English Dictionary

act

IPA（発音記号）

/ækt/

名詞

可算名詞 廃用 不可算名詞 略語 別表記 省略

(countable) Something done, a deed. / (obsolete, uncountable) Actuality. / (theology) Something done once and for all, as distinguished from a work.

日本語の意味

行為、できごと / （旧用法）現実、実在 / （神学）一度限りで決定的な行為

Helping the neighbors clean up after the storm was a kind act.

嵐の後、近所の人たちの片付けを手伝うことは親切な行いだった。

意味（1）

(countable) Something done, a deed.

an act of goodwill

意味（2）

(obsolete, uncountable) Actuality.

The seeds of plants are not at first in act, but in possibility, what they afterward grow to be.

意味（3）

(theology) Something done once and for all, as distinguished from a work.

意味（4）

(law, countable) A product of a legislative body, a statute.

But was it responsible governance to pass the Longitude Act without other efforts to protect British seamen? Or might it have been subterfuge—a disingenuous attempt to shift attention away from the realities of their life at sea.

意味（5）

The process of doing something.

He was caught in the act of stealing.

意味（6）

(countable) A formal or official record of something done.

意味（7）

(countable, drama) A division of a theatrical performance.

“H'm !” he said, “so, so—it is a tragedy in a prologue and three acts. I am going down this afternoon to see the curtain fall for the third time on what … will prove a good burlesque ; but it all began dramatically enough. It was last Saturday […] that two boys, playing in the little spinney just outside Wembley Park Station, came across three large parcels done up in American cloth. […]”

意味（8）

(countable) A performer or performers in a show.

Which act did you prefer? The soloist or the band?

意味（9）

(countable) Any organized activity.

The minute you let it be known you're planning a sales campaign everybody wants to get into the act.

意味（10）

(countable) A display of behaviour.

意味（11）

A thesis maintained in public, in some English universities, by a candidate for a degree, or to show the proficiency of a student.

意味（12）

(countable) A display of behaviour meant to deceive.

to put on an act

意味（13）

(law) Ellipsis of act of parliament.

acts （ plural ）