Act and Matter

Act

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

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

Nearby Words: acting, acted

Matter noun - A major object of interest or concern (as in a discussion or artistic composition).

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Act and matter are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Act" instead a noun "Matter".

Nearby Words: mattered, mattery, mattering

good	good act	good matter
physical	physical act	physical matter
particular	particular act	particular matter
similar	similar act	similar matter
Other adjectives: simple, small, actual, entire, real, great, little, main, criminal, new, minor, mere.

power	act power	matter power
people	act people	matter people
role	act role	matter role
kind	act kind	matter kind
Other words: turn, time, bit, little, damage, hell, roles.

No matter what the results or consequences of such an act would be, just the act of doing it was her motivation.

Source: Screwy Squirrel
Also, Orsino is introduced in the end of the second act, has a few scenes in the third act before going One-Winged Angel and getting killed by Hawke in the finale no matter what decisions you made.

Source: We Hardly Knew Ye
At this point, PJ responds by reciting a poem about how nobody notices fat people no matter how they act.

Source: Insecure Love Interest

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