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, performingadjective
the performance of a part or role in a drama
acting(a)adjective
serving temporarily especially as a substitute
"the acting president"
Wiktionary
actingnoun
An intended action or deed.
actingnoun
Pretending.
actingnoun
The occupation of an actor.
actingnoun
The deeds or actions of parties are called actings to avoid confusion with the legal senses of deeds and actions.
actingadjective
Temporarily assuming the duties or authority of another person when they are unable to do their job.
Webster Dictionary
Acting
of Act
Actingadjective
operating in any way
Actingadjective
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
actingverb
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 Roger Stone had no contacts or communications with the Russian state, Russian intelligence or anyone fronting for them or acting as intermediaries for them.
The government is now acting on the suggestions given by the party and the Sangh, it is the political will of Prime Minister Modi, not the advice of consultants which is pushing Indian economic growth.
Shifting costs to' users' of the criminal legal system creates extraordinary hardships for defendants and their families, in addition to erecting sometimes insurmountable barriers to re-entry, legal financial obligations require probation and parole officers to allocate substantial time to acting as collection agents that could otherwise be devoted to rehabilitation and public safety.
I have found the FDA has been very forward thinking to get out in front of this and not wait for proof of harm before acting.
One of the things that has worsened this whole situation is a culture of acting emotionally and acting quickly, and we don't want to constantly be in reaction mode and engaging with the latest thing that Donald Trump says.
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Translations for Acting
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- التمثيلArabic
- geschäftsführend, stellvertretend, amtierenderGerman
- interinoSpanish
- väliaikainen, virkaa toimittavaFinnish
- intérimaire, par intérimFrench
- gníomhachIrish
- 代理Japanese
- agensLatin
- p.o., pełniący obowiązki, pełniąca obowiązkiPolish
- temporário, interinoPortuguese
- и.о., исполняющий обязанностиRussian
- вршилац дужностиSerbo-Croatian
- tillförordnad, stf, ställföreträdande, tfSwedish
- నటనTelugu
- اداکاریUrdu
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