[
  {
    "word": "act",
    "phonetic": "/\u00e6k/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/\u00e6k/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/act-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=718854",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "Something done, a deed.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "an act of goodwill"
          },
          {
            "definition": "Actuality.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Something done once and for all, as distinguished from a work.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A product of a legislative body, a statute.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "The process of doing something.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "He was caught in the act of stealing."
          },
          {
            "definition": "A formal or official record of something done.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A division of a theatrical performance.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The pivotal moment in the play was in the first scene of the second act."
          },
          {
            "definition": "A performer or performers in a show.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Which act did you prefer? The soloist or the band?"
          },
          {
            "definition": "Any organized activity.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A display of behaviour.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A thesis maintained in public, in some English universities, by a candidate for a degree, or to show the proficiency of a student.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A display of behaviour meant to deceive.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "to put on an act"
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "pretense",
          "statute",
          "deed"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To do something.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "If you don't act soon, you will be in trouble."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To do (something); to perform.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To perform a theatrical role.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I started acting at the age of eleven in my local theatre."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Of a play: to be acted out (well or badly).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To behave in a certain manner for an indefinite length of time.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "A dog which acts aggressively is likely to bite."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To convey an appearance of being.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "He acted unconcerned so the others wouldn't worry."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To do something that causes a change binding on the doer.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "act on behalf of John"
          },
          {
            "definition": "(construed with on or upon) To have an effect (on).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Gravitational force acts on heavy bodies."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To play (a role).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "He's been acting Shakespearean leads since he was twelve."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To feign.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "He acted the angry parent, but was secretly amused."
          },
          {
            "definition": "(construed with on or upon, of a group) To map via a homomorphism to a group of automorphisms (of).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "This group acts on the circle, so it can't be left-orderable!"
          },
          {
            "definition": "To move to action; to actuate; to animate.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/act"
    ]
  }
]