Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-
Proto-Indo-European *-eti
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti
Proto-Italic *agō
Latin agō
Latin ācta
Old French actbor.
Middle English acte
English act
English -ing
English acting
From act + -ing.
Meanings
(not-comparable) Temporarily assuming the duties or authority of another person when they are unable to do their job.
The Acting Minister must sign Executive Council documents in a Minister's absence.
The CEO is currently in a hospital. The CFO is acting CEO in the meantime.
Amy Gleason is the acting administrator of the US DOGE Service, the agency that houses the temporary Department of Government Efficiency, a White House official told CNN on Tuesday. 2025 February 25, Kaitlan Collins and Tierney Sneed, “White House reveals who DOGE acting administrator is”, in CNN:
pl pełniąca obowiązki (temporarily assuming the duties or authority) · fi väliaikainen (temporarily assuming the duties or authority) · mi taupua (temporarily assuming the duties or authority) · fr par intérim (temporarily assuming the duties or authority) · th รักษาการ (temporarily assuming the duties or authority) · hi कार्यकारी (temporarily assuming the duties or authority) · sv ställföreträdande (temporarily assuming the duties or authority) · pt temporário (temporarily assuming the duties or authority) · ka მოვალეობის შემსრულებელი (temporarily assuming the duties or authority) · es en funciones (temporarily assuming the duties or authority) · sv tf (temporarily assuming the duties or authority) · es suplente (temporarily assuming the duties or authority) · de stellvertretend (temporarily assuming the duties or authority) · fi virkaa toimittava (temporarily assuming the duties or authority) · pt interino (temporarily assuming the duties or authority) · ja 代理の (temporarily assuming the duties or authority) · sk úradujúci (temporarily assuming the duties or authority) · cmn 代- (temporarily assuming the duties or authority) · pl p.o. (temporarily assuming the duties or authority) · ru исполня́ющий обя́занности (temporarily assuming the duties or authority) · ka მოვალეობების შემსრულებელი (temporarily assuming the duties or authority) · ga gníomhach (temporarily assuming the duties or authority) · gu કાર્યકારી (temporarily assuming the duties or authority) · fr intérimaire (temporarily assuming the duties or authority) · ru ври́о (temporarily assuming the duties or authority) · sh вршилац дужности (temporarily assuming the duties or authority) · de geschäftsführend (temporarily assuming the duties or authority) · de amtierend (temporarily assuming the duties or authority) · ru и.о. (temporarily assuming the duties or authority) · es interino (temporarily assuming the duties or authority) · ml ബദലായ (temporarily assuming the duties or authority) · pl pełniący obowiązki (temporarily assuming the duties or authority) · eo portempa (temporarily assuming the duties or authority) · hi कार्यवाहक (temporarily assuming the duties or authority) · sv tillförordnad (temporarily assuming the duties or authority) · cmn 代理 (temporarily assuming the duties or authority) · sv stf (temporarily assuming the duties or authority) · ka მოქმედი (temporarily assuming the duties or authority) · uk виконувач обов'язків (temporarily assuming the duties or authority)
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-
Proto-Indo-European *-eti
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti
Proto-Italic *agō
Latin agō
Latin ācta
Old French actbor.
Middle English acte
English act
English -ing
English acting
From act + -ing.
Meanings
(archaic, countable) An 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. 1974, J. R. Jacob, “Robert Boyle and Subversive Religion in the Early Restoration”, in Albion: A Quarterly Journal Concerned with British Studies, volume 6, number 4, →JSTOR, page 276:
[…] I desire this Account may pass with them, rather for a Direction to themselves to act by, than a History of my actings, seeing it may not be of one farthing value to them to note what became of me. 1722, Daniel Defoe, “A Journal of the Plague Year”, in et al., London: E. Nutt, page 10:
[…] 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; 1685, Herbert Croft, Some Animadversions upon a book intituled, The Theory of the Earth, London, Preface:
(countable) Something done by a party—so called to avoid confusion with the legal senses of deed and action.
pl aktorszczyzna (occupation of an actor) · ro actorie (occupation of an actor) · ru актёрское иску́сство (occupation of an actor) · pt atuação (occupation of an actor) · hu színjátszás (occupation of an actor) · hy դերասանություն (occupation of an actor) · mk глума (occupation of an actor) · cmn 演技 (occupation of an actor) · pam pamagarti (occupation of an actor) · ky оюнчулук (occupation of an actor) · sh gluma (occupation of an actor) · pam pamagarte (occupation of an actor) · fi näytteleminen (occupation of an actor) · hu alakítás (occupation of an actor) · es actuación (occupation of an actor) · tr oyunculuk (occupation of an actor) · ga aisteoireacht (occupation of an actor) · it recitazione (occupation of an actor) · eo aktorado (occupation of an actor) · cs herectví (occupation of an actor) · de Schauspielkunst (occupation of an actor) · pt encenação (occupation of an actor) · id akting (occupation of an actor) · ca actuació (occupation of an actor) · hi अभिनय (occupation of an actor) · ko 연기 (occupation of an actor) · sv skådespeleri (occupation of an actor) · sl igranje (occupation of an actor) · ru актёрство (occupation of an actor) · ja 演技 (occupation of an actor) · ml അഭിനയം (occupation of an actor) · fa بازیگری (occupation of an actor) · la histriōnia (occupation of an actor) · ar تَمْثِيل (occupation of an actor) · pl aktorstwo (occupation of an actor) · hu színészi játék (occupation of an actor) · grc ὑπόκρισις (occupation of an actor)
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-
Proto-Indo-European *-eti
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti
Proto-Italic *agō
Latin agō
Latin ācta
Old French actbor.
Middle English acte
English act
English -ing
English acting
From act + -ing.
Meanings
(form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of act