Synonyms: appear, seem, look
| 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 |
| Albanian | dukem |
|---|---|
| Catalan | figurar; semblar |
| Czech | zdát se |
| Danish | forekomme |
| Dutch | lijken; óverkomen; schijnen; toeschijnen; toelijken |
| Esperanto | ŝajni |
| Faeroese | tykja |
| Finnish | näyttää |
| French | paraître; sembler |
| German | scheinen |
| Icelandic | þykja |
| Italian | parere |
| Low German | lyken |
| Papiamento | parce; parse |
| Polish | zdawać się |
| Portuguese | afiguar‐se; mostrar‐se; parecer; ter aparência de |
| Romanian | părea |
| Saterland Frisian | läite; skiene |
| Spanish | figurársele; parecer |
| Swedish | synas; tyckas |
| West Frisian | skine; lykje |