Act and Institution

Act

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

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Institution and act are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Institution" instead a noun "Act".

Nearby Words: acting, acted

Institution noun - A public organization with a particular purpose or function.

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Act and institution are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Act" instead a noun "Institution".

old	old act	old institution
good	good act	good institution
similar	similar act	similar institution
certain	certain act	certain institution
Other adjectives: noble, single, actual, entire, real, successful, great, main, necessary, new, mere, said, biggest.

Even the act of putting Raymond in the institution may have been somewhat against his will.

Source: Film / Rain Man
The person it happens to, Lord Antono Refa, is a vicious Centauri who has committed horrific war crimes against the Narn, including the institution of Narn death camps and the bombing of their homeworld with asteroids, an act that was so despicable that even the Vorlons condemned it.

Source: Asshole Victim / Live-Action TV
In the UK the X-Factor has become a national institution, launching the careers of several pop stars, most notably One Direction, arguably the most successful act to ever have originated from any musical talent show, while The Voice is less successful with no stars to emerge from it.

Source: Dueling Works / Live-Action TV

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