Definition of actings Actings
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What does actings mean?
Wiktionary 
- actings (Noun)
Plural of acting.
Part of speech
🔤- actings, noun, plural of acting.
WordNet
NounPlural: actings |
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| acting - the performance of a part or role in a drama | ||
| playing, playacting, performing | ||
| activity any specific behavior; "they avoided all recreational activity" | ||
| performing arts arts or skills that require public performance | ||
| performance any recognized accomplishment; "they admired his performance under stress"; "when Roger Maris powered four home runs in one game his performance merits awe" | ||
| personation, characterization, enactment, portrayal the act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features; "the media's characterization of Al Gore as a nerd" | ||
| personation, impersonation imitating the mannerisms of another person | ||
| method acting, method an acting technique introduced by Stanislavsky in which the actor recalls emotions or reactions from his or her own life and uses them to identify with the character being portrayed | ||
| dumb show, pantomime, mime a performance using gestures and body movements without words | ||
| byplay, stage business, business incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect; "his business with the cane was hilarious" | ||
| skit a short theatrical episode | ||
| hamming, overacting poor acting by a ham actor | ||
| heroics ostentatious or vainglorious or extravagant or melodramatic conduct; "heroics are for those epic films they make in Hollywood" | ||
| reenactment performing a role in an event that occurred at an earlier time; "the reenactment of the battle of Princeton" | ||
Adjective |
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| acting - serving temporarily especially as a substitute; "the acting president" | ||
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Wiktionary
- acting (Noun)
An intended action or deed. - acting (Noun)
Pretending. - acting (Noun)
The occupation of an actor. - acting (Noun)
The deeds or actions of parties are called actings to avoid confusion with the legal senses of deeds and actions. - acting (Verb)
Present participle of act. - acting (Adjective)
Temporarily assuming the duties or authority of another person when they are unable to do their job.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- acting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Act - acting (a.)
Operating in any way. - acting (a.)
Doing duty for another; officiating; as, an acting superintendent.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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Serving temporarily especially as a substitute. -
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The art of representing a character, in a movie or a play.
