Word

act as, v.
freq. cnt. 24

function as or act like
<verb.stative> freq. cnt.: 24 freq. cnt.: 24

act as

"This heap of stones will act as a barrier"

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something

semantic pointers

hypernym

pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind
<verb.body> freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 1

act act as play

"He acted the idiot"
"She plays deaf when the news are bad"

Somebody ----s somebody

Somebody ----s somebody

Somebody ----s somebody

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

verb group

hypernym