acting

  1. Adjective.  Temporarily assuming the duties or authority of another person when they are unable to do their job.
  2. Verb.  (present participle of, act) .
  3. Noun.  An intended action or deed.
  4. Noun.  Pretending.
  5. Noun.  (drama) The occupation of an actor.
  6. Noun.  (legal) The deeds or actions of parties are called actings to avoid confusion with the legal senses of deeds and actions.

This is an unmodified, but possibly outdated, definition from Wiktionary and used here under the Creative Commons license. Wiktionary is a great resource. If you like it too, please donate to Wikimedia.

This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.