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Webster 1913 Edition

Acting

Act′ing

,

Adj.

1.

Operating in any way.

2.

Doing duty for another; officiating;

as, an

acting

superintendent

.

Webster 1828 Edition

Acting

ACT'ING

,

ppr.

Doing; performing; behaving; representing the character of another.

ACT'ING

,

Noun.

Action; act of performing a part of a play.

Definition 2024

acting

acting

English

Adjective

acting ‎(not comparable)

Temporarily assuming the duties or authority of another person when they are unable to do their job.

The Acting Minister must sign Executive Council documents in a Minister's absence.

Acting President of the United States is a temporary office in the government of the United States.

Translations

temporarily assuming the duties or authority

Chinese:
Mandarin: 代理 (zh) ‎(dàilǐ), 代- (zh) ‎(dài-)
Finnish: väliaikainen (fi), virkaa toimittava
French: intérimaire (fr), par intérim (fr)
German: amtierender (de), stellvertretend (de), geschäftsführend
Irish: gníomhach
Japanese: 代理の (ja) ‎(だいりの, dairi-no)

Malayalam: അഭിനയം (ml) ‎(abhinayaṃ)
Polish: p.o. (pl), pełniący obowiązki m, pełniąca obowiązki f
Portuguese: interino (pt) m, temporário (pt) m
Russian: исполня́ющий обя́занности m ‎(ispolnjájuščij objázannosti), и.о. ‎(i.o.)
Serbo-Croatian: вршилац дужности m ‎(vršilac dužnosti)
Spanish: ^{(please verify)}en funciones , ^{(please verify)}suplente
Swedish: tillförordnad, tf, ställföreträdande, stf

Verb

acting

present participle of act

Noun

acting ‎(plural actings)

An intended action or deed.
Pretending.
(drama) The occupation of an actor.
(law) The deeds or actions of parties are called actings to avoid confusion with the legal senses of deeds and actions.

Translations

occupation of an actor

Indonesian: akting (id)
Irish: aisteoireacht f
Persian: بازیگری (fa) ‎(bâzigari)
Portuguese: atuação (pt), encenação

Romanian: actorie (ro) f
Slovene: igranje n
Spanish: actuación (es)