| VERB | creation | roleplay, act, play, playact | perform on a stage or theater |
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| Meaning | Perform on a stage or theater. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Synonyms | act, play, playact | |
| Category | dramaturgy, dramatic art, dramatics, theater, theatre | The art of writing and producing plays |
| Narrower | mime, pantomime | act out without words but with gestures and bodily movements only |
| overact, ham it up, ham, overplay | exaggerate one's acting | |
| stooge | act as the stooge | |
| underact, underplay | Act (a role) with great restraint | |
| Broader | perform | Give a performance (of something) |
| Similar to | act, play, represent | Play a role or part |
| act | Be suitable for theatrical performance | |
| play | Perform on a certain location | |
| play | Be performed or presented for public viewing | |
| Spanish | actuar, interpretar, jugar, representar, tocar | |
| Catalan | actuar, interpretar, jugar, representar, tocar | |
| Nouns | roleplaying | acting a particular role (as in psychotherapy) |
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