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Definition of 'act as'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) act as
function as or act like
"This heap of stones will act as a barrier"

2. (verb) act, play, act as
pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind
"He acted the idiot"; "She plays deaf when the news are bad"

Definition of 'act as'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) act as
to replace or perform the function of
A zebra's stripes act as camouflage.; She's acting as director while the boss is away.

Translation of 'act as'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to do the work or duties of He acts as head of department when his boss is away.
Afrikaans: doen diens	Arabic: قَامَ مَقَام، عَمِلَ كَـ	Bulgarian: действам като
Brazilian: fazer as vezes de	Czech: jednat jako	German: fungieren als
Danish: fungere som	Greek: εκτελώ καθήκοντα	Spanish: hacer de, actuar como
Estonian: (kellenagi) tegutsema	Farsi: به جای چیزی یا کسی عمل کر	Finnish: virkaa toimittava
French: faire fonction de	Hebrew: לְשָׁמֶש כֶּ-	Hindi: का काम करना
Croatian: vršiti ulogu	Hungarian: intézkedik	Indonesian: bertindak selaku
Icelandic: gegna hlutverki sem	Italian: agire da, agire in qualit	Japanese: ～の役を務める
Korean: 역할을 하다	Lithuanian: dirbti (kuo), eiti pareig	Latvian: būt par; strādāt par
Malay: bertindak	Dutch: optreden als	Norwegian: fungere som
Polish: pełnić funkcje	Persian: به جای چیزی یا کسی عمل کر	Pashto: دچا پر ځاي عمل كول
Portuguese: fazer de	Romanian: a avea funcţia de	Russian: замещать
Slovak: konať ako, pôsobiť ako, z	Slovenian: delovati kot	Serbian: vršiti dužnost
Swedish: tjänstgöra som	Thai: ปฏิบัติหน้าที่	Turkish: vekalet etmek
Taiwanese: 擔任	Ukrainian: виступати в ролі	Urdu: کسی کے طور پرکام کرنا
Vietnamese: thực hiện vai trò của ai/	Chinese: 担当
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