to enact

Examples

• All

• Enact the age-old drama of self-preservation.

  Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)

• And you get to then embody and enact in this world.

• So a lot of the time people try and enact some form of behaviour change.

  Chris Williamson

• The role assigned to me, I enact with the best, as you will have noted.

  Fiction book (1993)

• Enact the scene just as you think it happened.

  Son of Dracula (1943)

• And I'm like, well, I got to make sure that I enact discipline.

  Julian Dorey

• For here, today at this time in this beautiful church... a major event is being enacted.

  Sextette (1978)

• What are people saying when they enact the way of the ancestors on Vanatinai?

  Academic text (1991)

• For those in costume, the standard was to enact the object, animal, or persona represented.

  Academic text (1999)

• In the drama class, the students will enact scenes from their favorite play.

Synonyms

P

to play

vsto enact

∞ 1.0

Act as a character in a stage show, film, or TV show

is used more for acting out a particular scene than general stage work

P

to perform

vsto enact

583 2.7

To entertain people by singing, acting, or dancing

is narrower, referring specifically to performing a scene as if in a play

A

to act

vsto enact

375 2.1

Perform a role in a play, film, or show

is narrower, centering on enacting a specific scene rather than general performance

R

to represent

vsto enact

193 3.9

Act as a character in a play or film

focuses more on representing a whole scene than only playing a character

P

to portray

vsto enact

118 3.7

To play a character in a film or play

focuses more on actually acting a scene rather than depiction

P

to play the role of

vsto enact

36 3.0

To act as a character in a play or as someone in a real situation

is more about acting out a whole scene rather than just taking a part

A

to act out

vsto enact

24 3.7

To perform a scene or feeling like a short play

is specifically about performing a scene or role rather than general display

R

to role-play

vsto enact

7 3.8

To pretend to be someone else to practice acting and speaking in a situation

is used more for directly performing a scene than for training exercises

P

to play-act

vsto enact

2 6.1

To act out a scene to practice or show how something happens

is about actually performing a scene rather than only pretending for practice

How Dramatic

to mime

5 5.6

to perform

583 2.7

to enact

27 4.8

to act out

24 3.7

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology