French Conversation · Level 24
90 words
French word
agir
Pronunciation
IPA/aʒiʁ/
Meaning
- verbact
Example
Il faut agir maintenant.
We must act now.
More examples
Nous devons agir en cas d'urgence.
We must act in an emergency.
Core concept
A hand pressing a stalled mechanism until the situation responds.
Common phrases
agir en fonction de
act according to ___
agir rapidement
act quickly
agir sur
act on ___
Similar words
faire: Concrete action taken to accomplish something.
réagir: A response to a change or event.
Definition in French
Intervenir par une action sur une situation ou un objet afin de produire un effet ou de répondre à un problème.
Word origin
Agir comes from Latin agere, "to drive or do," through Old French, with the idea of making something happen.
Usage tips
- Agir sur means acting on or affecting something, while agir contre means acting against it.