Performing others’ duties, or a fictional role

noun

1. The art or practice of representing a character on a stage or before cameras

adjective

1. Holding a temporary rank or position performing services temporarily

   "acting president"

2. Suitable for stage performance

   "an acting play"

3. Prepared with directions for actors

   "an acting text of a play"

verb

1. To take action move

   "think before acting"

2. To conduct oneself behave

   "act like a fool"

3. To perform on the stage

   "began acting at the age of eight"

4. To behave as if performing on the stage pretend

   "seemed angry but was just acting"

5. To perform a specified function serve

   "trees acting as a windbreak"

6. To produce an effect work

   "wait for a medicine to act"

7. To give a decision or award

   "adjourned without acting on the bill"

8. To be capable of being performed

   "a play that acts well"

9. To represent or perform by action especially on the stage

   "will act the part of Romeo in tonight's play"

10. Feign, simulate

    "act indifference"

11. Impersonate
12. To play the part of as if in a play

    "act the man of the world"

13. To behave in a manner suitable to

    "Act your age."

14. Actuate, animate

noun

1. Birth control (such as IUDs or contraceptive implants) that is usually inserted into and left in the body for an extended period of time (as for several years)

noun

1. A form of birth control (such as an IUD or contraceptive implant) that is usually inserted into and left in the body for an extended period of time (as for several years) larc

   "… long-acting reversible contraceptives, known as LARCs, are about 20 times more effective than birth control pills …"

adjective

1. Acting or capable of acting of or by itself automatic

verb

1. To represent in action

   "children act out what they read"

2. To translate into action

   "unwilling to act out their beliefs"

3. To express (something, such as an impulse or a fantasy) directly in overt behavior without modification to comply with social norms
4. To behave badly or in a socially unacceptable often self-defeating manner especially as a means of venting painful emotions (such as fear or frustration)

verb

1. To behave in an unruly, recalcitrant, or capricious manner

   "the children were acting up"

2. Show off
3. To function improperly

   "this typewriter is acting up again"

4. To become active or acute after being quiescent

   "her rheumatism started to act up"

verb

1. To act or work together

   "coacted on the proposal"