acting

English

Etymology

From the verb act.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæk.tɪŋ/

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Adjective

acting (not comparable)

1. 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)
• Georgian: მოვალეობის შემსრულებელი (movaleobis šemsrulebeli), მოვალეობების შემსრულებელი (movaleobebis šemsrulebeli), მოქმედი (mokmedi)
• German: amtierender (de), stellvertretend (de), geschäftsführend
• Irish: gníomhach
• Japanese: 代理の (ja) (だいりの, dairi-no)
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• Malayalam: അഭിനയം (ml) (abhinayaṁ)
• Polish: p.o. (pl), pełniący obowiązki m, pełniąca obowiązki f
• Portuguese: interino (pt), temporário (pt)
• Russian: исполня́ющий обя́занности m (ispolnjájuščij objázannosti), и.о. (i.o.), ври́о (ru) m or f (vrío)
• Serbo-Croatian: вршилац дужности m (vršilac dužnosti)
• Spanish: interino (es), en funciones, suplente
• Swedish: tillförordnad, tf, ställföreträdande, stf
• Thai: รักษาการ (th) (rák-sǎa-gaan)

Verb

acting

1. present participle of act

Noun

acting (countable and uncountable, plural actings)

1. An action or deed.
   • 1685, Herbert Croft (bishop)

     He does so much magnifie Nature and her actings in all this material world, as he gives just cause of suspicion that he hath made her a kind of joint deess with God in the affairs thereof.

2. (law) Something done by a party — so called to avoid confusion with the legal senses of deed and action.
3. Pretending.
4. (drama) The occupation of an actor.

Translations

occupation of an actor

• Arabic: تَمْثِيل m (tamṯīl)
• Armenian: դերասանություն (hy) (derasanutʻyun)
• Catalan: actuació (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 演技 (zh) (yǎnjì)

• Esperanto: aktorado
• Finnish: näytteleminen (fi)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ὑπόκρισις f (hupókrisis)

• Indonesian: akting (id)
• Irish: aisteoireacht f
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• Latin: histriōnia f
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• Persian: بازیگری (fa) (bâzigari)
• Portuguese: atuação (pt), encenação
• Romanian: actorie (ro) f
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• Slovene: igranje n
• Spanish: actuación (es)
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