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# enact

verb (enact, enacts, enacted, enacting)

«enact» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (law) To enact a law means to make it officially into law. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enact/#m1)
2. To enact a story or scene means to act it out or perform it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enact/#m2)
3. (formal) To enact something can also mean to carry out a plan. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enact/#m3)

### In the lessons

In politics and law lessons: Parliament enacts laws; in drama, children enact scenes from stories or history; in news, «enacted a new rule».

### Examples

- Parliament enacted a new law about plastic bags. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enact/#x1)
- The class enacted the story of the Gunpowder Plot. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enact/#x2)
- The plan was enacted after months of talks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enact/#x3)
- We enacted the story of Robin Hood in drama. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enact/#x4)
- The law was enacted last year. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enact/#x5)
- Then having given the necessary instructions to the redskins he returned to the home, where an unworthy scene had been enacted in his absence. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enact/#x6)

### Note

Past: enacted. Noun: enactment. Formal word; in drama, «act out» is more common for children.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «enact» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enact/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«enact» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/enact.html) on Mova free.