enact
part of speech
verb (enact, enacts, enacted, enacting)
meaning for a pupil
1) (law) To enact a law means to make it officially into law. tree →
2) To enact a story or scene means to act it out or perform it. tree →
3) (formal) To enact something can also mean to carry out a plan. tree →
sense 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 →
- The class enacted the story of the Gunpowder Plot. tree →
- The plan was enacted after months of talks. tree →
- We enacted the story of Robin Hood in drama. tree →
- The law was enacted last year. tree →
- 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 →
note
Past: enacted. Noun: enactment. Formal word; in drama, «act out» is more common for children.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «enact» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.