acting

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/ˈæk.tɪŋ/]

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1. acting (adj) — sense 1

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

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

2. acting (noun) — sense 2

Definition: An action or deed.

Example: […] 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 joynt Deess with God in the Affairs thereof;

3. acting (noun) — sense 3

Definition: Something done by a party—so called to avoid confusion with the legal senses of deed and action.

4. acting (noun) — sense 4

Definition: Pretending.

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