act
- noun
- /ækt/
- Formal
- And the Clean Air Act grew out of that.
- pass an act
- legislative act
- provisions of the act
This is from the Espionage Act Arrest Kushner.
- This is from the Espionage Act Arrest Kushner.
- But I don't think the Affordable Care Act as such will be OK.
- Martin Luther King, the Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act.
- It is called the Credit Card Competition Act, AKA the Big Box bill.
- So the what what Hassan said in Patriot Act is right.
- So I've forgotten what what year the OSTP Act, Authorization Act actually passed.
Examples
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So what are the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect IP Act?
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The "no child left behind" act would now hold states accountable for not having students who met minimum education requirements.
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And of course the Climate Change Act even tried to do that.
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There was the Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act.
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This is the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act, the STOCK Act.
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Instead, the Court struck down the act due to the Equal Protection Clause.
Academic text (2017) -
It was the first act to protect consumers.
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In 1985, Parliament amended the act to remove more than 100 years of legislated gender discrimination.
Fiction book (2002) -
As early as 1883, the legislature in Maine passed an act allowing the artificial propagation of lobsters.
Academic text (1999) -
The Environmental Protection Act was essential for regulating pollution in our country.
Synonyms
A written law made by a country's lawmakers that people must follow
A law that a government approves and puts into effect
A law passed by a parliament or congress
Idioms
- Offensive
To behave in a greedy and messy way, often when eating with others
- Offensive
Behave in a very dramatic, demanding way to get special treatment
- Informal
To be organized, prepared, and able to manage tasks and problems
- Offensive
To wait for someone else to have a problem so you can gain from it
- Offensive
Behave loudly and show off, for example by shouting or flashing money in Britain
- Offensive
To behave loudly and show off to impress other people in an annoying way
- Offensive
To behave rudely and foolishly in a way that annoys or embarrasses people
- Offensive
Behave in a sad, lonely way that makes you look awkward with other people
- Offensive
Behave in a very rude and thoughtless way that upsets other people
- Offensive
To behave in a silly way without thinking when nervous or tired
- Offensive
Behave in a rude, annoying, and foolish way toward other people
Compounds
- Informal
A situation of managing two or more important things at the same time, like work and family
- Specialized
A natural event like a flood or earthquake that cannot be prevented by people
- NSFW
Planned violent action to make people afraid for political, religious or other ideas
- NSFW
A violent act against ordinary people to frighten others for political, religious or other beliefs
- Informal
A situation where a person manages several important tasks at once, often with difficulty
A United States law that requires courts to approve spying on foreign people or groups
- Formal
A U.S. federal law that punishes organized crime and lets authorities seize money and property
A law that puts a paid official stamp on newspapers and legal papers in the American colonies which causes protests
A United States law that makes workplaces safer by setting safety rules and making sure employers follow them
United States law from 1970 used to fight organized crime by giving stronger punishments
- Formal
Former US law that let manufacturers require shops to sell goods at a minimum price
- Offensive
A nickname for a law that extends copyright to help large media companies like Disney
- UK
A former English law that required crowds to leave when a local official read a formal announcement
How Broad
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Act comes from the Latin agere, meaning 'to do', so an Act is something formally 'done' by a government or parliament; that's why laws are called Acts.