acting
IPA: ˈæktɪŋ
noun
- (countable, now rare) An action or deed.
- (countable, law) Something done by a party—so called to avoid confusion with the legal senses of deed and action.
- (uncountable) Pretending.
- (uncountable, drama) The occupation of an actor.
adjective
- Temporarily assuming the duties or authority of another person when they are unable to do their job.
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Examples of "acting" in Sentences
- Yes she will be in a horror film but her acting is the best compared to the rest of the class.
- There's exactly the right amount of action, to me, and all the acting is at least good, sometimes very good.
- The rest of the acting is acceptable, and Jesse Eisenberg plays a vastly different young man than he does in “Adventureland.”
- Yes, the acting is a little stuffy and the story, a blend of Sasquatch-meets-the-legendary Chupacabra, is lacking in originality.
- The story seems slow, subplots feel inconsequential and there as filler, and some of the acting is about as bland as a Raman noodle.
- There are some fairly creepy set pieces but nothing really stands out, the acting is average, the plot is hackneyed and derivative, the direction is average.
- (acting normally on the advice _acting on advice of Irish of Irish Cabinet?), but subject Cabinet_, but subject to to instructions from Imperial instructions from Imperial
- For, in truth, he is not acting in his own interest but in that of a third person, who has yet to come into existence, albeit he is under the impression that he is acting in his own But it is this very _acting in some one else's interest_ which is everywhere the stamp of greatness and gives to passionate love the touch of the sublime, making it a worthy subject for the poet.
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