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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

abstraction, abstract entity go
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

psychological feature go
a feature of the mental life of a living organism

event go
something that happens at a given place and time

act, deed, human action, human activity go
something that people do or cause to happen

action go
something done (usually as opposed to something said)

change go
the action of changing something

change of integrity
the act of changing the unity or wholeness of something

noun.act

12 Subcategories

joining, connection, connexion go
the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication)
break, breakage, breaking go
the act of breaking something
explosion, burst go
the act of exploding or bursting
burning, combustion go
the act of burning something
combination, combining, compounding go
the act of combining things to form a new whole
opening go
becoming open or being made open
separation go
the act of dividing or disconnecting
translation, transformation go
the act of changing in form or shape or appearance
transformation go
(genetics) modification of a cell or bacterium by the uptake and incorporation of exogenous DNA
filling go
the act of filling something
hardening go
the act of making something harder (firmer or tighter or more compact)
damage, harm, hurt, scathe go
the act of damaging something or someone