Act
Present
Present verb - To bring before the public in performance or exhibition.
Usage example: we will present a performance of Our Town tomorrow evening
Act is a synonym for present in perform topic. Sometimes you can use "Act" instead the word "Present" as a verb or a noun, if it concerns topics such as arts, performing arts.
How words are described
| good | good act | good present |
| best | best act | best present |
| original | original act | original present |
| single | single act | single present |
| Other adjectives: actual, entire, real, big, great, evil, little, bad, terrible, horrible, main, magic, ultimate, new, worst, next, last, said. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Present Absence: Hisao leaves for summer break at the end of act 3, and his absence becomes a driving force behind Aiko's actions in act 4.
Source: Fan Fic / Tomorrow's Doom - At present Panama has no standing army, instead it has the Panamanian Public Forces, who act as a national security force (police).
- It got to the point that Assassin's Creed: Unity had no scenes at all in the present day, instead being a simulation run entirely through a console by two assassins who act as Mission Control.
Source: The Chris Carter Effect
Cite this Source
Present and Act. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/act/present
Act & Present. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/act/present>.
Present or Act. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/act/present.
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