act as sth
— phrasal verb with act /ækt/ verbDefinition
B2 to do a particular job, especially one that you do not normally do: He was asked to act as an adviser on the project.Work, working and the workplaceWorking hours and periods of work › to have a particular effect: Some people say that capital punishment acts as a deterrent.Performing a functionFunctioning
(Definition of act as sth from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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