: the art or practice of representing a character on a stage or before cameras
1
: holding a temporary rank or position : performing services temporarily
acting president
2
a
: suitable for stage performance
an acting play
b
: prepared with directions for actors
an acting text of a play
Examples of acting in a Sentence
Noun
Her acting is unusually good in this film.
a new style of acting
Adjective
The college's acting president will be replaced with a permanent one next fall.
will serve as acting president of the university until a permanent replacement can be found
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Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 14 Nov. 2025
Growing up with immigrant parents, acting was never on the radar.
—Janet Lee, CNBC, 14 Nov. 2025
Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 13 Nov. 2025
Last week, acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy announced that the agency would be re-opening the contract for the Artemis III lunar lander, which had previously been let to SpaceX to be fulfilled by their Starship Human Landing System.
—Space.com Staff, Space.com, 25 Oct. 2025
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Noun
What unfolds is not simply a story about aging or acting, but about memory, love and the deep human desire to be acknowledged.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 14 Nov. 2025
Growing up with immigrant parents, acting was never on the radar.
—Janet Lee, CNBC, 14 Nov. 2025
Adjective
In 1985, Goldberg made her major acting debut, playing Celie in Steven Spielberg's The Color Purple.
—Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 13 Nov. 2025
Last week, acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy announced that the agency would be re-opening the contract for the Artemis III lunar lander, which had previously been let to SpaceX to be fulfilled by their Starship Human Landing System.
—Space.com Staff, Space.com, 25 Oct. 2025
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“Acting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/acting. Accessed 19 Nov. 2025.
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