wrong+act

  • 21act — act1 [ ækt ] noun *** ▸ 1 single thing someone does ▸ 2 law ▸ 3 part of play, etc. ▸ 4 performance ▸ 5 behavior hiding truth ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) count a single thing that someone does: act of violence/vandalism/terrorism/kindness/bravery/desperation …

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  • 22wrong — adjective 1》 not correct or true.     ↘mistaken. 2》 unjust, dishonest, or immoral. 3》 in a bad or abnormal condition; amiss. adverb in an unsuitable or undesirable manner or direction. ↘with an incorrect result. noun an unjust, dishonest, or… …

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  • 23act */*/*/ — I UK [ækt] / US noun Word forms act : singular act plural acts 1) [countable] a single thing that someone does act of violence/vandalism/terrorism/kindness/bravery/desperation etc: No act of kindness is ever wasted. We strongly condemn any act of …

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  • 24act — [[t]æ̱kt[/t]] ♦ acts, acting, acted 1) VERB When you act, you do something for a particular purpose. The deaths occurred when police acted to stop widespread looting and vandalism... [V adv/prep] I have no reason to doubt that the bank acted… …

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  • 25act*/*/*/ — [ækt] noun I 1) [C] a single thing that someone does an act of violence against innocent people[/ex] a simple act of kindness[/ex] groups committing criminal acts[/ex] 2) [singular] a way of behaving that is not sincere She isn t really upset: it …

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  • 26wrong-headed — ADJ GRADED If you describe someone as wrong headed, you mean that although they act in a determined way, their actions and ideas are based on wrong judgements …

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  • 27Act of Seclusion — The Act of Seclusion is a secret annex in the Treaty of Westminster (1654) between the United Provinces and the Commonwealth of England in which William III, Prince of Orange, was excluded from the office of Stadtholder. The First Stadtholderless …

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  • 28wrong — Private Pri vate (?; 48), a. [L. privatus apart from the state, peculiar to an individual, private, properly p. p. of privare to bereave, deprive, originally, to separate, fr. privus single, private, perhaps originally, put forward (hence, alone …

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  • 29act up — informal 1) all children act up from time to time Syn: misbehave, behave badly, be up to mischief, become unruly 2) the engine was acting up Syn: malfunction, go wrong, be defective, be faulty; informal be on the blink, be on the fritz …

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  • 30wrong doing — n. evil act; transgression; sin; bad actions …

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