Synonyms: take action, move, perform, be in harness
| Part of speech | verb |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /ækt/ |
| Hyphenation | act |
| Shavian alphabet | 𐑨𐑒𐑑 |
| Deseret alphabet | 𐐰𐐿𐐻 |
| Indicative mood | |
|---|---|
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) act | (I) acted |
| (thou) actest | (thou) actedst |
| (he) acts, acteth | (he) acted |
| (we) act | (we) acted |
| (you) act | (you) acted |
| (they) act | (they) acted |
| Subjunctive mood | |
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) act | (I) acted |
| (thou) act | (thou) acted |
| (he) act | (he) acted |
| (we) act | (we) acted |
| (you) act | (you) acted |
| (they) act | (they) acted |
| Imperative mood | |
| act | |
| Participles | |
| Present participle | Past participle |
| acting | acted |
| Afrikaans | optree |
|---|---|
| Catalan | actuar |
| Czech | pracovat; působit; účinkovat |
| Dutch | doen; handelen; optreden; te werk gaan; handelen |
| Esperanto | agi |
| Faeroese | gera; virka |
| Finnish | toimia |
| French | agir |
| German | handeln; verfahren; vorgehen; wirken; sich verhalten |
| Hungarian | cselekszik |
| Italian | agire |
| Latin | agere |
| Papiamento | aktua |
| Portuguese | agir |
| Russian | поступать |
| Saterland Frisian | agierje; hondelje; ferfoare; foargunge; wirkje |
| Spanish | actuar |
| West Frisian | dwaan |