English Dictionary

acting

/ˈæk.tɪŋ/

noun

(countable, obsolete) An action or deed. / (law) Something done by a party — so called to avoid confusion with the legal senses of deed and action. / Pretending. / (drama) The occupation of an actor.

She has always had a passion for acting.

意味（1）

(countable, obsolete) An action or deed.

[…] he does so much magnifie Nature and her Actings in all this material World, as he gives just cause of suspicion that he hath made her a kind of joynt Deess with God in the Affairs thereof;

意味（2）

(law) Something done by a party — so called to avoid confusion with the legal senses of deed and action.

意味（3）

Pretending.

意味（4）

(drama) The occupation of an actor.