act reasonably

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• act — act1 [ ækt ] noun *** ▸ 1 single thing someone does ▸ 2 law ▸ 3 part of play, etc. ▸ 4 performance ▸ 5 behavior hiding truth ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) count a single thing that someone does: act of violence/vandalism/terrorism/kindness/bravery/desperation …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• act */*/*/ — I UK [ækt] / US noun Word forms act : singular act plural acts 1) [countable] a single thing that someone does act of violence/vandalism/terrorism/kindness/bravery/desperation etc: No act of kindness is ever wasted. We strongly condemn any act of …   English dictionary

• act of God — often cap A: an extraordinary natural event (as a flood or earthquake) that cannot be reasonably foreseen or prevented compare force majeure, inevitable accident, unavoidable accident ◇ It is a defense against liability for injury if the injury… …   Law dictionary

• act of God — n. Law an occurrence, esp. a disaster, that is due entirely to the forces of nature and that could not reasonably have been prevented …   English World dictionary

• act of God — noun a natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events he discovered that his house was not insured against acts of God • Syn: ↑force majeure, ↑vis major, ↑inevitable accident, ↑unavoidable casualty • Hypernyms:… …   Useful english dictionary

• reasonably — adv. Reasonably is used with these adjectives: ↑able, ↑acceptable, ↑accurate, ↑balanced, ↑bright, ↑broad, ↑capable, ↑certain, ↑cheap, ↑clean, ↑clear, ↑close, ↑ …   Collocations dictionary

• act — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 thing that sb does ADJECTIVE ▪ charitable, kind ▪ heroic, selfless ▪ a heroic act of bravery ▪ aggressive …   Collocations dictionary

• act of God — An act occasioned exclusively by forces of nature without the interference of any human agency. A misadventure or casualty is said to be caused by the act of God, when it happens by the direct, immediate, and exclusive operation of the forces of… …   Black's law dictionary

• act of God — An act occasioned exclusively by forces of nature without the interference of any human agency. A misadventure or casualty is said to be caused by the act of God, when it happens by the direct, immediate, and exclusive operation of the forces of… …   Black's law dictionary

• act of God — Date: 1783 an extraordinary interruption by a natural cause (as a flood or earthquake) of the usual course of events that experience, prescience, or care cannot reasonably foresee or prevent …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• act of God — Law. a direct, sudden, and irresistible action of natural forces such as could not reasonably have been foreseen or prevented, as a flood, hurricane, earthquake, or other natural catastrophe. [1855 60] * * * …   Universalium