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acting adjective

  /ˈæk.tɪŋ/
  • Temporarily assuming the duties or authority of another person when they are unable to do their job.
 stellvertretend, amtierend, geschäftsführend

act noun

  /æk/ , /ækt/
  • (countable, drama) A division of a theatrical performance.
 Akt, Handlung
  • (countable) Something done, a deed.
 Akt, Handlung, Tat
  • The process of doing something.
 Handlung, Akt
  • (law, countable) A product of a legislative body, a statute.
 Gesetz
  • (countable) A formal or official record of something done.
 Akte, Akt
  • (countable) A display of behaviour.
 Auftreten, Handeln, Spiel
  • (law) Ellipsis of act of parliament.
 Handlung

act verb

  /æk/ , /ækt/
  • (obsolete, transitive) To do (something); to perform.
 handeln, machen, tun
  • (intransitive, construed with on or upon) To have an effect (on).
 agieren, auswirken, wirken
  • (intransitive, mathematics, construed with on or upon, of an algebraic structure) To possess an action onto (some other structure). Examples include the group action of a group on a set, the action of a ring on a module by scalar multiplication, and the action of a group or algebra on a vector space via a representation.
 spielen, benehmen, verhalten
  • (obsolete, transitive) To move to action; to actuate; to animate.
 agieren
  • (intransitive) To behave in a certain manner for an indefinite length of time.
  • (intransitive, law) To carry out work as a legal representative in relation to a particular legal matter.
 benehmen, verhalten

acting noun

  /ˈæk.tɪŋ/
  • (uncountable, drama) The occupation of an actor.
 Schauspielkunst

acts

Akt
play-acting
Schauspielerei
double-acting
doppeltwirkend
method acting
Method Acting
short-acting
kurzwirksam
do small-time acting
tingeln
Acting President
Übergangspräsident

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Method Acting
method acting
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