actor
IPA: ˈæktɝ
noun
- (obsolete, law) Someone who institutes a legal suit; a plaintiff or complainant.
- (obsolete) Someone acting on behalf of someone else; a guardian.
- Someone or something that takes part in some action; a doer, an agent.
- A person who acts a part in a theatrical play or (later) in film or television; a dramatic performer.
- (obsolete, Ancient Rome) An advocate or proctor in civil courts or causes.
- (grammar) The subject performing the action of a verb.
- (software engineering) The entity that performs a role (in use case analysis).
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Examples of "actor" in Sentences
- It was mimed in the film by the actors.
- The children help as extra actors in the film.
- But the actor went on instinct and played the role.
- The film fabricated much about the Hungarian actor.
- At the end of the preview, the actors signed on the film.
- The film is loosely based on the lives of some of the actors.
- The grey haired actor usually played studious types in films.
- The actor, however, was ambivalent about the role and his performance.
- The director is the craftsman of the film...the actor just appears in it.
- The actors continued uninterrupted, and the final shot was used in the film.
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