Act
Act verb - To have a certain purpose.
Usage example: the tail feathers of woodpeckers act as props while the birds excavate tree trunks for insects
How words are described
| good | good act | good run |
| particular | particular act | particular run |
| original | original act | original run |
| single | single act | single run |
| Other adjectives: popular, small, actual, entire, real, successful, big, great, bad, main, famous, new, final, desperate, solo, next, last. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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At one point the heroes discover an abandoned Jedi-run space station that used to act as a neutral place for scientists to work, Nepis 8.
Source: Before The Dark Times - Luka uses this as an excuse to try out boy's clothing, save some girls, and act cool, while Don has to run away from some men that want Luka to work for them as a jeweler.
- In act 2, you're expected to kill Baal before he can escape his prison, but run into a giant bug called Duriel instead.
Cite this Source
Run and Act. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/act/run
Act & Run. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/act/run>.
Run or Act. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/act/run.
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