comportarsi — meaning in English
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English meaning
- act verb To do something; to take action.
- behave verb To act in a particular way, or to act properly and politely.
- comport verb To tolerate, bear, put up (with).
- conduct noun The way a person behaves, especially in terms of morals or manners.
- deal noun An agreement or arrangement between parties, especially a business one.
- lead noun A soft, heavy, bluish-grey metal, chemical symbol Pb.
Senses
comportarsi is used for these senses in English:
- act (intransitive, mathematics, construed with on or upon, of an algebraic structure) To possess an action onto (some other structure). Examples include the group action of a group on a set, the action of a ring on a module by scalar multiplication, and the action of a group or algebra on a vector space via a representation.
- behave (intransitive) To act, conduct oneself in a specific manner; used with an adverbial of manner.
- comport (reflexive) To behave (in a given manner). [from 17th c.]
- conduct (transitive, reflexive) To behave.
- deal (obsolete, intransitive) To take action; to act.
- lead (countable) The act of leading or conducting; guidance; direction, course
- lead Information obtained by a detective or police officer that allows him or her to discover further details about a crime or incident.
- lead (US, journalism) The introductory paragraph or paragraphs of a newspaper, or a news or other type of article. (Sometimes spelled as lede for this usage to avoid ambiguity.)
act — full definition
- verb To do something; to take action.
- verb To perform a role in a play, film, or show.
- verb To behave in a particular way.
- noun Something done; a deed.
- noun A law passed by a legislative body.