to act out
24
3.7
- phrasal verb
- /ækt aʊt/
:
representar
- But I made them act out my parents divorce.
- act out the scene
- act out the story
- act out a movie role
I would act out things in our front yard.
- I would act out things in our front yard.
- Then in sandals, you proceeded to act out hitting an elephant.
- The actors either act out scenes from the Bible or they act out scenes using these.
- We're going to watch people act out life.
- Let's go down that road and act out what that would look like.
- The more you act out the proposition that it's good, the better it gets.
- Well, I'm like, we're all like, we're sitting here like trying to like act this out.
- And then the real person underneath is just desperate and and unhappy because nothing of what's being acted out reflects a true underlying reality.
- That means I have to be way more thoughtful about how I craft my words, how I act things out so people go, oh, I totally get that.
- I'm just a guy who writes words down and sometimes raps them or sings them or acts them out in a scene.
- We have different genres of literature, and we don't always have to act them out.
- Because I had something for us to just act out movie line.
Examples
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Students were asked to act out the grumpy bear's feelings, which helped this boy tremendously.
Academic text (2013) -
I would act out things in our front yard.
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Let's go down that road and act out what that would look like.
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Their assignment may be to act out how the music makes them feel.
Academic text (2003) -
Possible solutions were listed on the board and then acted out by the children.
Academic text (1991) -
Many of her assignments were interactive and required students to act out scenes in Spanish and create projects in Spanish.
Academic text (2013) -
When children are retelling a story, or better yet, acting it out, the story is "lived through" yet again.
Academic text (1998) -
It's an opportunity to act out adult roles, and it can shape attitudes that are carried into adulthood.
Academic text (2010) -
Ewald helped schoolchildren in Chiapas act out and photograph their dreams and fantasies.
Fiction book (1995) -
The teacher asked the students to act out their favorite scenes from the book during class.
Synonyms
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1.0
Act as a character in a stage show, film, or TV show
583
2.7
To entertain people by singing, acting, or dancing
375
2.1
Perform a role in a play, film, or show
36
3.0
To act as a character in a play or as someone in a real situation
27
4.8
To act out a scene in front of people, like in a play
22
4.4
Act out a past event again for people to watch or learn from
4
2.9
Act as if you are someone or something imaginary
2
6.7
To pretend to be a person in a story on stage or with friends
2
6.1
To act out a scene to practice or show how something happens
2
4.7
Act as a character in a play or drama
How Dramatic
Surface Forms
Morphology
The core idea of expressing behaviour outwardly is derivable from 'act' (to behave) + 'out' (outward), so a learner could infer that it involves behaving in a visible/external way. However, the specific nuance that this behaviour expresses emotions (often negative) and is inappropriate or a substitute for verbal expression is not fully predictable from the parts, and particle meanings with 'out' vary, so a B1 learner would likely only partially infer the full meaning without prior exposure.
Etymology
Act out comes from the theater: to act something out means to show it by playing the scene on stage. So it now means 'to perform or show a situation or feeling', as in role-play.