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Top 1,000verb, imperfective

де́йствовать

[ˈdʲejstvəvətʲ]to do an action or activity

Frequency rank #851 About 1 in every 9,400 words in Russian film and TV. The top 1,000 words make up 77.5% of everything said.
действовать #851

Meaning

  1. to do an action or activity

Examples

де́йствовать в интере́сах госуда́рства

to act in the interest of the government

Related

  • поде́йствовать aspect partner
  • де́йствовать also: verb, to affect, to have an effect on

Forms by frequency

  • де́йствоватьinfinitive#2,166
  • де́йствуетsingular, 3rd person, present#3,762
  • де́йствуютplural, 3rd person, present#9,945
  • де́йствуйimperative, singular, 2nd person#10,483
  • де́йствовалmasculine, singular, past#10,913
  • де́йствуйтеimperative, plural, 2nd person#17,794
  • де́йствовалиplural, past#19,671
  • де́йствуемplural, 1st person, present#19,701
  • де́йствуешьsingular, 2nd person, present#24,033
  • де́йствовалаfeminine, singular, past#24,604
  • де́йствующийpresent, participle#27,138
  • де́йствуюsingular, 1st person, present#28,244
  • де́йствуетеplural, 2nd person, present#43,343
  • де́йствовавшийpast, participle

and 4 more forms

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