acted: Prefix, Suffix and Derived words
Prefixes of acted
- enacted«Word Popularity Bar5/5
enact
- verb order by virtue of superior authority; decree
ordain.
- The King ordained the persecution and expulsion of the Jews
- the legislature enacted this law in 1985
- verb act out; represent or perform as if in a play
reenact; act out.
- She reenacted what had happened earlier that day
- verb order by virtue of superior authority; decree
- attracted«5/5
attract
- verb direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes
pull; pull in; draw in; draw.
- Her good looks attract the stares of many men
- The ad pulled in many potential customers
- This pianist pulls huge crowds
- The store owner was happy that the ad drew in many new customers
- verb be attractive to
appeal.
- The idea of a vacation appeals to me
- The beautiful garden attracted many people
- verb direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes
- extracted«5/5
extract
- noun a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water)
infusion.
- noun a passage selected from a larger work
excerption; selection; excerpt.
- he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings
- noun a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water)
- reacted«4/5
react
- verb show a response or a reaction to something
respond.
- verb act against or in opposition to
oppose.
- She reacts negatively to everything I say
- verb show a response or a reaction to something
- impacted«4/5
impacted
- adjective satellite wedged or packed in together
wedged.
- an impacted tooth
- verb press or wedge together; pack together
impact.
- adjective satellite wedged or packed in together
- contacted«4/5
contact
- noun close interaction
- they kept in daily contact
- they claimed that they had been in contact with extraterrestrial beings
- noun the act of touching physically
physical contact.
- her fingers came in contact with the light switch
- noun close interaction
- protracted«4/5
protracted
- adjective satellite relatively long in duration; tediously protracted
lengthy; extended; prolonged; drawn-out.
- a drawn-out argument
- an extended discussion
- a lengthy visit from her mother-in-law
- a prolonged and bitter struggle
- protracted negotiations
- verb lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer
prolong; protract; draw out; extend.
- We prolonged our stay
- She extended her visit by another day
- The meeting was drawn out until midnight
- adjective satellite relatively long in duration; tediously protracted
- contracted«4/5
contracted
- adjective reduced in size or pulled together
- the contracted pupils of her eyes
- verb enter into a contractual arrangement
undertake; contract.
- adjective reduced in size or pulled together
- distracted«4/5
distracted
- adjective satellite having the attention diverted especially because of anxiety
distrait.
- verb draw someone's attention away from something
deflect; distract.
- The thief distracted the bystanders
- He deflected his competitors
- adjective satellite having the attention diverted especially because of anxiety
- interacted«3/5
interact
- verb act together or towards others or with others
- He should interact more with his colleagues
- verb act together or towards others or with others
- compacted«3/5
compact
- noun a small cosmetics case with a mirror; to be carried in a woman's purse
powder compact.
- noun a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action
covenant; concordat.
- noun a small cosmetics case with a mirror; to be carried in a woman's purse
- transacted«3/5
transact
- verb conduct business
- transact with foreign governments
- verb conduct business
- retracted«3/5
retracted
- adjective satellite drawn back and in
- a cat with retracted claws
- verb formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure
retract; resile; abjure; forswear; recant.
- He retracted his earlier statements about his religion
- She abjured her beliefs
- adjective satellite drawn back and in
- abstracted«3/5
abstracted
- adjective satellite lost in thought; showing preoccupation
absent; scatty; absentminded.
- an absent stare
- an absentminded professor
- the scatty glancing quality of a hyperactive but unfocused intelligence
- verb consider a concept without thinking of a specific example; consider abstractly or theoretically
abstract.
- adjective satellite lost in thought; showing preoccupation
- subtracted«3/5
subtract
- verb make a subtraction
deduct; take off.
- subtract this amount from my paycheck
- verb take off or away
- this prefix was subtracted when the word was borrowed from French
- verb make a subtraction
- exacted«3/5
exact
- verb claim as due or just
demand.
- The bank demanded payment of the loan
- verb take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs
claim; take.
- the accident claimed three lives
- The hard work took its toll on her
- verb claim as due or just
- refracted«3/5
refract
- verb subject to refraction
- refract a light beam
- verb determine the refracting power of (a lens)
- verb subject to refraction
- counteracted«2/5
counteract
- verb act in opposition to
antagonize; antagonise.
- verb oppose or check by a counteraction
countercheck.
- verb act in opposition to
- reenacted«2/5
reenact
- verb enact or perform again
- They reenacted the battle of Princeton
- verb enact again
- Congress reenacted the law
- verb enact or perform again
- overreacted«2/5
overreact
- verb show an exaggerated response to something
- Don't overreact to the bad news--take it easy
- verb show an exaggerated response to something
- subcontracted«2/5
subcontract
- noun a contract assigning to another party some obligations of a prior contract
- verb arranged for contracted work to be done by others
farm out; job.
- noun a contract assigning to another party some obligations of a prior contract
- redacted«2/5
redact
- noun someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication
rewriter; redactor; reviser; rewrite man.
- verb formulate in a particular style or language
put; frame; couch; cast.
- I wouldn't put it that way
- She cast her request in very polite language
- noun someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication
- diffracted«2/5
diffract
- verb undergo diffraction
- laser light diffracts electrons
- verb undergo diffraction
- detracted«2/5
detract
- verb take away a part from; diminish
take away.
- His bad manners detract from his good character
- verb take away a part from; diminish
- overacted«1/5
overact
- verb exaggerate one's acting
ham; overplay; ham it up.
- verb exaggerate one's acting
- infracted«1/5
infract
- verb act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
go against; violate; break; offend; breach; transgress.
- offend all laws of humanity
- violate the basic laws or human civilization
- break a law
- break a promise
- verb act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
- undistracted«1/5
- tracted«1/5
tract
- noun an extended area of land
piece of land; piece of ground; parcel of land; parcel.
- noun a system of body parts that together serve some particular purpose
- noun an extended area of land
- uncontracted«1/5
- uncompacted«1/5
- unacted«1/5
- unextracted«1/5
- recontacted«1/5
recontacted
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- unenacted«1/5
- substracted«1/5
- precontracted«1/5
precontract
To contract, engage, or stipulate previously.
- uncontacted«1/5
- unimpacted«1/5
Derived words of acted
- abstractedly«Word Popularity Bar2/5
abstractedly
- adverb in an absentminded or preoccupied manner
inattentively; absently; absentmindedly.
- he read the letter absently
- adverb in an absentminded or preoccupied manner
- distractedly«2/5
distractedly
- adverb in a distracted manner
- `Come in,' he said distractedly
- adverb in a distracted manner
- abstractedness«1/5
abstractedness
- noun preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else
abstraction.
- noun preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else
- distractedness«1/5
distractedness
A state of being distracted; distraction. Bp. Hall.
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About Prefix and Suffix Words
This page lists all the words created by adding prefixes, suffixes to the word `acted`. For each word, youwill notice a blue bar below the word. The longer the blue bar below a word, the more common/popular the word. Very short blue bars indicate rare usage.
While some of the words are direct derivations of the word `acted`, some are not.
You can click on each word to see it's meaning.
About Prefix and Suffix Words
This page lists all the words created by adding prefixes, suffixes to the word `acted`. For each word, youwill notice a blue bar below the word. The longer the blue bar below a word, the more common/popular the word. Very short blue bars indicate rare usage.
While some of the words are direct derivations of the word `acted`, some are not.
You can click on each word to see it's meaning.
