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Act as Moderate

Act as has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

function as or act like

"This heap of stones will act as a barrier"

2

pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind

"He acted the idiot"

"She plays deaf when the news are bad"

Example Sentences
"This heap of stones will act as a barrier" verb
"He acted the idiot" verb
"She plays deaf when the news are bad" verb
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
serve act
Rhyming Words
view as even as mark as such as much as pass as save as pose as same as like as serve as treat as known as sweet as behave as as far as regard as inasfar as insofar as hold up as
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