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How to pronounce acting
Say it like this: /ˈæktɪŋ/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does acting mean?
adjTemporarily assuming the duties or authority of another person when they are unable to do their job.
“The CEO is currently in a hospital. The CFO is acting CEO in the meantime.”
nounAn action or deed.
“Boyle’s theory explains the whole range of God’s actings in the world, those things that injure man as well as those which advantage him.”
Something done by a party—so called to avoid confusion with the legal senses of deed and action.
Pretending.
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