Synset

have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected
<verb.social>   freq. cnt.: 32 freq. cnt.: 32

act

work

sample sentences

"The voting process doesn't work as well as people thought"
"How does your idea work in practice?"
"This method doesn't work"
"The breaks of my new car act quickly"
"The medicine works only if you take it with a lot of water"