действовать — meaning in English

English meaning

• act verb To do something; to take action.
• functional adj Working properly; in usable, operating condition.
• influence noun The power to affect how someone or something develops, behaves, or thinks.
• move verb To change position or location.
• operate verb To work or run, especially a machine or system.
• operational adjective Working and ready to be used.
• operative adjective In effect, functioning, or currently applicable.

Senses

действовать is used for these senses in English:

• act (obsolete, transitive) To do (something); to perform.
• act (intransitive, construed with on or upon) To have an effect (on).
• act (obsolete, transitive) To move to action; to actuate; to animate.
• functional In good working order.
• influence (transitive) To have an effect on by using gentle or subtle action; to exert an influence upon; to modify, bias, or sway; to persuade or induce.
• move (intransitive) To act; to take action; to begin to act
• operate (intransitive) To produce an appropriate physical effect; to issue in the result designed by nature; especially (medicine) to take appropriate effect on the human system.
• operative Functional, in working order.

act — full definition

1. verb To do something; to take action.
2. verb To perform a role in a play, film, or show.
3. verb To behave in a particular way.
4. noun Something done; a deed.
5. noun A law passed by a legislative body.

functional — full definition

1. adj Working properly; in usable, operating condition.
2. adj Designed for practical use rather than appearance.

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