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Act As

Definitions: Act As

Act As

Verb

1. 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 As

Synonyms: act (v), play (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Act As

ContextSynonyms 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.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Act As

Specialty definitions using "act as": 2',5'-Oligoadenylate SynthetaseACCIDENT-PREVENTION-SQUAD POLICE OFFICER, Action Ex Delicto, Adenine Phosphoribosyltransferase, Adjustment to Immigrant Status, Administrative Procedure Act, adverse impact on an AQRV, Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933, Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, Agricultural Conservation Program, Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, Agricultural Trade Office, Aid to Families with Dependent Children, Alaska Native village, all savers certificate, Alternative Agricultural Research and Commercialization Corporation, ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLE, Amino Acid Chloromethyl Ketones, Amyl Nitrite, Anaphylatoxins, ANCSA, Annexin VII, ANRC, Antibiotics, Lactam, Antidepressive Agents, Appliance Standards, arm's length transaction, artist consultant, ARTIST'S MANAGER, artist's representative, Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases, atmospheric duct, Attainment area, Attorney, Solicitor, AUDIOLOGISTBacterial Translocation, BAGGAGE PORTER, HEAD, bake-hard, balanced bridge interferometer switch, balanced bridge interferometric switch, Bank for International Settlements, bank of filters, Banking Act of 1933, Baptism of Christ, BCO, beam building, BEG, begreppelen, Benzomorphans, BiCapitalisation, BiCapitalization, Bioartificial Organs, Biodiesel, bleed off, Blood Coagulation Factor Inhibitors, Booking Number, Bradyrhizobium, brain dump, Buprenorphine, business and financial counselCalcium Channel Blockers, Calcium-Binding Proteins, canons of descent, canons of inheritance, capacitor bank, Cargo Preference Act, Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act of 1983, Caribbean Basin Initiative, Castaneto, Cat Proverbs, Celiprolol, census statistical areas key person, Chemical Actions, Child Nutrition Act of 1966, CHILD SUPPORT OFFICER, Chloromercurinitrophenols, Cholic Acids, Choline Kinase, chuck block, CLAIMS ADJUDICATOR, class I area, Class I Railroad, Clean Water Act, cloud absorption, Codon, Initiator, commission of a criminal act while in a state of voluntarily-induced mental incapacity, Commodity Futures Trading Commission Act of 1974, Commodity promotion programs, Commodity Supplemental Food Program, Completed exposure pathway, Concentrated animal feeding operation, condenser bank, Confidentiality Protection, CONGRESSIONAL-DISTRICT AIDE, CONSCIENCE KEEPER, Conservation plan, Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act of 1961, contact allergic dermatitis, CONTRACT ADMINISTRATOR, Contract payments under AMTA. (references)
Etymologies containing "act as": ExaugurateIndigitationObstetrication, Opponency. (references)

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Modern Usage: Act As

DomainUsage

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)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Act As

DomainTitle

Books

  • Make It Unanimous: How To Get All To Act As One (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Act As

ThumbnailDescription & CreditThumbnailDescription & Credit

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Act As

AuthorQuotation

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: Act As

AuthorDateQuotation

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)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Act As

SubjectTopicQuote

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

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Speeches: Act As

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Jimmy Carter

1977-1981You and I will act as necessary to protect and to preserve our Nation's security.

Ronald Reagan

1981-1989We must act as individuals in a quest for excellence that will not be measured by new proposals or billions in new funding.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Expressions: Act As

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Act As

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

act as if

2

act as diuretic food that

2

act as one

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Act As

Language Translations for "act as"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaan

  

bemiddel (act as agent). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

изпълнявам длъжността. (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

(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

   

Portuguese

  

agir como, fazer o serviço de (act for). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

funcţiona în calitate de, îndeplini funcţia de. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

выступать в качестве. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

actuar de, hacer efecto. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

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)

   

Turkish

  

olarak bulunmak, görevi görmek. (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

працювати кимсь (act as smb.). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Act As

Misspellings

"Act As" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: actas. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Act As

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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.

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Alternative Orthography: Act As


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 63 74      41 73

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01100011 01110100 00100000 01000001 01110011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#99 &#116 &#32 &#65 &#115

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 0063 0074      0041 0073

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

35698623585

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INDEX

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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