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acts (AKS) (noun)
1. Things that are done; deeds: The kind stranger did a series of acts of kindness for the poor woman.
2. A process of doing certain things: The criminal was caught in three acts of stealing.
3. The main divisions of a play or opera: The play had five acts.
4. Displays of affected or pretended behavior: Tina is not really angry; she has been putting on these acts to get attention.
2. A process of doing certain things: The criminal was caught in three acts of stealing.
3. The main divisions of a play or opera: The play had five acts.
4. Displays of affected or pretended behavior: Tina is not really angry; she has been putting on these acts to get attention.
ax or axe (AKS) (noun)
A tool with a flat, sharp blade fastened on a handle, used for chopping, splitting, and shaping wood: Paul Bunyan used his ax to chop wood for the fireplace.
ax or axe (AKS) (verb)
To be dismissed from a job; to be fired (informal): Jill got the ax because she wouldn't work overtime when asked to do so by her supervisor.
Will companies axe ad spending next year?
There were three acts in the play; at the end of the second act, the murderer had used an axe to ax the victim.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group A; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc.
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