ACTING


Meaning of ACTING in English

I. adjective

1. : holding a temporary rank or position : performing services temporarily

acting president

served in an acting capacity

2.

a. : suitable for stage performance

the best acting play he ever wrote

b. : prepared with directions for acting or performing

an acting text of a play

II. noun

( -s )

1.

a. : the art or practice of representing a character on the stage or in a motion picture or radio or television play

to choose acting as a career

b. : a particular mode or style of such representation

the conventions of 19th century acting

2. : simulation

his affability is a piece of acting

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.