Acting
/ˈæktɪŋ/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe activity of performing as a character in a play or film.
adjectiveTemporarily doing the work or duties of another person.
Extra definitions
verb (present participle) performing a role in a play or film.
verb (present participleBehaving or doing something in a particular way.
verb (present participleTaking action to deal with a situation.
Sentence Examples
Her acting impressed the audience.
He is acting strangely today.
Acting quickly saved the child.
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Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
“Amy Gleason is the acting administrator of the US DOGE Service, the agency that houses the temporary Department of Government Efficiency, a White House official told CNN on Tuesday.”
— 2025 February 25, Kaitlan Collins and Tierney Sneed, “White House reveals who DOGE acting administrator is”, in CNN:
“[…] 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;”
— 1685, Herbert Croft, Some Animadversions upon a book intituled, The Theory of the Earth, London, Preface:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Her ____ impressed the audience.