act a part

act Verb

— &; If you act in some way, you do something that makes people think you are that way. When he must do something, he acts quickly. Don't do anything strange. Just act normal. She acted the fool when she saw him. — If you act, you perform in a film or a play. Daniel Radcliffe acts in the Harry Potter films.

act Noun

— Something done, a deed. Going into the house on fire to help a child was a brave act. — An act is a law made by the government. The UK's Freedom of Information Act was passed in 2004. It lets people ask questions of the government. — An act is when you do something to make people believe something other than the truth. Susan seems nice, but it's all an act. — An act is a part of a play, opera, ballet, musical, film, or other theatrical piece. An act is sometimes divided into scenes. The curtain comes down at the end of each act.

a Determinative

— A is used when the following word could be any of a certain type. Compare "A book I saw on the shelf" and "The book I gave you yesterday".

a Noun

— A is the first letter of the alphabet. The letter "a" comes before "b". — In some schools, an A is a very high grade. Ron got an A on his earth science test.

part Noun

— A part of something is one piece of it or a small amount of it. As a part of this team, you need to come to practice regularly. Part of the page was gone, so I couldn't read it. I don't have the right part to fix your computer, but we've ordered it.

part Verb

— If A and B part, they were together and now they are not. My wife and I parted after our son died. We didn't want to part with the house, but we had to sell it. He parted the leaves and looked up at the bird.