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ACTING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The performance of a part or role in a drama
Synonyms:
acting; performing; playacting; playing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("acting" is a kind of...):
activity (any specific behavior)
performing arts (arts or skills that require public performance)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "acting"):
characterization; enactment; personation; portrayal (acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture)
impersonation; personation (imitating the mannerisms of another person)
method; method acting (an acting technique introduced by Stanislavsky in which the actor recalls emotions or reactions from his or her own life and uses them to identify with the character being portrayed)
dumb show; mime; pantomime (a performance using gestures and body movements without words)
business; byplay; stage business (incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect)
skit (a short theatrical episode)
hamming; overacting (poor acting by a ham actor)
heroics (ostentatious or vainglorious or extravagant or melodramatic conduct)
reenactment (performing a role in an event that occurred at an earlier time)
roleplaying (acting a particular role (as in psychotherapy))
Holonyms ("acting" is a part of...):
performance (the act of presenting a play or a piece of music or other entertainment)
Derivation:
act (play a role or part)
act (perform on a stage or theater)
act (be suitable for theatrical performance)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Serving temporarily especially as a substitute
Example:
the acting president
Classified under:
Similar:
impermanent; temporary (not permanent; not lasting)
III. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb act
Context examples:
A long-acting, recombinant fusion polypeptide consisting of interferon alpha-2b (IFNa-2b) linked to human albumin (alb-IFN), with antiviral and immunomodulatory activity.
(Albinterferon Alfa-2b, NCI Thesaurus)
A long-acting calcium channel antagonist, Amlodipine inhibits transmembrane calcium influx into vascular smooth muscle.
(Amlodipine Besylate/Benazepril Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)
Angiotensin II is the master regulator of blood pressure increase acting on the heart, kidneys and blood vessels.
(Angiotensin-converting Enzyme 2 Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
A broad-acting, apoptosis-inducing, small molecule with potential antineoplastic activity.
(Apoptosis Inducer MPC-2130, NCI Thesaurus)
Ambenonium chloride is a rapid indirect-acting cholinergic agonist that reversibly blocks the activity of acetylcholinesterase, thereby prevents acetylcholine hydrolysis and prolonging its activity on nicotinic receptors at the neuromuscular junction.
(Ambenonium Chloride, NCI Thesaurus)
The hydrochloride salt of alfentanil, a synthetic short-acting opioid with analgesic and local anesthesia enhancing activity.
(Alfentanil Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)
A racemic mixture of the r-isomer levalbuterol and s-albuterol, a short-acting sympathomimetic agent with bronchodilator activity.
(Albuterol, NCI Thesaurus)
The sulfate salt of the short-acting sympathomimetic agent albuterol, a 1:1 racemic mixture of (R)-albuterol and (S)-albuterol with bronchodilator activity.
(Albuterol Sulfate, NCI Thesaurus)
A synthetic short-acting opioid with analgesic and local anesthesia enhancing activity.
(Alfentanil, NCI Thesaurus)
“It is now critical to determine whether exposure to pesticides has the potential to turn normal cells into cancer cells by acting as endocrine disruptors or by damaging DNA.”
(Pesticides blamed for rise in colon cancer deaths, SciDev.Net)
