Act and Direction

Act

Act noun - A performance regularly presented by an individual or group.

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Direction and act are semantically related. in law topic. In some cases you can use "Direction" instead a noun "Act".

Nearby Words: acting, acted

Direction noun - A statement of what to do that must be obeyed by those concerned.

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Act and direction are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Act" instead a noun "Direction".

Nearby Words: direct, directed, directly, director, directive

good	good act	good direction
musical	musical act	musical direction
best	best act	best direction
particular	particular act	particular direction
Other adjectives: similar, certain, original, single, actual, entire, real, little, bad, new, random, last.

Vorenus goes in the opposite direction due to his personal disgraces, but eventually he gets his act together.

Source: Series / Rome
In the screenplay for Dead Man's Chest, a "Cheshire grin" is mentioned in Jack's direction during a particularly loathsome act of betrayal.

Source: Cheshire Cat Grin
Arie Temmes, who brags about his act of resistance during World War Two, while he actually did nothing else besides telling a German officer the wrong direction to the station.

Source: Attention Whore / Live-Action TV

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