao province by combining the municipalities of Samal, Babak, and Kaputian. 8472 Jan 31, 1998 converted the municipality of Tagum, the capital of Davao, into a city. 8473 Jan 31, 1998 created the municipality of Braulio E. Dujali, Davao out of several barangays in Panabo and Carmen. 8491 Feby 12, 1998 prescribed the code of the national flag, anthem, motto, coat-of-arms and other heraldic items and devices of the Philippines. 8535 Feb 23, 1998 provided for the creation of the City of Novaliches comprising the 15 northernmost barangays of Quezon City. However, in the succeeding plebiscite on October 23, 1999, an overwhelming majority of Quezon City residents voted “no” to the bill. 9015 Mar 5, 2001 converted the municipality of Panabo, Davao into a city. Related Articles
- Philippines
- Congress of the Philippines (section on Lawmaking)
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
ACT | Danish | Forudbetalt udbytteskat | Finance |
ACT | English | Associateship of the College of Technology | N/A |
ACT | French | Association des télévisions commerciales européennes | Post & Telecom |
ACT | Portuguese | Associação de Televisão Comercial na Europa | Post & Telecom |
ACT | Spanish | Asociación de televisión comercial europea | Post & Telecom |
| FD C Act | English | Food,Drug and Cosmetic Act | N/A |
| Acart | English | Federal Act on Cartels and Other Restraints of Competition of October 6,1995(a);Act on Cartels(b);Cartel Act(c) | Business, Law |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: ActSynonyms: bit (n), cognitive operation (n), cognitive process (n), enactment (n), human action (n), human activity (n), number (n), operation (n), process (n), routine (n), turn (n), act as (v), behave (v), dissemble (v), do (v), move (v), play (v), playact (v), pretend (v), represent (v), roleplay (v), work (v). (additional references) |
| Antonym: refrain (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Action | Deed, act, overt act, touch, gest transaction, job, doings, dealings, proceeding, measure, step, maneuver, bout, passage, move, stroke, blow; coup, coup de main, coup d'etat; tour de force; (display); feat, exploit; achievement; (completion); handiwork, workmanship; manufacture; stroke of policy; (plan). |
Agency | Verb: be -in action; Adjective: operate, work; act, act upon; perform, play, support, sustain, strain, maintain, take effect, quicken, strike. |
Business | Officiate, serve, act; act one's part, play one's part; do duty; serve the office of, discharge the office of, perform the office of, perform the duties of, perform the functions of; hold an office, fill an office, fill a place, fill a situation; hold a portfolio, hold a place, hold a situation. |
Command | Noun: command, order, ordinance, act, fiat, hukm, bidding, dictum, hest, behest, call, beck, nod. |
Imitation | Mock, take off, mimic, ape, simulate, impersonate, personate; act; (drama); represent; counterfeit, parody, travesty, caricature, lampoon, burlesque. |
Precept | Rule, canon, law, code, corpus juris, lex scripta, act, statute, rubric, stage direction, regulation; form, formula, formulary; technicality; canon law; norm. |
Representation | Personate, personify; impersonate; assume a character; pose as; act; play; (drama); mimic; (imitate); hold the mirror up to nature. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Act |
| English words defined with "act": act as, act involuntarily, Act of bankruptcy, Act of grace, Act of Uniformity, Act of Union, act on, act out, act reflexively, act superior, act up ♦ Declaratory act ♦ legislative act ♦ public act ♦ Schism act, sex act, special act, speech act, Stamp act ♦ Test act. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Act" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Dutch (act, certificate, diploma, document), Romanian (act, deed, document), Welsh (act, decree, statute). |
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Screenplays | Lina. She can't act, she can't sing, she can't dance (Singin' in the Rain; writing credit: Betty Comden; Adolph Green) Time enough to counter Sauron if we act quickly (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring; writing credit: Frances Walsh) At the first signs of violence, they act automatically against the aggressor (The Day the Earth Stood Still; writing credit: Harry Bates; Edmund H. North) A juggling act. You mean metaphorically (Reality Bites; writing credit: Helen Childress) Don't act like you don't know nothing, i'll take all your ass to the jail, right now if I don't get the answers (Rush Hour; writing credit: Jim Kouf) | |
Lyrics | How you gonna act (How You Gonna Act Like That; performing artist: TYRESE) And even though I act craaaazy (Dear Mama; performing artist: 2Pac) So, get your act right or else we won't be speaking, Girl (We Need A Resolution; performing artist: Aaliyah) There's many days i act free (Mishale; performing artist: Andru Donalds) I can act like a star, I can beg on my knees (Barbie Girl; performing artist: Aqua) | |
Clever | Act naturally (references; author: unknown) How to act insane: Sing along at the opera. (references; author: unknown) Think like a man of action; act like a man of thought. (references; author: unknown) Pray as if everything depended on God; act as if everything depended on yourself! (references; author: unknown) Children are natural mimics. They act like their parents in spite of every attempt to teach them good manners. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Hat Act (1973) A Small Act of Love (1973) The Act of Abortion (1972) Act of Betrayal (1971) | |
Song Titles | How You Gonna Act Like That (performing artist: TYRESE) | |
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 | This act signed December 23, 1971, amended the Public Health Service Act. It strengthened the National Cancer Institute and the National Institutes of Health so that they could more effectively carry out the national effort against cancer. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |  | Shown is a computer graphic of tgf-beta molecule. Tgf-beta belongs to a superfamily of fetal inducers and regressors, which signal specific patterns of cellular differentiation. Tgf-beta, a cytokine with three different isoforms, regulates many cellular functions including cell proliferation, differentiation, adhesion and migration. Four novel receptors were characterized that also act as serine/threonine kinases and one of these appears to be a tgf-beta receptor. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |
 | Water Hyacinth in a Louisiana pond can act as a breeding ground for Anopheles quadrimaculatus, Mansonia and Culex mosquitoes, which anchor onto the plants, and are protected from waves. Credit: CDC. |  | The hairs act to increase the levels of sensitivity experienced by the wasp to environmental conditions such as wind direction, moisture, and temperature. Credit: CDC. |
 | Whitewashing Station Act on Amchitka Island Party off of EXPLORER. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Preparing white-wash for marking signal At Station ACT on Amchitka Island Party off of EXPLORER. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | A potential land purchase. Land acquisitions are used in restoration to act as buffer areas for coastal wetlands and other significant fishery habitats. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | A local middle school student videotapes the soil testing procedures at the future dam removal site as part of a documentary the school is producing. Later, students from the same middle school will act as volunteers to plant vegetation along the stream bed after the dam is removed. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
 | Jobos Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Wetland areas act as reservoirs that filter nutrients and water. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |  | The Bronze Star Medal eligibility criteria was limited with the Fiscal 2001 National Defense Authorization Act passed by Congress. The Medal will be limited to those people receiving imminent danger pay. (Photo illustration by Virginia Reyes). |
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| "Balancing Circus Act 1" by Gary McCord Commentary: "Demonstration of upper body strength in circus act." | "Fire Van" by Jordi Sancho Commentary: "Local Pyromaniac's Act." |
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| Play | Caption |
 | Spoken when you catch someone in the act; a man saying affirmatively, "Ah, ha!". |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Author | Quotation |
Alexander Pope | Act well your part; there all honor lies. |
Author Unknown | Think then act safely. |
Benjamin Franklin | Nothing preaches better than the act. |
John Ruskin | The last act crowns the play. |
Ralph Waldo Emerson | To think is to act. |
St. Augustine | No one sins by an act he cannot avoid. |
Victor Hugo | A library implies an act of faith. |
William Shakespeare | What e'er thou art, act well thy part. |
| Condemn the fault, and not the act of it? | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | This is in effect no more than to bid them first be slaves, and then to take care of their liberty; and when their chains are on, tell them, they may act like freemen. (Second Treatise of Government) |
US Declaration of Independence | 1776 | A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people. (reference) |
US Constitution | 1791 | No Person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the Testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on Confession in open Court. (reference) |
Amendment to US Constitution | 1795-1992 | And if the House of Representatives shall not choose a President whenever the right of choice shall devolve upon them, before the fourth day of March next following, then the Vice-President shall act as President, as in case of the death or other constitutional disability of the President. (reference) |
Marbury v. Madison | 1803 | And as the authority from which they proceed is supreme, and can seldom act, they are designed to be permanent. (reference) |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | That culture, the loss of which he laments, is, for the enormous majority, a mere training to act as a machine. (reference) |
The Emancipation Proclamation | 1862 | And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind and the gracious favor of Almighty God. (Abraham Lincoln) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | It may act on any trustworthy modes of computation. (reference) |
Winston S. Churchill | 1946 | They would not be required to act against their own nation, but in other respects they would be directed by the world organization. ("Iron Curtain" Speech) |
United Nations | 1948 | All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood. (reference) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | Elton may talk sentimentally, but he will act rationally |
Sylvie and Bruno Concluded | Carroll, Lewis | The other is the assumption that, if one of two specified acts is better than another, it is necessarily a good act in itself |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | If the imaginative faculty refused to act at such an hour, it might well be deemed a hopeless case |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | A single glance without was an act of perfidy |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | Every sinful act is a thorn piercing His head |
Time Enough for Love | Robert Heinlein | A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly |
King Richard III | Shakespeare, William | To make an act of tragic violence |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | For in this magnet the forces always act in lines parallel to its direction |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | His goodness must not be a partial and transitory act, but a constant superfluity, which costs him nothing and of which he is unconscious |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | The kidneys act as filters to clean the blood. (references) | |
They act to lower primarily systolic blood pressure. (references) | ||
Nicotine can act as both a stimulant and a sedative. (references) | ||
Business | On June 10, 1994 the Act on Public Procurement went into effect. (references) | |
Mexico has not enacted a Dealers Act and sales can be made in English. (references) | ||
However, some brands have exclusive agents who also act as wholesalers. (references) | ||
Children | Congo | The Fundamental Act affords children equal protection under the law. (references) |
Botswana | The rights of children are addressed in the Constitution and the Children's Act. (references) | |
Thailand | Victims' testimony is handled under the provisions of the Child Friendly Procedure Act. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Seychelles | The Immigration Act does not mention asylum. (references) |
Malaysia | The Printing Presses and Publications Act limits press freedom. (references) | |
Malaysia | The Official Secrets Act (OSA) also restricts freedom of expression. (references) | |
Discrimination | Ireland | The 2000 Equal Status Act outlaws discrimination in the provision of goods, facilities, and services on the basis of these nine grounds. (references) |
United Kingdom | In Northern Ireland the Fair Employment Act specifically banned employment discrimination on the grounds of religious or political opinion. (references) | |
South Africa | The act addresses discrimination in a broad context in the workplace, health care, education, services, pensions, and other socio-economic areas. (references) | |
Economic History | Kenya | Wholesalers often also act as retailers. (references) |
Bulgaria | Bribing a foreign official is a criminal act. (references) | |
Canada | Patents in Canada are governed by the Patent Act. (references) | |
Human Rights | Brunei | In general the courts appear to act independently. (references) |
Sierra Leone | Frequently commanders also had boys act as bodyguards. (references) | |
Sierra Leone | The RUF's leadership denounced the person who committed this act. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Australia | The ATSIC stated that the amended act provided gains for Aboriginal people but still contains "substantial pain" for native title claimants. (references) |
Australia | Aboriginal groups continue to express concern that the amended act limits the future ability of Aboriginal people to protect their property rights. (references) | |
Guyana | Amerindian life is regulated by the Amerindian Act, legislation dating from colonial times designed to protect indigenous people from exploitation. (references) | |
Minorities | Peru | Similarly, police rarely act on complaints of crimes against Afro-Peruvians. (references) |
Brazil | The author of the study noted that this reflects the difficulty of proving that an act of racism occurred. (references) | |
Bulgaria | Early in the year, Parliament passed amendments to the Civil Registration Act, simplifying the name-restoring procedure. (references) | |
Political Economy | TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO | Enforcement of IPR laws remains a concern under the new act. (references) |
Sudan | Foreign observer groups chose not to act as election observers. (references) | |
CZECH REPUBLIC | Formerly, the CCI could only act in conjunction with the police. (references) | |
Political Rights | Burundi | The act placed no time limits on the President's or the National Assembly's term of office. (references) |
Russia | Changes to the Voting Rights Act affect legislation at both the federal and regional levels of the Russian Federation. (references) | |
Dominican Republic | He can exercise his authority through the use of the veto, discretion to act by decree, and influence as the leader of his party. (references) | |
Trade | Burma | The Burma Arbitration Act of 1944 deals with arbitration inside Burma. (references) |
Philippines | To date, the provisions of this Act have not been applied to any product. (references) | |
Jamaica | The aim of this Act is an expansion of the benefits provided under the CBI. (references) | |
Travel | Russia | The U.S. Embassy and Consulates cannot act as a sponsor. (references) |
Canada | Business travelers and dependents must also satisfy any other admission requirements of the Canadian Immigration Act. (references) | |
Ghana | U.S. business visitors should make clear that U.S. companies operating abroad are subject to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977. (references) | |
Women | Bhutan | In 1996 the National Assembly adopted a revised Rape Act. (references) |
Nepal | The two men had been charged under the Public Offense Act. (references) | |
Malaysia | The Domestic Violence Act addresses violence against women in the home. (references) | |
Worker Rights | United Kingdom | The Human Rights Act added additional rights in the workplace. (references) |
United Kingdom | Workers' representatives actively monitor enforcement of the act. (references) | |
Gambia | The Labor Act allows workers to organize and bargain collectively. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | DELIBERATION, n. The act of examining one's bread to determine which side it is buttered on. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Dennis Miller | Some religious zealots act like the code of morality they claim to be upholding can be temporarily shelved when it gets in the way of their more immediate goals. |
Mark Shields | Bob, contrary to the defensiveness of some church leaders, Archbishop Flynn was crystal clear and emphatic. He praised the media for bringing this scandal, this crisis in the Church to public light and forcing the Church to act upon it. |
Rush Limbaugh | Chris called to point out that the Bush administration is holding an American citizen, Jose Padilla, without due process under the Patriot Act. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
George Washington | 1789-1797 | Previous to the execution of any official act of the President the Constitution requires an oath of office. |
John Adams | 1797-1801 | Another provision seems necessary to be added to the consular act. |
Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | Nor have we used the power confided by the same act of prolonging the foreign debt by reloans, and of redeeming instead thereof an equal sum of the domestic debt. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | Meanwhile, however, plans should be prepared if we are to act promptly when the present extraordinary private demand begins to run out. |
Dwight Eisenhower | 1953-1961 | We are summoned by this honored and historic ceremony to witness more than the act of one citizen swearing his oath of service, in the presence of God. |
Richard Nixon | 1969-1974 | A person can be expected to act responsibly only if he has responsibility. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | When action is required to preserve our national security, we will act. |
George Bush | 1989-1993 | It's time to act together. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | Sixty thousand of our fellow citizens are waiting in line for justice, and we should act now to end their wait. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | Setting up the Department of Homeland Security will involve the most extensive reorganization of the federal government since Harry Truman signed the National Security Act. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Act" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 74.69% of the time. "Act" is used about 22,920 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 74.69% | 17,119 | 546 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 19.19% | 4,398 | 2,227 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 5.84% | 1,340 | 5,931 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.15% | 34 | 59,261 |
| Unclassified Items | 0.13% | 29 | 64,444 |
| Total | 100.00% | 22,920 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| USA | Act Manufacturing Incorporated |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "act": ability to act ♦ accounting act ♦ act a part ♦ act against ♦ act amiss ♦ act as ♦ act as a booster ♦ act as a drag ♦ act as a mediator ♦ act as an incentive ♦ act as an informer ♦ act as chairman of ♦ act as deputy for smb. ♦ act as interpreter ♦ act as smb. ♦ act as smb.'s deputy ♦ act as smb.'s guide ♦ act as umpire ♦ act at the relation of smb. ♦ act coyly ♦ act drop ♦ act fast ♦ act for ♦ act for smb. ♦ act from mixed motives ♦ act hastily ♦ act humanely toward smb. ♦ act illegally ♦ act in a case ♦ act in a film ♦ act in anger ♦ act in bad faith ♦ act in combination ♦ act in concert ♦ act in good faith ♦ act in haste ♦ Act in pais ♦ act in unison with smb. ♦ act incapable ♦ act involuntarily ♦ act jointly ♦ act like a fool ♦ Act of abjuration ♦ act of administration ♦ Act of attainder ♦ Act of bankruptcy ♦ act of betrayal ♦ act of binding into sheaves ♦ act of cession ♦ act of congress ♦ act of defiance ♦ Act of faith ♦ act of folly ♦ act of god ♦ Act of grace ♦ Act of indemnity ♦ Act of insolvency ♦ act of justice ♦ act of man ♦ act of management ♦ act of mercy ♦ act of necessity ♦ act of oblivion ♦ act of parliament ♦ act of providence ♦ act of revenge ♦ Act of settlement ♦ act of state ♦ act of succession ♦ act of swallowing ♦ Act of Uniformity ♦ Act of Union ♦ act of violence ♦ act of war ♦ act on ♦ act on one's own responsibility ♦ act on petition ♦ act on principle ♦ act on the authority of ♦ act on the defensive ♦ act on the square ♦ act ONE ♦ act one's part ♦ act out ♦ act over smb.'s head ♦ act piously ♦ act prematurely ♦ act promptly ♦ act rashly ♦ act reflexively ♦ act superior ♦ act the fool ♦ act the prude ♦ act the same ♦ act together ♦ act ultra vires ♦ act under compulsion ♦ act under constraint ♦ act under duress ♦ act up ♦ act up to. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "act": act-alike, act-as-possibility, act-finale, act-of-creation, act-style, act-up. | |
Ending with "act": double-act, five-act, one-act, three-act. | |
Containing "act": capacity-to-act-autonomously. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
act | 4,386 | caught in the act | 307 |
act a fool | 3,408 | act fool ludacris | 302 |
the patriot act | 1,945 | civil right act of 1964 | 296 |
american with disability act | 1,413 | no child left behind act | 295 |
family medical leave act | 1,272 | act practice test | 270 |
act test | 1,269 | fair debt collection practice act | 258 |
act fool lyrics | 801 | act hollywood one writing | 252 |
fair labor standard act | 749 | sex act | 250 |
hobbs act | 627 | act score | 241 |
fair credit reporting act | 582 | act 2000 | 237 |
2003 act growth job reconciliation relief tax | 558 | homestead act | 222 |
sarbanes oxley act | 503 | landlord tenant act | 216 |
freedom of information act | 497 | act 6.0 | 203 |
usa patriot act | 487 | workforce investment act | 198 |
act software | 390 | individual with disability education act | 197 |
act fool ludacris lyrics | 381 | fair debt collection act | 192 |
family leave act | 371 | civil right act | 184 |
act gonna like that | 366 | clean air act | 182 |
privacy act | 362 | clean water act | 180 |
act testing | 326 | employment standard act | 171 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "act"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | pleeg (achieve, carry out, do, make, perform), optree (take, take action), maak (achieve, carry out, do, make, perform), doen (achieve, carry out, do, make, perform, to do), daad (accomplishment, achievement, action). (various references) | |
Albanian | akt (action, certificate, diploma, document, doing, fact, proceedings, turn). (various references) | |
Arabic | عمل (deed, produce, to do, work), فعلي بالفعل, فعل (action, do, doing, make, performance, work), مثل (adage, aphorism, appear, as, be a symbol for, be typical of, byword, case, depict, describe, example, exemplify, gnome, illustrate, illustration, instance, like, like this, maxim, perform, play, play act, portray, proverb, represent, saying, sculpt, show, stand before, stand for, such, such as, symbolize, typify), مرسوم (decree, edict, legislative, ordinance, regulation, sanction), نفذ (activate, be executed, carry into effect, carry out, come true, commit, computerize, do, effect, effectuate, enforce, execute, fill, fulfil, fulfill, honor, honour, implement, invoke, penetrate, percolate, perform, permeate, petering, pierce, practise, proceed, pursue, put into effect, realize, transfix, traverse), قانون (code, enactment, law, legislation, regulation, rule, statute), حدث أثرا, عمل (action, aggravation, berth, business, deed, elaborate, employment, engagement, fag, feat, function, gird on, job, labor, labour, making, occupation, place, pursuit, racket, see, situation, task, work), عقد (agreement, bead, cast, charter, compact, complicate, conclude, congeal, contract, convene, convention, covenant, decade, deed, draw, embarrass, engagement, entangle, hitch, hold, indent, instrument, knitting, knot, lease, muckrake, muddy, pact, perplex, promise, ravel, vault, vaulting, writing), صك (charter, deed, instrument, stamping, writing), صنيع (fact), خدم (attend, be in service, dish out, further, ladle, serve out, tend, wait, wait on), أصلح للتمثيل, أدى دور. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | постъпвам (behave, enter, go on, proceed), действие (action, deed, effect, movements, operation, performance, play, potency, process, run, scene, scourge), действувам (affect, grip, move, operate, proceed), декрет (commandment, constitution, decree, doom, edict, ordinance, rescript, sanction), деяние (work), документ (certificate, document, exhibit, instrument, monument, muniment, paper, parchment, record), държа се (acquit oneself, bear, bear up, comport, comport oneself, conduct oneself, demean, deport oneself, hold, hold on, hold one's own, quit, stand out, stick, walk), извършвам (achieve, bring about, effect, execute, perform, pull, put through, transact, turn off), играя (dance, disport oneself, do, enact, lead, perform, play, present, represent, run about, shoot, sport, support, twitch, wanton, waver), играя роля на, играя ролята на (impersonate, personate), дело (action, affair, case, cause, deed, file, handiwork, life work, plea, suit), постановление (constitution, decree, measure, ordinance, prescript, provision, rule, ruling), указ (decree, edict, mandate, ordinance, ukase), постъпка (action, deed, offence, proceeding, step, thing), правя (advance, contract, deliver, do, drive, enounce, gargle, lay, leave, make, pay, pull, put forward, put out, run off, strike, transact), правя се на (personate, play, put on, seem, simulate), представление (entertainment, house, night, performance, play, production, puppetry, representation, show), преструвам се на, акт (academy-figure, instrument), закон (decree, law, measure, prescript, principle, regulation, statute), нередба, върша (do, transact), комедия (comedy, farce, interlude, riot, sock), поза (attitude, pose, posture, set). (various references) | |
Catalan | fer (achieve, carry out, do, make, perform, to do, to make). (various references) | |
Chinese | 行动 (ACT++, Acted, Acting, ACTS, Back-acting, motion, Motioned, Motioning, moved, Moving, Proceeding, proceedings), 表演 (demonstrate, exhibition, perform, performance, play, show), 舉動 (a move), 扮演 (play the part of). (various references) | |
Czech | zákon (law, statute), skutek (deed), pracovat (engage in, function, go out to work, labor, labour, operate, perform, work, work at), postupovat (do, go, go about, proceed, progress), pùsobit (come across, counterwork, create, function, operate, touch, work), listina (charter, deed, document, list, roll), jednat (deal, discuss, parley, proceed, treat, use), jednání (action, dealing, manner, negotiation, proceeding, talk), hrát (appear, perform, play), dìlat (amount, come to, create, do, make, take, work), dìjství, úkon (operation), èin (achievement, action, deed). (various references) | |
Danish | virke på (be effective, have effect), handling (accomplishment, achievement, action), gøre (achieve, carry out, do, make, perform). (various references) | |
Dutch | handelen (do business, negotiate, take action, trade), doen (achieve, carry out, cause, do, get, lay down, make, perform, place, put, put down, take action), akte (certificate, diploma, document, paper, testimony), ageren (take action). (various references) | |
Esperanto | aktori, akto (certificate, diploma, document), ago (action), agi, fari (do, make, perform), efiki (be effective, have effect). (various references) | |
Faeroese | virka (be effective, function, have effect, operate, run, take action, work), gerð (achievement, action), gera (achieve, activate, build, carry out, cause, construct, do, form, get, give rise to, make, perform, shape, take action), fara til verka (proceed). (various references) | |
Farsi | تصویب نامه , بازی کردن 1, رساله (Booklet, Brochure, Disquisition, Dissertation, Enchiridion, Epistle, Handbook, Leaflet, Textbook, Tract, Treatise), روح دادن (Animate, Enliven, Inanimate, Spirit), رفتارکردن (Behave, Demean, Handle, Treat), اثرکردن , اعلامیه (Communique, Declaration, Manifest, Manifesto, Statement), امرمسلم (Certainty), جان دادن (Die, Enliven), عمل (Experiment, Exploit, Function, Issue, Jest, Latitude, Operation, Ploy, Work), عمل کردن (Do, Exercise, Function, Work), برانگیختن (Abet, Actuate, Arouse, Evince, Exacerbate, Exasperate, Excite, Heat, Impulse, Infuse, Instigate, Irritate, Nettle, Prod, Prompt, Provoke, Roust, Sick, Whet), سند (Bill, Deed, Document, Instrument, Script, Title, Voucher, Writ), فعل , حقیقت (Principle, Reality, Truth, Verity), کردار (Deed, Exploit, Issue, Jest), کار (Activity, Affair, Appointment, Avocation, Deed, Duty, Fist, Function, Job, Office, Opus, Ploy, Proposition, Service, Shebang, Task, Thing, Vocation, Work, Workmanship), کارکردن (Go, Work), کنش (Action), کنش کردن , نمایش دادن (Display, Enact, Execute, Exhibit, Expose, Perform, Represent), پیمان (Accord, Agreement, Avow, Compact, Compaction, Concord, Contract, Covenant, Faith, Hand, League, Oath, Pact, Promise, Testament, Treaty, Troth, Vow), فرمان قانون , سرگذشت (Adventure, Event, Memoir). (various references) | |
Finnish | vaikuttaa (affect, be conducive, be effective, conduce, contribute, exercise an effect, have effect, influence, take effect), toimia (be in action, be in operation, function, go about a thing, operate, run, take action, work), teko (achievement, action, deed, work), menetellä (conduct oneself, deal, proceed). (various references) | |
French | agir (take action), acte (legal act), jouer, construire (achieve). (various references) | |
Frisian | akte (certificate, diploma, document, paper), oanmeitsje (achieve, carry out, do, make, perform), krewearje (take action), dwaen (achieve, carry out, do, make, perform), died (accomplishment, achievement, action), beynfloedzje (affect, influence), útkomste (certificate, diploma, document). (various references) | |
German | Tat (accomplishment, achievement, action, crime, deed, did, feat, feats), Handlung (accomplishment, achievement, action, activeness, deed, plot, shop, story), handeln (act in place of, action, bargain, bargaining, behave, behavior, behaviour, deal, do business, doing, haggle, haggling, negotiate, sell, take action, to act, to act in place of, trade, trading, traffic in), Akt (ceremony, certificate, diploma, document, nude), wirken (act on, appear, be at work, be effective, come across, have an effect, have effect, knit, operate, react, seem, take action, to act, to operate, to take effect, weave, work), vorgehen (action, advance, be fast, come first, gain, go first, go forward, go on, go on ahead, go to the front, happen, have priority, procedure, proceed, proceeding, take action, take precedence, to go ahead), verfahren (actions, dealing, method, mode, muddled, procedure, proceed, proceedings, process, spend in traveling, suit, take action, technique, treatment, use up), tun (achieve, carry out, conduct, do, doing, make, perform, put, put back, take, to do, to do (did), spielen (be on, doodle, enact, gamble, make a scene, make a song and dance, perform, play, play about, play around, playing, punt, show, simulate, to play, toy), agieren (operate, take action). (various references) | |
Greek | πράξη (action, deed, doing, effect, practice, practise, process, sum, transaction), ενεργώ (implement, operate, proceed, prospect). (various references) | |
Hawaiian | akt (certificate, diploma, document). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מעשה (action, conduct, deed, doing, fact, incident, manufacture, occupation, occurrence, practice, thing), למלא תפקיד (hold office, officiate), לפעול (accomplish, achieve, do, function, influence, make, perform, work), לעשות (accomplish, create, do, execute, fulfill, labour, make, manage, produce, work), לבצע (achieve, carry out, commit, do, drive, execute, perform, render), פעולה (action, activity, deed, doing, function, operation, performance), עלילה (action, deed, exploit, frame up, plot, story), עליל (deed, doing, evidence, workshop), עובדה (case, deed, fact, occurrence), חוק (custom, decree, enactment, law, measure, ordinance, regulation, rule, statute). (various references) | |
Hungarian | tett (achievement, action, deed, doing, exploit, feat), felvonás (hoist, reel), cselekszik (did, do, done, take action, to act, to act counter to one's orders, to be impulsive in one's actions, to do, to go counter to one's orders, to paganize, to play the game, to run counter to one's orders, to take action), cselekmény (achievement, action, plot, public wrong), cselekedet (action, deed, doing). (various references) | |
Icelandic | skírteini (certificate, diploma, document), leika, gera (achieve, carry out, do, make, perform), þáttur (certificate, diploma, document). (various references) | |
Indonesian | tindak (action), perbuatan (action, deed, performance), main-main (dawdle), bertindak (measures, take steps), babak (round, stage, stanza). (various references) | |
Irish | déantús (achieve, make, perform), déanamh (achieve, make, perform). (various references) | |
Italian | atto (action, apt, certificate, deed, diploma, document, feat, gesture, motion, record), agire (behave, do, influence, operate, play, take, take action, work), azione (achievement, action, certificate, deed, diploma, document, doing, exertion, feat, motion, operation, play, prise, prize, process, share, stock), rappresentare (act for, act in place of, be an agent for, depict, enact, feature, give, mean, perform, play, represent, show, sit, stage, stand for, symbolise, symbolize), legge (constitution, law, rule, statute), funzionare (behave, function, go, operate, pay off, run, tick, work), fare (achieve, be, build, carry out, construct, do, execute, fashion, get, go in for, have, kind, make, manner, perform, produce, put in, shall, should, sort, species, to do, to make, type), documento (bill, certificate, deed, diploma, document, file, indent, paper, record, scripture, writ, writing). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 業 (deed, performance, work). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | しわざ (action, deed), しょぎょう (all practices other than recitation of the nembutsu prayer, all worldly phenomena, deed, meritorious acts leading to enlightenment), しょい (deed, one's doing), さくい (artificiality, commission, conception, design, idea, intention, motif), ほう (cannon, divide, emulate, follow, gun, imitate, information, male phoenix bird, punishment, retribution, salary, side), こうい (celestial latitude, change of dress, conduct, courtesy, deed, dignity, ecliptic latitude, eminent, favor, good will, high ranking, imperial throne, kindness, lady court attendant, school doctor, seasonal changing of clothes, second accession of the same emperor, second lunar month, siege), わざ (art, deed, performance, technique, work), とばり (bunting, curtain). (various references) | |
Korean | 행위 (ACT++, ACTS, Conduct). (various references) | |
Malay | aruh ... mempengaruhi (affect, influence). (various references) | |
Manx | obbraghey (action, behaviour, behaviour of machines, crew, cultivate, elaboration, employment, exercise, forge, function, handle, handling, influence, labour, motion, operate, operation, performance, ply, process, start, wangle; persuance, work, work up, wreak), jannoo (accomplish, accomplishment, build, cast, coalesce, commit, committal, compose, conferment, conformation, construct, construction, create, deal, deed, do, effect, execute, fabricate, fashion, fend, fill, follow out, formation, goings on, keep, make, manufacture, perform, performance, performing, perpetrate, perpetration, persuance, practise, produce, production, render; doing, structure, style, transact, transaction, transactions), immeeaght (action, decampment, depart, departure, drift, exit, exodus, flight of time, going, going away, paces of a horse; current, paces of a horse; current of events, procedure, proceeding, procession, progress, progression, start, way), cloie (boil, bubble, charade, enact, event, extemporise, game, match, monkey, perform, performance, play, represent, skylark, sport), aghtey (behave, conduct). (various references) | |
Norwegian | spille (gamble), gjøre (achieve, carry out, do, make, perform). (various references) | |
Papiamen | aktua (take action), akto (accomplishment, achievement, action, certificate, diploma, document), akshon (accomplishment, achievement, action, activity), influensiá (affect, influence), influenshá (affect, influence), hasi (achieve, carry out, do, make, perform), echo (accomplishment, achievement, action). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | actay.(various references) | |
Polish | wpływać (affect, influence), robić (achieve, carry out, do, make, perform), czynić (achieve, carry out, do, make, perform). (various references) | |
Portuguese | ato (academy-figure, action, deal, practice, recording, thing). (various references) | |
Romanian | acţiune (action, activity, agency, deed, feat, gesture, go, move, operation, proceeding, share, speculation, story, undertaking, work), act (deed, document), activa (accelerate, activate, actuate, dispatch, expedite, facilitate, hasten, stimulate, work), acţiona (actuate, do, drive, make a move, operate, proceed, Sue, work), interpreta (construe, explain, expound, interpret, paraphrase, play, read, render, represent, spell, take, translate), curs (channel, course, current, duration, flow, lapse, lecture, progress, quotation, rate, session, swim, tack, train, trend), decret (decree, edict, enactment, fiat, ordinance, sanction), document (bill, charter, deed, document, file, indenture, muniment, paper, record, title, writ), efect (action, consequence, deed, effect, impact, outcome, purpose, result, tendency, working), face (achieve, anoint, appoint, be, be up to smth., bear, build, carry out, commit, compose, conclude, cook, cost, create, cut, dispense, do, does, draw, drive, effect, form, give, give forth, grow, happen, have, hold, induce, it does, keep, lead, leave, let, make, move, perform, perpetrate, persuade, prepare, produce, prompt, render, say, scoop in, strike, work, write, yield), faptã (achievement, action, deed, exploit, feat, gesture, philanthropy, proceeding, process, work), hotãrâre (adjudgement, adjudgment, adjudication, award, conclusion, decision, decree, determination, dispensation, firmness, flatness, judgement, order, ordinance, peremptoriness, resoluteness, resolution, resolve, result, rule, sentence, stoutness, verdict, will, writ), simula (affect, assume, dissemble, feign, imitate, make, make believe, malinger, play off, pretend, sham, simulate), juca (dance, enact, frolic, gamble, gambol, game, hazard, interpret, perform, play, present, produce, put on, sport, stake, trifle, wanton), lege (act of parliament, bill, custom, jus, law, principle, religion, rule, sanction, statute, tradition), lucru (activity, article, belongings, business, cert, deed, employment, happening, implement, job, labor, labour, matter, object, occurrence, operation, predecessor, service, situation, thing, things, traps, work, working), manifestare (deed, emergence, exercise, exhibition, loose, manifestation, occurrence, piece, Sally, show), merge (draw, drive, fir, foot, function, get, go, hark, hedge, hit, leg it, make, move, operate, pace, pass, repair, ride, roll, run, stand, step, travel, work), numãr (apartment, group, issue, licence, multitude, number, numeral, out size, part, rate, size, strength), opera (commit, operate), proceda (do, proceed), proces (action, case, course, law, law case, law suit, operation, process, suit, suit at law, trial), reacţiona (answer, react, retroact), funcţiona (be at work, beat, behave, function, functionate, hit, move, operate, run, work). (various references) | |
Romansch | agir (to act). (various references) | |
Russian | акт (academy-figure, accomplishment, achievement, action, certificate, commencement, diploma, document, topical). (various references) | |
Scottish | dèan (achieve, carry out, do, make, perform). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | akcija (action, activity, drive, share, work), ukaz (decree, edict, rescript, ukase), tačka (center, centre, clause, count, dot, fix, full stop, item, number, period, pip, point), radnja (action, deed, doing, parlor, parlour, shop, store), postupiti (follow, proceed), postupati (behave, treat, use), postupak (procedure, proceeding, process, treatment), igrati (dance, perform, personate, play, play at, take, twitch), glumiti (do, play, playact), delo (action, deed, fact, labor, labour, opus, piece), dejstvovati (enure, perform, take effect), činiti (do, matter). (various references) | |
Spanish | hacer (accomplish, achieve, administer, advance, ask, be, bestow, bind, bring, bring in, build, carry out, cause, come, commit, compose, compound, create, cut, cut out, do, draw, drive, drop, effect, emit, enter into, enter up, fabricate, force, form, generate, get, get out, give, go at, hole, keep, knock out, lay, lean, level, light, live, live through, lumber, lure on, make, make into, make up, making, observe, offer, pack, pass, pay, perform, perpetrate, place, poke, prosecute, pull, punch, put, put forward, put out, put up, render, set off, tackle, take, take on, think up, throw, throw in, throw out, throw up, tie, to do, to make, to make into, travel, turn out, wet, work, work out), acto (deed, do, event, fruition), acta (certificate, diploma, document, minutes, protocol, record), accionar (actuate, apply, work), acción (accomplishment, achievement, acting, action, activity, agency, deed, engagement, equity, gesture, move, proceeding, share, stock). (various references) | |
Sranan | meki (achieve, carry out, do, make, perform), du (achieve, carry out, do, make, perform). (various references) | |
Swahili | tendo (accomplishment, achievement, action). (various references) | |
Swedish | göra (achieve, afford, be, behave, business, carry out, cause, do, give, have, make, model, perform, render, score, send, shall, task, transact, will, work), dåd (accomplishment, achievement, action, dead, deed, feat), verka (appear, look, seem, to appear, work), handling (accomplishment, achievement, acta, action, actionable, deed, document, paper, story), handla (be about, buy, conduct, deal, do business, negotiate, shop, trade, traffic, treat of), gärning (accomplishment, achievement, action, deed, work), akt (attention, ceremony, document, nude, paper), agera (play). (various references) | |
Tagalog | gawín (achieve, carry out, do, make, perform). (various references) | |
Thai | การร่วมประเวณี (coition, coitus, sex act), ฆ่าตัวตาย (Dutch act, Dutch cure, suicide). (various references) | |
Turkish | hareket (achievement, action, bearing, behavior, behaviour, conduct, demeanour, deportment, gesture, locomotion, motion, move, movement, play, setout, starting, step, stroke), amel (accomplishment, achievement, action, catharsis, diarrhea, diarrhoea, runs). (various references) | |
Turkmen | jenaяatзylyk (attack, criminal act). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | справа (affair, biz, brief, business, case, cause, deed, discipline, employ, enterprise, nevermind, point, proposition, shebang, thing, transaction), рішення (counsel, decision, decree), вчинок (action, deed, gesture, proceeding, work), закон (decree, enactment, establishment, law, lex, ordinance, statute), акт (certificate), процес (cause, operation, process), працювати (go, labor, labour, open, operate, work), постанова (decree, decretal, ordonnance, ruling), поводитися (bear oneself, behave, comport, conduct oneself, handle, treat, walk), діяти (affect, functionate, operate, proceed, run, tool, work), дія (action, deed, do, effect, operation, performance, work), діло (affair, cause, deed, employ, engagement, work), документ (chart, document, paper, source, writing). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | việc làm (ado, affair, deed, employment, job, occupation, service), nói khoe, hành vi đạo luật chứng thư hồi, hành động (action, deed, doing, turn), cử chỉ (demeanour, gesture, motion). (various references) | |
Welsh | actio, act (decree, statute), ymddwyn (behave), gwneud (achieve, do, make, perform), gweithredu (operate, work), gweithred (action, deed, work), deddf (law, statute). (various references) | |
Yucatec | metik (achieve, carry out, do, make, perform), mentik (achieve, carry out, do, make, perform), beetik (achieve, carry out, do, make, perform). (various references) | |
Zulu | -enza (achieve, carry out, do, make, perform). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | aka. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | factum. (various references) |
| Avestan | 200-600 | varez-. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | gefaran. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Romans Chapter 15, Verse 18 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Ou gar tolmhsw lalein ti wn ou kateirgasato cristoV di emou eiV upakohn eqnwn logw kai ergw |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Non enim audeo aliquid loqui eorum quae per me non effecit Christus in oboedientiam gentium verbo et factis |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Ic ne wil fandian þæt ic spece aghwæs butan þæm þe Crist hæfð geæfned þurh me þonne he lædde hæðenas þæt hi Gode gehiersumien þurh þæt þe ic hæbbe gesægd and gedon-- |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | For Y dar not speke ony thing of tho thingis, whiche Crist doith not bi me, in to obedience of hethene men, in word and dedis, |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | For I dare not speake of eny of tho thinges which Christ hath not wrought by me to make the gentyls obedient with worde and dede |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed, |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed, |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And I will keep myself from talking of anything but those things which Christ has done by me to put the Gentiles under his rule in word and in act, |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Romans Chapter 15, Verse 18 |
| Cebuano | Kay dili ko pangahasan ang paghisgot sa bisan unsa gawas lamang sa nabuhat ni Cristo pinaagi kanako sa pagdani sa mga Gentil ngadto sa pagkamasinugtanon, pinaagi sa pulong ug sa buhat, |
| Croatian | / |
| Danish | Thi jeg vil ikke driste mig til at tale om noget af det, som Kristus ikke har udført ved mig til at virke Hedningers Lydighed, ved Ord og Handling, |
| Dutch | Want ik zou niet durven iets zeggen, hetwelk Christus door mij niet gewrocht heeft, tot gehoorzaamheid der heidenen, met woorden en werken; |
| Finnish | sillä minä en rohkene puhua mistään muusta kuin siitä, mitä Kristus, saattaakseen pakanat kuuliaisiksi, on minun kauttani vaikuttanut sanalla ja teolla, |
| French | Car je n`oserais mentionner aucune chose que Christ n`ait pas faite par moi pour amener les païens à l`obéissance, par la parole et par les actes, |
| German | Denn ich wollte nicht wagen, etwas zu reden, wo dasselbe Christus nicht durch mich wirkte, die Heiden zum Gehorsam zu bringen durch Wort und Werk, |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Saya berani berbicara begitu hanya mengenai apa yang sudah dilakukan Kristus melalui saya untuk menjadikan orang-orang yang bukan Yahudi taat kepada Allah. Saya melakukan itu dengan kata-kata maupun dengan perbuatan, |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Karena tiada aku berani mengatakan barang apa pun, kecuali yang sudah diadakan oleh Kristus dengan diriku, akan menjadikan orang kafir itu penurut, dengan perkataan dan perbuatan; |
| Latvian | Jo es neiedroðinos kaut ko stâstît par to, ko Kristus caur mani nebûtu darîjis gan vârdos, gan darbos, lai vestu pagânus pie paklausîbas |
| Maori | E kore hoki ahau e maia ki te korero ki etahi mea, ko nga mea anake kua mahia e te Karaiti na roto i ahau, hei mea kia ngohengohe mai nga Tauiwi, ara na taku kupu, na taku mahi, |
| Norwegian | for jeg vil ikke driste mig til å tale om annet enn det som Kristus har virket ved mig for å føre hedningene til lydighet, ved ord og gjerning, |
| Portuguese | porque não ousarei falar de coisa alguma senão daquilo que Cristo por meu intermédio tem feito, para obediência da parte dos gentios, por palavra e por obras, |
| Rumanian | Cqci n`aw kndrqzni sq pomenesc nici un lucru, pe care sq nu -l fi fqcut Hristos prin mine, ca sq aducq Neamurile la ascultarea de El: fie prin cuvkntul meu, fie prin faptele mele, |
| Shuar | Tura Chíkich shuarjai Kristu Túramun pachischattajai. Aya wi chichasmajaisha tura wi Túramujaisha Israer-shuarchan Kristu umimtikiamia nunak áujmatsattajai. |
| Spanish | Porque no me atrevería a hablar de nada que Cristo no haya hecho por medio de mí, para la obediencia de los gentiles, por palabra y obra, |
| Swahili | Sithubutu kusema kitu kingine chochote isipokuwa tu kile ambacho Kristo Yesu amekifanya kwa kunitumia mimi ili watu wa mataifa wapate kutii. Amefanya hivyo kwa maneno na vitendo, |
| Swedish | Ty jag skall icke drista mig att orda om något annat än vad Kristus, för att göra hedningarna lydaktiga, har verkat genom mig, med ord och med gärning, |
| Uma | To ku'uli' -le, muntu' to kupobago hante baraka' Kristus Yesus hi rala tuwu' -ku. Apa' ria-ramo tauna to bela-ra to Yahudi to mengkoru-mi hi Pue' Yesus sabana petudui' -ku pai' pobago-ku, |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "act": acta, actabilities, actability, actable, acted, actin, actinal, acting, actings, actinia, actiniae, actinian, actinians, actinias, actinic, actinically, actinide, actinides, actinism, actinisms, actinium, actiniums, actinoid, actinoids, actinolite, actinolites, actinometer, actinometers, actinometric, actinometries, actinometry, actinomorphic, actinomorphies, actinomorphy, actinomyces, actinomycete, actinomycetes, actinomycetous, actinomycin, actinomycins, actinomycoses, actinomycosis, actinomycotic, actinon, actinons, actins, action, actionable, actionably, actionless, actions. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "act": abreact, abstract, artefact, artifact, attract, autodidact, bract, cataract, coact, coenact, compact, contact, contract, counteract, detract, didact, diffract, distract, enact, epact, exact, extract, fact, fluidextract, impact, inexact, infract, intact, interact, misact, nonabstract, noncontact, noncontract, nonfact, nonimpact, outact, overabstract, overact, overreact, pact, playact, postimpact, preact, precontact, preenact, protract, react, recontact, redact, reenact, refract. (additional references) | |
Words containing "act": abacterial, abreacted, abreacting, abreaction, abreactions, abreacts, abstractable, abstracted, abstractedly, abstractedness, abstractednesses, abstracter, abstracters, abstractest, abstracting, abstraction, abstractional, abstractionism, abstractionisms, abstractionist, abstractionists, abstractions, abstractive, abstractly, abstractness, abstractnesses, abstractor, abstractors, abstracts, anaphylactic, anaphylactically, anaphylactoid, anfractuosities, anfractuosity, anfractuous, antibacterial, antibacterials, anticlimactic, anticlimactical, anticlimactically, apractic, archaebacteria, archaebacterium, artefacts, artifacts, artifactual, artiodactyl, artiodactyls, atactic, ataractic, ataractics. (additional references) | |
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"Act" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aac, aacc, aat, abcd, abctg, abt, aca, acat, acca, acci, Accm, acco, accr, accs, Accu, acd, acet, Acg, Acgt, acht, aci, acit, acj, aco, Acot, Acott, acq, acr, acs, acstt, acta, Actd, acte, Actg, acth, acti, actm, acto, acttm, actu, actv, actx, acty, acu, acy, acyt, acz, adcm, adcot, aet, afc, afcf, Agcg, Agcl, Agct, ahc, aicc, Ajc, ak, akg, Akh, akm, ako, Akoto, akp, akt, akti, amc, Amcit, ancit, aot, Aqc, Arcot, Arcott, arct, Arcutt, Ascj, Ashit, Asmt, ast, asth, Astn, Atca, atco, Atq, Attf, atv, Aucctu, aut, avc, avt, Awcc, awt, axt, bct, catt, catv, dact, dakt, ec, ecd, echt, Ecv, ecw, ecz, gatc, hct, iacta, Icbt, Icsh, ict, jact, Jacta, lakt, lct, nact, Octu, Okt, qac, tct, uct, Utc, vact, xact, yact, Zctu. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "act" (pronounced a"kt) |
| 3 | a" k t | abstract, attacked, attract, backed, blacked, counterattacked, cracked, impact, detract, diffract, distract, enact, exact, extract, fact, hacked, inexact, intact, interact, jacked, lacked, overreact, packed, pact, protract, racked, react, redact, reenact, repacked, retract, sacked, slacked, smacked, stacked, subtract, tacked, tact, tracked, tract, transact, unpacked, whacked, wracked. |
| 2 | -k t | aftereffect, aqueduct, architect, abduct, abject, addict, adjunct, affect, afflict, artifact, asked, aspect, backtracked, baked, balked, banked, barked, basked, bedecked, Benedict, biked, bilked, blanked, blinked, blocked, booked, braked, bucked, byproduct, caked, chalked, checked, cheeked, choked, chucked, circumspect, clicked, cloaked, clocked, cocked, collect, compact, concoct, conduct, confect, conflict, connect, constrict, construct, contact, contract, contradict, convict, cooked, correct, counteract, cranked, creaked, critiqued, imperfect, deadlocked, debunked, decked, deconstruct, deduct, defect, deflect, defunct, deject, depict, derelict, destruct, detect, dialect, direct, disaffect, disconnect, disinfect, disliked, disrespect, dissect, distinct, district, docked, ducked, duct, dunked, earmarked, edict, effect, eject, eked, elect, embarked, erect, evict, evoked, expect, extinct, faked, flanked, flocked, flunked, forked, franked, freaked, frisked, gridlocked, handpicked, hawked, henpecked, hijacked, hiked, hoodwinked, hooked, incorrect, indirect, indistinct, induct, infect, inflect, inflict, inject, insect, inspect, instinct, instruct, intellect, interconnect, interdict, interject, interlinked, intersect, introspect, invoked, irked, jerked, joked, junked, kicked, knocked, landlocked, leaked, Licht, licked, liked, linked, locked, looked, lurked, marked. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: cat. | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-t" | |
-1 letter: at, ta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-t" | |
+1 letter: acta, acts, cant, cart, cast, cate, cats, chat, coat, fact, pact, scat, tace, tach, tack, taco, tact, talc. | |
+2 letters: aceta, acted, actin, actor, acute, aitch, antic, ascot, attic, batch, bract, cacti, cadet, canst, canto, cants, canty, caput, carat, caret, carte, carts, caste, casts, catch, cater, cates, catty, cesta, chant, chapt, chart, chats, cheat, clapt, clast, cleat, coact, coapt, coast, coati, coats, costa, cotan, cotta, craft, crate, dicta, ducat, eclat, enact, epact, exact, facet, facts, hatch, latch, match, natch, octad, octal, octan, pacts, patch, ratch, react, recta, scant, scart, scats, scatt, scuta, stack, taces, tacet, tache, tachs, tacit, tacks, tacky, tacos, tacts, talcs, taroc, teach, tecta, thack, theca, tical, trace, track, tract, triac, vatic, watch, yacht. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Sounds 10. Quotations: Familiar 11. Quotations: Historic 12. Quotations: Fiction | 13. Quotations: Non-fiction 14. Quotations: Spoken 15. Quotations: Speeches 16. Usage Frequency | 17. Names: Company Usage 18. Expressions 19. Expressions: Internet 20. Translations: Modern | 21. Translations: Ancient 22. Bible Trace 23. Abbreviations 24. Acronyms | 25. Derivations 26. Rhymes 27. Anagrams 28. Bibliography |
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