Meaning of "enact" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF ENACT

enact  [ɪnˈækt]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ENACT

Enact is a verb.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb enact in English.

WHAT DOES ENACT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Promulgation

Promulgation is the act of formally proclaiming or declaring a new statutory or administrative law after its enactment. In some jurisdictions, this additional step is necessary before the law can take effect. After a new law is approved, it is announced to the public through the publication of the text of the law in a government periodical and/or on official websites. National laws of extraordinary importance to the public may be announced by the head of state on a national broadcast. Local laws are usually announced in the local newspapers and published in bulletins or compendia of municipal regulations.

Definition of enact in the English dictionary

The first definition of enact in the dictionary is to make into an act or statute. Other definition of enact is to establish by law; ordain or decree. Enact is also to represent or perform in or as if in a play; to act out.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO ENACT

PRESENT

Present

I enact

you enact

he/she/it enacts

we enact

you enact

they enact

Present continuous

I am enacting

you are enacting

he/she/it is enacting

we are enacting

you are enacting

they are enacting

Present perfect

I have enacted

you have enacted

he/she/it has enacted

we have enacted

you have enacted

they have enacted

Present perfect continuous

I have been enacting

you have been enacting

he/she/it has been enacting

we have been enacting

you have been enacting

they have been enacting

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I enacted

you enacted

he/she/it enacted

we enacted

you enacted

they enacted

Past continuous

I was enacting

you were enacting

he/she/it was enacting

we were enacting

you were enacting

they were enacting

Past perfect

I had enacted

you had enacted

he/she/it had enacted

we had enacted

you had enacted

they had enacted

Past perfect continuous

I had been enacting

you had been enacting

he/she/it had been enacting

we had been enacting

you had been enacting

they had been enacting

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will enact

you will enact

he/she/it will enact

we will enact

you will enact

they will enact

Future continuous

I will be enacting

you will be enacting

he/she/it will be enacting

we will be enacting

you will be enacting

they will be enacting

Future perfect

I will have enacted

you will have enacted

he/she/it will have enacted

we will have enacted

you will have enacted

they will have enacted

Future perfect continuous

I will have been enacting

you will have been enacting

he/she/it will have been enacting

we will have been enacting

you will have been enacting

they will have been enacting

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would enact

you would enact

he/she/it would enact

we would enact

you would enact

they would enact

Conditional continuous

I would be enacting

you would be enacting

he/she/it would be enacting

we would be enacting

you would be enacting

they would be enacting

Conditional perfect

I would have enact

you would have enact

he/she/it would have enact

we would have enact

you would have enact

they would have enact

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been enacting

you would have been enacting

he/she/it would have been enacting

we would have been enacting

you would have been enacting

they would have been enacting

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you enact
we let´s enact
you enact

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to enact

Past participle

enacted

Present Participle

enacting

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «ENACT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «enact» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of enact

act · act out · approve · authorize · command · decree · depict · establish · legislate · ordain · order · pass · perform · personate · play · portray · present · proclaim · put on · ratify · represent · sanction · stage · validate

TRANSLATION OF ENACT

Find out the translation of enact to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of enact from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «enact» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 通过
• Translator English - Spanish: promulgar
• English: enact
• Translator English - Hindi: अधिनियमित
• Translator English - Arabic: تسن
• Translator English - Russian: принять
• Translator English - Portuguese: promulgar
• Translator English - Bengali: আইন পাস করা
• Translator English - French: promulguer
• Translator English - Malay: Sahkan
• Translator English - German: erlassen
• Translator English - Japanese: 立法化する
• Translator English - Korean: > 제정하다
• Translator English - Javanese: Enact
• Translator English - Vietnamese: ban hành
• Translator English - Tamil: இயற்ற
• Translator English - Marathi: नाटकात काम करणे
• Translator English - Turkish: sahnelemek
• Translator English - Italian: promulgare
• Translator English - Polish: uchwalenia
• Translator English - Ukrainian: прийняти
• Translator English - Romanian: adopte
• Translator English - Greek: θεσπίσουν
• Translator English - Afrikaans: implementeer
• Translator English - Swedish: stifta
• Translator English - Norwegian: vedta

10 QUOTES WITH «ENACT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word enact.

1

Bob Barr

Despite two decisions, in 2008 and 2010, by the U.S. Supreme Court unequivocally affirming that the Second Amendment to the Constitution guarantees an individual right to keep and bear arms against infringement by the government, state legislatures continue to do just that - enact laws that significantly infringe this fundamental human right.

2

Nellie Bly

I took upon myself to enact the part of a poor, unfortunate crazy girl, and felt it my duty not to shirk any of the disagreeable results that should follow.

3

John Coleman

The key players are now all in place in Washington and in state governments across America to officially label carbon dioxide as a pollutant and enact laws that tax us citizens for our carbon footprints.

4

Rahm Emanuel

What is more comforting to the terrorists around the world: the failure to pass the 9/11 legislation because we lacked a majority of the majority,' or putting aside partisan politics to enact tough new legislation with America's security foremost in mind?

5

Nan Hayworth

We are hopeful that President Obama, in his State of the Union Address, will express a willingness to work with Republicans to enact all of these jobs bills.

6

Ruben Hinojosa

We need to work together, on a bipartisan basis, to create new jobs, increase job training, enact real and substantive middle class tax relief, and reward companies that create jobs at home.

7

Jim Yong Kim

Institutionalized discrimination is bad for people and for societies. Widespread discrimination is also bad for economies. There is clear evidence that when societies enact laws that prevent productive people from fully participating in the workforce, economies suffer.

8

Blanche Lincoln

It certainly makes no sense to enact more laws if we cannot, or do not, enforce the ones we have.

9

Mark McKinnon

Presidents should do whatever possible and practical to encourage an environment of cooperation and bipartisanship. And they should maintain a certain level of decorum, diplomacy and decency. But, at the end of the day, presidents get elected to enact change.

10

Meghan O'Rourke

My theory is this: Women falter when they're called on to be highly self-conscious about their talents. Not when they're called on to enact them.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ENACT»

Discover the use of enact in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to enact and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Subversive Spiritualities: How Rituals Enact the World

In this book, Frederique Apffel-Marglin draws on a lifetime of work with the indigenous peoples of Peru and India to support her argument that the beliefs, values, and practices of such traditional peoples are ''eco-metaphysically true.''

Frederique Apffel-Marglin, 2012

Current Approaches in Drama Therapy

1987, ENACT has been recognized asa specialized New York City arts in education organization that excels in working with troubled youth. Reaching thousands of students each year, ENACT delivers customized workshops that employ ...

David Read Johnson, Renee Emunah, 2009

Industrial depressions

Laws — Concluded. enact, punishing bribery with dis- francbisment. enact, prohibiting lawyers who are legislators from accepting retainers to influence legislation. enact, prohibiting officers of public companies from speculating iu their own ...

United States. Bureau of Labor, Carroll Davidson Wright, 1886

Journal of the House of Delegates of the State of Virginia

373; an act to amend and re-enact section 4G1 of the Code of Virginia, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved March 14, 1910, entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 459 of the Code of Virginia, 1887, as amended and  ...

Virginia. General Assembly. House of Delegates, 1914

Acts and Joint Resolutions, Amending the Constitution, of ...

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3 of an act entitled an act to amend and re -enact section 3801 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the loading, unloading, running and transportation of railroad trains on Sunday, which became a law ...

Virginia, 1910

Journal

190; an act to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to provide for making, building and keeping in repair the public roads and bridges in Grayson eonnt_v. approved March 6, 1900, and as further amended by an act approved March 14,  ...

Virginia. General Assembly. Senate, 1918

Journals of the Senate of Virginia

A bill to amend and re-enact section 12, in relation to tax on wills and administrations; to amend and re-enact section 45, in relation to merchants; to amend and re-enact section 46, in relation to merchant's licenses; to amend and re-enact ...

Virginia. General Assembly. Senate, 1914

Enact: Drama for the Classroom

This series is a lively, multi-faceted and up-to-date resource package covering the new study design in great depth.

Hazel Edwards, 2009

Agent Computing and Multi-Agent Systems: 10th Pacific Rim ...

To enact a role, an agent, provided the identifier of the role instance it wants to enact, has to send a message to the role and to wait till the role replies with the information about the state of the role: its beliefs, goal, plans, etc. When the state is ...

Aditya Ghose, Guido Governatori, Ramakoti Sadananda, 2009

Acts Passed at a General Assembly of the Commonwealth of ...

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 12 in relation to tax on wills and administrations; to amend and reenact section 45 in relation to merchants; to amend and re-enact section 46 in relation to merchant's licenses; to amend and re-enact ...

Virginia, 1914

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ENACT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term enact is used in the context of the following news items.

Enact laws to legalize Chinese language teaching - Kadaga

Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has proposed the enactment of laws legalizing both the teaching and training of Chinese language ... «New Vision, Jul 15»

Greece crisis: Greeks seek three-year bailout loan, pledge to enact …

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras addresses the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, July 8 Open Gallery 13 Greek Prime Minister ... «Irish Independent, Jul 15»

Greece racing to finalize reforms and remain in euro

... three-year aid program from Europe's bailout funds and promised to immediately enact reforms, including to taxes and pensions, in return. «The Times and Democrat, Jul 15»

Government to enact law for regulating moneylenders

The State government will soon enact a piece of legislation to regulate private moneylending business in the State, Law Minister T B ... «Deccan Herald, Jul 15»

Is a Grexit still looming for Greece?

GREECE will today announce it will enact tax and pension reform in exchange for a three-year financial bailout package the government hopes ... «NEWS.com.au, Jul 15»

Pay for driver's ed

Some of that money might be restored when the state House and Senate enact a new budget; or perhaps none of it will. For now, driver training ... «Greensboro News & Record, Jul 15»

Tuscaloosa to enact city-wide tobacco-free policy in 2016

News Release | City of Tuscaloosa. TUSCALOOSA, Alabama — As part of ensuring the health and well-being of staff and visitors, all City of ... «Alabama's News Leader, Jul 15»

Greece Seeks Three-Year Loan, Pledges To Enact Reforms Next …

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras attends a debate on Greece at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, July 8, 2015. «malaysiandigest.com, Jul 15»

California lawmakers end effort to enact right-to-die legislation this …

California lawmakers end effort to enact right-to-die legislation this year. Story. ShareShare; Print: Create a hardcopy of this page; Font Size: ... «Lebanon Daily Record, Jul 15»

Enact law to punish those hoisting Pak flag: RSS leader

There is an urgent need to enact a law to award punishment to such elements,” said Kumar, who was here to inaugurate a private hospital of ... «Hindustan Times, Jul 15»