What does Acting mean?
Definitions for Acting
ˈæk tɪŋAct·ing
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word Acting.
Princeton's WordNet
acting, playing, playacting, performing(adj)
the performance of a part or role in a drama
acting(a)(adj)
serving temporarily especially as a substitute
"the acting president"
Wiktionary
acting(Noun)
An intended action or deed.
acting(Noun)
Pretending.
acting(Noun)
The occupation of an actor.
acting(Noun)
The deeds or actions of parties are called actings to avoid confusion with the legal senses of deeds and actions.
acting(Adjective)
Temporarily assuming the duties or authority of another person when they are unable to do their job.
Webster Dictionary
Acting
of Act
Acting(adj)
operating in any way
Acting(adj)
doing duty for another; officiating; as, an acting superintendent
Freebase
Acting
Acting is the work of an actor or actress, which is a person in theatre, television, film, or any other storytelling medium who tells the story by portraying a character and, usually, speaking or singing the written text or play. Most early sources in the West that examine the art of acting discuss it as part of rhetoric.
Editors Contribution
acting
Verb form of the word act.
The acting manager of the hotel did a fantastic job.
Submitted by MaryC on April 10, 2020
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Acting' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2498
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Acting' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3226
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Acting in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Acting in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of Acting in a Sentence
I’ve never done a green screen CGI movie before the last one in my life, i’ve got a whole new appreciation about acting when there’s nothing there, you know.
On the global stage, there's fear, confusion and doubt, they are friend and foe and uncertain alike are wondering what's happened. They see an American acting more like one of Putin's poodles than the leader of the free world.
I like doing both (acting and racing) and I should be able to do both.
The decision by OPEC-members to keep oil production output at record high levels ... suggested that the organization was effectively abandoning its long-term strategy of limiting production and acting as a cartel, leading to more downward pressures on oil prices in the short term.
Acting gives you much greater flexibility. A lot easier to do things. So that's the way it is.
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Translations for Acting
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- التمثيلArabic
- amtierender, stellvertretend, geschäftsführendGerman
- interinoSpanish
- virkaa toimittava, väliaikainenFinnish
- intérimaire, par intérimFrench
- gníomhachIrish
- 代理Japanese
- p.o., pełniący obowiązki, pełniąca obowiązkiPolish
- temporário, interinoPortuguese
- и.о., исполняющий обязанностиRussian
- вршилац дужностиSerbo-Croatian
- tf, ställföreträdande, stf, tillförordnadSwedish
- నటనTelugu
- اداکاریUrdu
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