ENACT


Meaning of ENACT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪnækt ]

( enacts, enacting, enacted)

1.

When a government or authority enacts a proposal, they make it into a law. ( TECHNICAL )

The authorities have failed so far to enact a law allowing unrestricted emigration...

VERB : V n

2.

If people enact a story or play, they perform it by acting.

She often enacted the stories told to her by her father.

VERB : V n

3.

If a particular event or situation is enacted , it happens; used especially to talk about something that has happened before. ( JOURNALISM )

It was a scene which was enacted month after month for eight years.

VERB : usu passive , be V-ed

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