Meaning of actor | Babel Free

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1. Someone who institutes a legal suit; a plaintiff or complainant. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
2. Someone who institutes a legal suit; a plaintiff or complainant.
   obsolete
3. Someone acting on behalf of someone else; a guardian
4. Someone acting on behalf of someone else; a guardian.
   obsolete
5. temporarily carrying out the duties of. He is acting president of the society. waarnemend نَائِب، وَكِيل временно заместващ interino zastupující amtierend fungerende αναπληρωματικόςen funciones kohusetäitja جانشین موقت viransijainen suppléant מְמָלֵא מָקוֹם בְּפוֹעַל कार्यकारी aktualan ügyvezető pejabat sementara starfandi, verandi incaricato, 代理の 대행의 (laikinai) einantis pareigas vietas izpildītājs melakonkan waarnemendfungerende, konstituert pełniący obowiązki دځاي ځانشين interino provizoriu...
6. Someone or something that takes part in some action; a doer, an agent
7. Someone or something that takes part in some action; a doer, an agent.
8. a performer in a play. akteur, aktrise مُمَـثِّـل مَسْرَحِي актьор, актриса ator herec der/die Schauspieler(in) skuespiller ηθοποιόςactor; actriz näitleja بازیگر näyttelijä acteur/-trice שחקן, שחקנית अभिनेता glumac színész pemain, aktor, aktris leikari, leikkona attore, attrice 俳優 배우 aktorius aktieris pelakon acteurskuespilleraktor لوبي كوونكي actor actor, actriţă актёр herec, herečka igralec glumac skådespelare นักแสดง aktör 演員 актор, актриса اداکار یا اداکارہ diễn viên 演员
9. A person who acts a part in a theatrical play or (later) in film or television; a dramatic performer.
10. A person who acts a part in a theatrical play or (later) in film or television; a dramatic performer
11. to do the work or duties of. He acts as head of department when his boss is away. doen diens قَامَ مَقَام، عَمِلَ كَـ действам като fazer as vezes de jednat jako fungieren als fungere som εκτελώ καθήκοντα hacer de, actuar como (kellenagi) tegutsema به جای چیزی یا کسی عمل کردن virkaa toimittava faire fonction de לְשָׁמֶש כֶּ- का काम करना vršiti ulogu intézkedik bertindak selaku gegna hlutverki sem agire da, agire in qualità di ～の役を務める 역할을 하다 dirbti (kuo), eiti pareigas būt par; strādāt par ber...
12. An advocate or proctor in civil courts or causes.
    Ancient-Rome, obsolete
13. An advocate or proctor in civil courts or causes
14. to do something for (someone else); to act as the representative of (someone). My lawyer is acting on my behalf; He is also acting on behalf of my mother; She is acting for the headmaster in his absence. tree op يَتَصَرَّف بِالنِيَابَةِ عَن، يَقُوم مَقَام действам representar jednat za, zastupovat vertreten handle på vegne af εκπροσωπώ representar esindama, (kellegi nimel) tegutsema کاری را به جای کسی انجام دادن؛ نماینده کسی بودن toimia toisen henkilön puolesta représenter לִפְעוֹל בְּשֶׁם के...
15. The subject performing the action of a verb.
16. at the exact moment (of doing something). He was caught in the act (of stealing my car). op heterdaad مُتَلَبِّسَاً بِالفِعْل / بِالجُرْم المَشْهُود в момента на em flagrante při činu auf frischer Tat i færd med; på fersk gerning επ' αυτοφώρω in fraganti, con las manos en la masa teolt در حین انجام کاری itse teossa sur le faitבשעת מעשה ठीक समय पर u činu tetten érik sedang, lagi að verki in flagrante; sul fatto 現行の (...하는) 현장에서 (veiksmo) metu, (ką) bedarantis darbošanās/rīcības brīdī ketika be...
17. The entity that performs a role (in use case analysis).
18. to pretend. I thought she had hurt herself but she was only putting on an act. gemaak of يَتَظَاهَر преструвам се fingir hrát divadlo, předstírat Theater spielen lade som om; spille προσποιούμαιfingir, hacer la comedia teesklema تظاهر کردن teeskennellä jouer la comédie לְהַעֲמִיד פָּנִים स्वांग करना glumiti megjátszik vmit berpura-pura þykjast fare finta, fingere ～のふりをする 시늉을 하다 apsimesti izlikties berpura-pura doen alsoflate som, spilleudawać وهنه fingir a juca teatru притворяться hrať divadl...
19. A person who behaves in the manner of a character, usually by reciting scripted dialogue, in order to entertain an audience, especially in a play, movie, or television show.
20. One who takes part; a participant: "France, Britain ... and any other external actors now involved ... in the affairs of the continent" (Helen Kitchen).
21. Law a. One, such as the manager of a business, who acts for another.
    Law
22. (Theatre) a person who acts in a play, film, broadcast, etc

Equivalents

Examples

“A man may be principal in an offence in two degrees. A principal, in the first degree, is he that is the actor, or absolute perpetrator of the crime; and, in the second degree, he who is present, aiding, and abetting the fact to be done.”

“Never, my dear Bethel, did the most feverish dreams of fiction produce scenes more painful, or more terrific, than the real events to which I have been an actor, since the date of my last letter.”

“Mr. Clay had been too prominent an actor in public affairs to allow whig deception and misrepresentation a fair opportunity for successful action.”

“Seems like everyone's an actor / Or they're an actor's best friend / I wonder what was wrong to begin with / That they should all have to pretend”

“Exactly. Marijuana is something we just all gradually decided is okay, like Mark Wahlberg as a serious actor. “You know what? Sure, I’ve decided I’m fine with that.””

“"I'm an actress -- actor, as we have to say these days."”

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