act out
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
- dashed outline: no word in this language
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
represent an incident, state, or emotion by action, especially on stage
She could act neurotic anxiety
Types & categories
- act hypernym
Sense 2 verb
act out; represent or perform as if in a play
She reenacted what had happened earlier that day
Types & categories
- act hypernym
Related & opposite
- portrayal derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | act |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | portrayal |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | act |