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one-act

one-act noun: a one-acter.

Noun

one-act (plural one-acts)

  1. A one-acter
    • Out of Bounds, a one-act by Mariah Burton Nelson […], takes place in a locker room after the big game.1986 December 21, Monica Hileman, “Lesbian Scripts Debut in the Footlights”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 23, page 12

Forms of one-act

pluralone-acts

Questions about one-act

What does one-act mean?
One-act means a one-acter.
What part of speech is one-act?
One-act is a noun.
What is the plural of one-act?
The plural of one-act is one-acts.

Words near one-act in the dictionary

  1. one's teeth water
  2. one's time is one's own
  3. one's turn in the barrel
  4. one's way
  5. one's word is law
  6. one-act
  7. one-acter
  8. one-acters
  9. one-ahead
  10. one-and-a-half-spaced
  11. one-and-done

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