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Definitions: Act As |
Act AsVerb1. Function as or act like; "This heap of stones will act a s a barrier". 2. Pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind; "He acted the idiot"; "She plays deaf when the news are bad". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Act AsSynonyms: act (v), play (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Dissuasion | Disincline, indispose, shake, stagger; dispirit; discourage, dishearten; deter; repress, hold back, keep back; (restrain); render averse; repel; turn aside; (deviation); wean from; act as a drag; (hinder); throw cold water on, damp, cool, chill, blunt, calm, quiet, quench; deprecate. |
Hindrance | Thwart, frustrate, disconcert, balk, foil; faze, feaze, feeze; baffle, snub, override, circumvent; defeat; spike guns; (render useless); spoil, mar, clip the wings of; cripple; (injure); put an extinguisher on; damp; dishearten; (dissuade); discountenance, throw cold water on, spoil sport; lay a wet blanket, throw a wet blanket on; cut the ground from under one, take the wind out of one's sails, undermine; be in the way of, stand in the way of; act as a drag; hang like a millstone round one's neck. |
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Screenplays | Mr. Lebowski is prepared to make a generous offer to you to act as courier, once we get instructions for the money. (The Big Lebowski; writing credit: Ethan Coen; Joel Coen) Your objection's been recorded. She typed it into her little machine over there. It's on the record. So now I'll proceed with my deposition of my witness. Does it act as a drug? (The Insider; writing credit: Eric Roth) Damn it, you act as if you're in kindergarten! (Wait Until Dark; writing credit: Frederick Knott; Robert Howard-Carrington) The idea being that each army would act as each other's deterrent. (Blackadder Goes Forth; writing credit: Richard Curtis; Ben Elton) | |
Lyrics | Would act as if you're cool with me ("Whatchulookinat"; performing artist: Whitney Houston) | |
Clever | Pray as if everything depended on God; act as if everything depended on yourself! (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Act As If (2002) | |
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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. | Pictured is an ear of corn, the kernels are varied in color. Researchers suggest that retroviruses have additional stretches of DNA that act as switches, turning on genes when inserted next to them in the cell's chromosomes. Similar activation of genes causes the variation in pigmentation of these corn kernels.Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer). | ||
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. | ![]() | 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). |
![]() | Hammond, Ind., 1942(?), six men inspecting and painting 155 mm. shells at the Pullman Standard Car Plant where freight cars were formerly made--Discs being screwed on shell nose (right foreground) act as wheels to keep them rolling in straight line on pro.Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Throughout Texas there are auto travel bureaus in the main towns, which act as brokers for passengers and drivers wanting to share expense of travel. Sign in Harlingen, Texas.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Abraham Lincoln | When I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees. |
Author Unknown | Act as though you cannot fail but keep a humble spirit. |
Blaise Pascal | The multitude which is not brought to act as a unity, is confusion. That unity which has not its origin in the multitude is tyranny. |
Buddha | A wise man, recognizing that the world is but an illusion, does not act as if it is real, so he escapes the suffering. |
Immanuel Kant | Act as if the maxim of your action were to become through your will a be general natural law. |
William James | I will act as if what I do makes a difference. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | And therefore the people, when the legislative is once constituted, having, in such a government as we have been speaking of, no power to act as long as the government stands; this inconvenience is thought incapable of a remedy. (Second Treatise of Government) |
US Constitution | 1791 | Clause 6: In Case of the Removal of the President from Office, or of his Death, Resignation, or Inability to discharge the Powers and Duties of the said Office, (See Note 9) the Same shall devolve on the VicePresident, and the Congress may by Law provide for the Case of Removal, Death, Resignation or Inability, both of the President and Vice President, declaring what Officer shall then act as President, and such Officer shall act accordingly, until the Disability be removed, or a President shall be elected. (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) |
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) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | The Chairman will act as the executive of the Commission. (reference) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | The kidneys act as filters to clean the blood. (references) | |
Nicotine can act as both a stimulant and a sedative. (references) | ||
The cornea and lens in the eye act as the camera lens. (references) | ||
Business | However, some brands have exclusive agents who also act as wholesalers. (references) | |
Of those 100 companies, 36 act as agents and two are consultant offices. (references) | ||
Department stores also act as distributors of fabrics at the retail level. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Poland | Human rights organizations generally view the Aliens Act as positive. (references) |
Russia | As a result of this financial dependence, the media's autonomy and its ability to act as a watchdog remained weak. (references) | |
Azerbaijan | Registration enables a religious organization to maintain a bank account, rent property, and generally act as a legal entity. (references) | |
Economic History | Kenya | Wholesalers often also act as retailers. (references) |
Bulgaria | Both act as East-West transport corridor gateways of Bulgaria. (references) | |
Thailand | In this channel importers tend to act as wholesalers at the same time. (references) | |
Human Rights | Sierra Leone | Frequently commanders also had boys act as bodyguards. (references) |
Italy | Judges can either act as prosecuting attorneys or preside at trials. (references) | |
Angola | The judge and two lay persons elected by the full court act as the jury. (references) | |
Political Economy | Sudan | Foreign observer groups chose not to act as election observers. (references) |
SOUTH AFRICA | Commercial banks act as authorized dealers of foreign exchange on behalf of the SARB. (references) | |
VENEZUELA | The government formed COMANPI in July 1996 to act as an enforcement arm of the National Copyright Office. (references) | |
Political Rights | Swaziland | Chiefs are an integral part of society and act as overseers or guardians of families within the communities and traditionally report directly to the king. (references) |
Comoros | The Congress agreed on a constitution in which Azali would remain Head of State, but daily government administration would be handled by the civilian Prime Minister and the Council of State, which would act as both a legislature and constituent assembly. (references) | |
Trade | Czech Rep | A lack of consistency in the application of customs norms can also act as a non-tariff barrier. (references) |
Travel | Russia | The U.S. Embassy and Consulates cannot act as a sponsor. (references) |
Women | Iceland | It is also illegal to act as an intermediary in the sale or procurement of sex. (references) |
Malaysia | However, women's groups criticized the act as inadequate and called for amendments to strengthen it. In their view, the act fails to protect women in immediate danger by requiring separate reports of abuse to be filed with both the Welfare Department and the police. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Azerbaijan | Traffickers either may be foreigners or ethnic Azerbaijanis who act as middlemen for large trafficking syndicates headquartered abroad. (references) |
Pakistan | The right of industrial workers to organize and freely elect representatives to act as collective bargaining agents is established in law. (references) | |
Cuba | Established official labor organizations have a mobilization function and do not act as trade unions, promote worker rights, or protect the right to strike. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | MORAL, adj. Conforming to a local and mutable standard of right. Having the quality of general expediency. It is sayd there be a raunge of mountaynes in the Easte, on one syde of the which certayn conducts are immorall, yet on the other syde they are holden in good esteeme; wherebye the mountayneer is much conveenyenced, for it is given to him to goe downe eyther way and act as it shall suite his moode, withouten offence. Gooke's Meditations |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | You and I will act as necessary to protect and to preserve our Nation's security. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | We must act as individuals in a quest for excellence that will not be measured by new proposals or billions in new funding. |
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Expressions using "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 ♦ To act as. Additional references. | |
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| 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 |
act as if | 2 |
act as diuretic food that | 2 |
act as one | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "act as"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaan | bemiddel (act as agent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | изпълнявам длъжността. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 為 (because of, for, take...to be, to, to be, to become, to do, to serve as). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | zastupovat koho (act as smb.'s deputy), tlumoèit (act as interpreter, convey, interpret), dìlat komu prùvodce (act as smb.'s guide). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | autorisation af engrosdistributør (entitled to act as wholesaler), være i besiddelse af en fuldmagt (to be empowered to act as a representative), optræde som reassurandør (to act as reinsurer), optræde som genforsikrer (to act as reinsurer), optræde som garant på tredjemands vegne (to act as a guarantor on behalf of third parties), kautionere for (to act as surety, to be someone's guarantor, to go bail for, to go surety, to guarantee, to secure, to stand security, to stand surely to, to stand surety), give møde i varemærkesager (to act as a representative in trade mark matters), garantere emissionen (to act as standby underwriter for an issue, to guarantee the placing of the issue, to sub-underwrite an issue, to underwrite an issue), gå i kaution for (to act as surety, to be someone's guarantor, to go bail for, to go surety, to guarantee, to secure, to stand security, to stand surely to, to stand surety), fungere som trykbaerende system (to act as pressure containment), et vidnes eller en sagkyndigs uegnethed (not competent to act as witness or expert). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | optreden als. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | peri (act as agent), patroni (act as patron), makleri (act as a middleman). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | ganga ímillum (act as agent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | asettaa vakuus (to act as surety, to be someone's guarantor, to go bail for, to go surety, to guarantee, to secure, to stand security, to stand surely to, to stand surety), välittää (act as an intermediary, arrange supply, care, connect, convey, mediate, mind, negotiate, pay attention, provide, relay, transmit), toimia välittäjänä (act as a go-between), toimia takaajana (to act as surety, to be someone's guarantor, to go bail for, to go surety, to guarantee, to secure, to stand security, to stand surely to, to stand surety), olla jonkun sijaisena (act as a person's substitute, deputize), isännöidä (act as host, be in charge, be the master), hoitaa jonkun viransijaisuutta (act as a substitute for), emännöidä (act as a hostess, keep house, manage the household). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | agir en qualité de mandataire en matière de marques (to act as a representative in trade mark matters), agir en qualité de réassureur (to act as reinsurer), autorisation de grossiste (entitled to act as wholesaler), agir en qualité de mandataire agréé (act as the professional representative), jouer le rôle d'enceinte de confinement (to act as pressure containment), cautionner (to act as surety), ces risques sont en quelque sorte la contrepartie de la règle libérale de l'article 9 (the risks act as a sort of counterbalance to the very generous rule contained in Article 9), donner caution (to act as surety), donner garantie (to act as surety), en vue d'assurer la cohérence des activités communautaires et la continuité du travail, les ministres des Affaires étrangères, en Conseil de la Communauté, sont chargés d'un rôle d'impulsion et de coordination (in order to ensure consistency in Community activities and continuity of work, will act as initiators and co-ordinators), faire le courtage (act as a middleman), fournir une caution (to act as surety), incapacité d'un témoin ou d'un expert (not competent to act as witness or expert), sur la base de l'Acte final ainsi que des autres documents pertinents adoptés au cours du processus de la CSCE (on the basis of the Final Act as well as of the other relevant documents adopted during the process of the CSCE), loi ainsi modifée (act as amended/the), parmi les espèces indicatrices de la contamination du milieu, en raison de leur pouvoir élevé de concentration des radioéléments, on peut mentionner les algues corallines et les ascidies (act as indicators of the environmental contamination may be mentioned the coral alga and the ascidium), posséder un pouvoir de représentation (to be empowered to act as a representative), procurer (acquire, act as agent, activate), se porter caution (to act as surety), se porter caution pour (to act as surety), se porter garant (to act as surety), se porter garant pour le compte de tiers (to act as a guarantor on behalf of third parties), se rendre caution (to act as surety), se rendre garant (to act as surety), garantir la bonne fin de l'émission (to act as standby underwriter for an issue). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | ausgleichen (act as a mediator, balance, balance out, balancing, compensate, equalize, even out, fund, iron out, join, level off, level out, level up, link-up, make good, make up, offset, reconcile, settle, steady, to balance, to compensate, to equilibrate, to smooth, to smoothe, to square), als Druckeinschluss wirken (to act as pressure containment), als Rückversicherer fungieren (to act as reinsurer), als schiedsrichter fungieren (act as umpire, umpire), als zugelassener Vertreter auftreten (act as the professional representative), anreizen (abet, act as an incentive, encourage, excite, incite, provoke, rouse, stimulate, stir up), auf Grundlage der Schlussakte sowie anderer einschlaegiger, waehrend des von der Konferenz ueber Sicherheit und Zusammenarbeit in Europa eingeleiteten Prozesses angenommener Dokumente (on the basis of the Final Act as well as of the other relevant documents adopted during the process of the CSCE), als Bürge auftreten (to act as surety, to be someone's guarantor, to go bail for, to go surety, to guarantee, to secure, to stand security, to stand surely to, to stand surety), diese Risiken sind gewissermaßen die Kehrseite des liberalen Grundsatzes in Artikel 9 (the risks act as a sort of counterbalance to the very generous rule contained in Article 9), die Vertretung auf dem Gebiet des Markenwesens ausüben (to act as a representative in trade mark matters), bevormunden (to act as guardian for, to domineer over, to patronize, treat like a child), Bürgschaft leisten (accept guaranty, to act as surety, to be someone's guarantor, to go bail for, to go surety, to guarantee, to secure, to stand security, to stand surely to, to stand surety), für die Emission garantieren (to act as standby underwriter for an issue, to guarantee the placing of the issue, to sub-underwrite an issue, to underwrite an issue), bürgen (approve, bailsmen, guarantee, to act as surety, to back up, to be someone's guarantor, to go bail for, to go surety, to guarantee, to secure, to stand security, to stand surely to, to stand surety, vouch for, warrant, warrantors), für Dritte als Bürge einstehen (to act as a guarantor on behalf of third parties), Bürgschaft übernehmen (to act as surety, to be someone's guarantor, to go bail for, to go surety, to guarantee, to secure, to stand security, to stand surely to, to stand surety), Sicherheit leisten (to act as surety, to be someone's guarantor, to go bail for, to go surety, to guarantee, to secure, to stand security, to stand surely to, to stand surety), zu den Arten, die wegen ihrer ausgepraegten Faehigkeit, radioaktive Substanzen anzureichern, als Indikatoren der Umweltverseuchung dienen koennen, gehoeren die Kieselalgen und Seescheiden - Aszidien (act as indicators of the environmental contamination may be mentioned the coral alga and the ascidium, amongst the species which, because of their strong radioelement concentration power), Vertretungsmacht besitzen (to be empowered to act as a representative), vermitteln (act as agent, arbitrate, arrange, conciliate, connect, convey, find, give, impart, intercede, interfere, match, match-make, mediate, negotiate, place, procure, provide, put across, put through, switching, to conciliate, to intercede, to interfere), Unfähigkeit eines Zeugen oder Sachverständigen (not competent to act as witness or expert), um den Zusammenhang der Gemeinschaftstaetigkeiten und die Kontinuitaet der Arbeit zu gewaehrleisten, werden die Aussenminister als Rat der Gemeinschaft mit einer impulsgebenden und koordinierenden Rolle betraut (in order to ensure consistency in Community activities and continuity of work, meeting in the Council of the Community, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, will act as initiators and co-ordinators), einen Bürgen stellen (to act as surety, to be someone's guarantor, to go bail for, to go surety, to guarantee, to secure, to stand security, to stand surely to, to stand surety), spitzeln (act as an informer, police spies, spy), zur verstärkung dienen (act as a booster), sich verbürgen (guarantee, to act as surety, to be someone's guarantor, to go bail for, to go surety, to guarantee, to secure, to stand security, to stand surely to, to stand surety, vouch), schlichten (act as umpire, arbitrate, arrange, coat, dress, dressing, finish turning, finishing, heal, mediate, paint, reconcile, settle, sizing, slashing, smooth, umpire, wash), maklern (act as a middleman, brokers), gutsagen (to act as surety, to be someone's guarantor, to go bail for, to go surety, to guarantee, to secure, to stand security, to stand surely to, to stand surety), Gewähr übernehmen (to act as surety, to be someone's guarantor, to go bail for, to go surety, to guarantee, to secure, to stand security, to stand surely to, to stand surety), Genehmigung als Großhändler (entitled to act as wholesaler), tätig sein als (to act as). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | έχω πληρεξουσιότητα (to be empowered to act as a representative), μεταξύ των ειδών που αποτελούν δείκτες της μόλυνσης του περιβάλλοντος χάρη στην ικανότητά τους να συσσωρεύουν ραδιενεργά στοιχεία,είναι τ (act as indicators of the environmental contamination may be mentioned the coral alga and the ascidium), ενεργώ ως πληρεξούσιος σε θέματα σημάτων (to act as a representative in trade mark matters), ενεργώ ως αντασφαλιστής (to act as reinsurer), άδεια σε φορέα μαζικής διάθεσης (entitled to act as wholesaler), ανικανότητα μάρτυρα ή πραγματογνώμονα (not competent to act as witness or expert), το επενεργείν ως προστατευτικό περίβλημα έναντι πιέσεως (to act as pressure containment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | לשרת (fill an office, officiate, serve, wait on). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | véletlenre bízza magát (to act as chance directs), tolmácsol (interpret, to act as interpreter, to interpret), tolmácsként működik (to act as interpreter), titkárként működik (to act as secretary), titkári szerepkört tölt be (to act as secretary), titkári minőségben jár el (to act as secretary), szűrőként szerepel (to act as a filter, to function as a filter), megfékez vmit (to act as a check on sg, to put a check on sg), apaként cselekszik (to act as a father). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | agire in qualit di riassicuratore (to act as reinsurer), agire quale mandatario in materia di marchi (to act as a representative in trade mark matters), assumere garanzia (to act as surety, to be someone's guarantor, to go bail for, to go surety, to guarantee, to secure, to stand security, to stand surely to, to stand surety), autorizzazione come grossista (entitled to act as wholesaler), avallare per conto terzi (to act as a guarantor on behalf of third parties), Agire come contenimento della pressione (to act as pressure containment), garantire (assure, avouch, ensure, guarantee, guaranty, insure, secure, sponsor, to act as surety, to be someone's guarantor, to go bail for, to go surety, to guarantee, to secure, to stand security, to stand surely to, to stand surety, undertake, underwrite, vouch, vouch for, vouchsafe, warrant), disporre del potere di rappresentanza (to be empowered to act as a representative), fra le specie indicatrici della contaminazione dell'ambiente, dato l'alto potere di concentrazione dei radioelementi, si possono citare le alghe coralline e gli ascidiacei (act as indicators of the environmental contamination may be mentioned the coral alga and the ascidium, amongst the species which, because of their strong radioelement concentration power), sulla base dell'Atto Finale nonché degli altri documenti pertinenti adottati durante il processo della CSCE (on the basis of the Final Act as well as of the other relevant documents adopted during the process of the CSCE), garantire il buon esito dell'emissione (to act as standby underwriter for an issue, to guarantee the placing of the issue, to sub-underwrite an issue, to underwrite an issue), incapacit di un testimone o di un perito (not competent to act as witness or expert), portarsi garante (to act as surety, to be someone's guarantor, to go bail for, to go surety, to guarantee, to secure, to stand security, to stand surely to, to stand surety), presiedere (act as chairman of, be at the head of, preside), prestare fideiussione (to act as surety, to be someone's guarantor, to go bail for, to go surety, to guarantee, to secure, to stand security, to stand surely to, to stand surety), prestare garanzia (to act as surety, to be someone's guarantor, to go bail for, to go surety, to guarantee, to secure, to stand security, to stand surely to, to stand surety), rendersi garante (to act as surety, to be someone's guarantor, to go bail for, to go surety, to guarantee, to secure, to stand security, to stand surely to, to stand surety), farsi garante (to act as surety, to be someone's guarantor, to go bail for, to go surety, to guarantee, to secure, to stand security, to stand surely to, to stand surety). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 議長'務める (to act as chairman), 取り次ぐ (to act as an agent for, to announce, to convey), 差配 (act as an owner's agent, agency, charge, management), 仲に入る (to act as an intermediary). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ぎちょう'つとめる (to act as chairman), なかにはいる (to act as an intermediary), さはい (act as an owner's agent, agency, charge, management), とりつぐ (to act as an agent for, to announce, to convey). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | actay asay agir como, fazer o serviço de (act for). (various references) funcţiona în calitate de, îndeplini funcţia de. (various references) выступать в качестве. (various references) actuar de, hacer efecto. (various references) ställa borgen (to act as surety, to be someone's guarantor, to go bail for, to go surety, to guarantee, to secure, to stand security, to stand surely to, to stand surety), inneha fullmakt att handla som ombud (to be empowered to act as a representative), gå i borgen (to act as surety, to be someone's guarantor, to go bail for, to go surety, to guarantee, to secure, to stand security, to stand surely to, to stand surety). (various references) olarak bulunmak, görevi görmek. (various references) працювати кимсь (act as smb.). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Act As" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: actas. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-s-t" | |
-1 letter: acta, acts, casa, cast, cats, scat. | |
-2 letters: aas, act, cat, sac, sat, tas. | |
-3 letters: aa, as, at, ta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-s-t" | |
+1 letter: carats, casita, sancta. | |
+2 letters: acetals, amtracs, astatic, ataxics, attacks, caftans, canasta, capstan, captans, carates, caritas, caseate, casitas, cassata, catalos, catenas, catnaps, catspaw, caveats, coastal, cravats, datchas, exactas, lactams, lactase, ostraca, patacas, sacaton, saccate, satanic, tambacs, tarmacs, vacates. | |
+3 letters: abreacts, abstract, acanthus, accusant, acetates, acrobats, actinias, actuates, acylates, alcahest, amtracks, analects, antacids, aplastic, apostacy, aquatics, archaist, atamasco, attaches, attracts, backcast, backseat, backstab, backstay, basaltic, bearcats, cabalist, cabarets, cabresta, cabstand, cadaster, cadastre, cajaputs, calathos, calathus, callants, caltraps, camshaft, canastas, cantalas, cantatas, cantinas, cantraps, capitals, capstans, captains, cartages, caseated, caseates, casemate, cassatas, castable, castanet, castaway, castrate, castrati, castrato, casualty, catalase, cataloes, catalogs, catalpas, catalyst, catarrhs, catawbas, catboats, catcalls, catclaws, caterans, catfaces, catfalls, catheads, catspaws, cattails, cattalos, catwalks, caudates, chapatis, chateaus, citharas, claustra, cutaways, cyanates, escalate, estancia, fanatics, fasciate, fastback, fatbacks, flatcaps, flatcars, fractals, hatracks, haystack, jackstay, katcinas, lactases, lactates, lacteals, oatcakes, peacoats, placates, playacts, postcava, sabbatic, sacatons, sagacity, salacity, santalic, scatback, schemata, sciatica, seacoast, seacraft, staccati, staccato, stanzaic, statical, stoccata, swastica, tapiocas, taxicabs, teacakes, teacarts, toccatas, tracheas, tramcars, transact, zacatons. | |
+4 letters: abdicates, abstracts, accusants, acerbates, acetamids, achromats, acierates, acquaints, acrylates, actinians, activates, actuaries, actuators, acutances, advocates, alcahests, allocates, analcites, analytics, anapestic, anarchist, ancestral, anelastic, antalgics, anthraces, arcatures, archaists, aromatics, artefacts, artifacts, ascendant, ascertain, ascetical, ascorbate, aspectual, asphaltic, associate, asthmatic, atamascos, ataraxics, atavistic, attachers, attackers, autacoids, autocades, autocrats, baccarats, bacchants, backbeats, backcasts, backchats, backdates, backseats, backstabs, backstage, backstays, backtalks, bacterias, bicoastal, botanicas, broadcast, cabalists, cabotages, cabrestas, cabrettas, cabstands, cachalots, cadasters, cadastral, cadastres, calamints, calamites, calctufas, califates, calyptras, camshafts, cantharis, cantraips, canulates, capablest, caponatas, carcanets, caretakes, caritases, cartloads, caryatids, caseating, caseation, caseinate, casemates, castanets, castaways, castellan, castigate, castrated, castrates, castrator, castratos, cataclysm, catacombs, catalases, catalepsy, catalexes, catalexis, catalyses, catalysis, catalysts, catalyzes, catamites, cataplasm, catapults, cataracts, catchalls, catenates, catharses, catharsis, cathedras, catnapers, cattaloes, cattleyas, causality, causation, causative, cavatinas, caveators, cavitates, cetaceans, chantages, chapaties, chapattis, chappatis, chaquetas, chatchkas, chiasmata, claimants, claptraps, classmate, claustral, coastland, coastward, coatracks, coattails, crabmeats, craftsman, craniates, crustacea, czaritzas, dadaistic, dalmatics, diastatic, dramatics, emaciates, escalated, escalates, escalator, estancias, evacuants, evacuates, excavates, fantastic, fasciated, fascinate, fastbacks, galactose, glaciates, haematics, handcarts, hardtacks, hatchways, haystacks, hepaticas, jackstays, jackstraw, jaculates, kamacites, katchinas, lacerates, laitances, leachates, macerates, maculates, marcasite, masticate, maxicoats, miasmatic, oceanauts, pancettas, parasitic, placaters, placentas, plasmatic, postcavae, postcaval, racemates, racialist, radicates, raincoats, rascality, reactants, reattacks, sabbatics, sacculate, sacrament, sacristan, sanctuary, sarcastic, sarcomata, sasquatch, satirical, sauceboat, scapegoat, scatbacks, sciaticas, scotomata, seacoasts, seacrafts, sectarian, staccatos, stackable, stagnancy, staircase, stoccatas, sugarcoat, swasticas, tailbacks, tailcoats, tailraces, tamaracks, thalassic, theriacas, trachomas, trackages, trackways, tractates, transacts, vacations, varactors, vicarates, waistcoat, warcrafts, watchcase, yachtsman. | |
| 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. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 63 74      41 73 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01100011 01110100 00100000 01000001 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A c t   A s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0063 0074      0041 0073 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)35698623585 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Quotations: Familiar 8. Quotations: Historic | 9. Quotations: Non-fiction 10. Quotations: Speeches 11. Expressions 12. Expressions: Internet | 13. Translations: Modern 14. Derivations 15. Anagrams 16. Orthography | 17. Bibliography |
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