Found 3 items, similar to acting.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: act
adegan, babak, bertindak, berulah, kelakuan, lakon, main-main, perbuatan, tindak, ulah, undang-undang
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: acting
acting
adj : serving temporarily especially as a substitute;
“the acting
president” [syn:
acting(a)]
n : the performance of a part or role in a drama [syn:
playing,
playacting,
performing]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Acting
Act
\Act\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Acted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Acting.] [L. actus, p. p. of agere to drive, lead, do; but
influenced by E. act, n.]
1. To move to action; to actuate; to animate. [Obs.]
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Self-love, the spring of motion, acts the soul.
--Pope.
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2. To perform; to execute; to do. [Archaic]
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That we act our temporal affairs with a desire no
greater than our necessity. --Jer. Taylor.
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Industry doth beget by producing good habits, and
facility of acting things expedient for us to do.
--Barrow.
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Uplifted hands that at convenient times
Could act extortion and the worst of crimes.
--Cowper.
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3. To perform, as an actor; to represent dramatically on the
stage.
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4. To assume the office or character of; to play; to
personate; as, to act the hero.
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5. To feign or counterfeit; to simulate.
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With acted fear the villain thus pursued. --Dryden.
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To act a part, to sustain the part of one of the characters
in a play; hence, to simulate; to dissemble.
To act the part of, to take the character of; to fulfill
the duties of.
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Acting
\Act"ing\, a.
1. Operating in any way.
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2. Doing duty for another; officiating; as, an acting
superintendent.
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