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enact

/ɪˈnækt/

enact verb: to make (a bill) into law.

Verb

enact (third-person singular simple present enacts, present participle enacting, simple past and past participle enacted)

  1. (transitive) To make (a bill) into law.
    • The practical effect of the Government's new anti-strike bill on the rail disputes in Great Britain is awaited, after the legislation was enacted.2023 December 27, Mel Holley, “Network News: Minimum Service Levels legislation comes into force”, in RAIL, number 999, page 14
  2. (transitive) To act the part of; to play.
    • I did enact Julius Caesar.c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
    Synonyms:
    act out, perform
  3. (transitive) To do; to effect.
    • The king enacts more wonders than a man.c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

enact meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

enact in Hindi

to enact
अधिनियमित करना adhiniyamit karnā

enact in Tamil

சட்டமியற்று, ஆணையிடு, பங்குகொள்

enact in Marathi

अधिनियमित करणे

enact in Urdu

enact
ادا کرنا adā karnā
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enact in Bengali
অভিনয় করা, করা, কার্যকর করা
enact in Malayalam
അഭിനയിക്കുക, വേഷം കെട്ടുക, കല്പനയിടുക
enact in Kannada
ನೆಗಳು, ಪೊದಳ್ಚು, ಎಸಗು, ಕಟ್ಟಳೆ ಮಾಡು
enact in Nepali
बनाउनु banāunu

Examples of enact in a sentence

  • The United States enacted a new round of sanctions against the apartheid regime of South Africa.
  • Many politicians prefer to grandstand on hot-button issues rather than enact tough policy changes.
  • Saying "I do" as part of a wedding ceremony is performative, enacting a marriage.

All 40 example sentences with enact

Synonyms of enact

Forms of enact

third-person singular presentenacts
present participleenacting
past participleenacted
pastenacted

Past tense of enact: enacted

Origin of enact

From Middle English enacten, from en-, from Old French en- (“to cause to be”), from Latin in- (“in”) and Old French acte (“perform, do”), from Latin actum, past participle of ago (“set in motion”).

Words formed from enact

Words that rhyme with enact

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Questions about enact

What does enact mean?
Enact means to make (a bill) into law.
What is enact in Hindi?
Enact in Hindi is अधिनियमित करना (adhiniyamit karnā). See Enact meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is enact?
Enact is a verb.
How do you pronounce enact?
Enact is pronounced /ɪˈnækt/.
What is the past tense of enact?
The past tense of enact is enacted.

Words near enact in the dictionary

  1. enableth
  2. enabling
  3. enabling act
  4. enabling acts
  5. enablings
  6. enact
  7. enactable
  8. enacted
  9. enacter
  10. enacters
  11. enactest

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: enact (page history and authors); अधिनियमित करना (Hindi) (page history and authors); enact (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); enact (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ادا کرنا (Urdu) (page history and authors); enact (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); enact (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); enact (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); बनाउनु (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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