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actings

/ˈæk.tɪŋz/

actings is the plural of acting.

Meaning of acting

Noun

acting (countable and uncountable, plural actings)

  1. (archaic, countable) 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;1685, Herbert Croft, Some Animadversions upon a book intituled, The Theory of the Earth, London, Preface
  2. (countable) Something done by a party—so called to avoid confusion with the legal senses of deed and action.
  3. (uncountable) Pretending.
  4. (uncountable) The occupation of an actor.

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Phrases with actings

Questions about actings

What is actings the plural of?
Actings is the plural of acting.
How do you pronounce actings?
Actings is pronounced /ˈæk.tɪŋz/.

Words near actings in the dictionary

  1. acting the jennet
  2. acting the jinnet
  3. acting the maggot
  4. acting up
  5. acting upon
  6. actings
  7. actinia
  8. actiniae
  9. actinian
  10. actinians
  11. actiniarian

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