acting
Temporarily assuming the duties or authority of another person when they are unable to…Temporarily assuming the duties or authority of another person when they are unable to do their job.
» Why is Tom acting like this?
Почему Том так поступает? — marafon
Чому Том так поводиться? — deniko
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1 senses(not comparable)Temporarily assuming the duties or authority of another person when they are unable to do their job.
The Acting Minister must sign Executive Council documents in a Minister's absence.
The CEO is currently in a hospital. The CFO is acting CEO in the meantime.
amtierend, stellvertretend, geschäftsführend
исполня́ющий обя́занностиispolnjájuščij objázannosti, и.о.i.o., ври́оvrío
виконувач обов'язківvykonuvač obovʺjazkiv
- serving temporarily especially as a substitute
Examples
661 sentencesWhy is Tom acting like this?
Чому Том так поводиться? — deniko
ruПочему Том так поступает? — marafon
You were acting like a baby.
Ти поводився, неначе мала дитина. — deniko
ruТы вёл себя как маленький ребёнок. — marafon
Why are you acting so crazy?
Чому ти поводишся як божевільний? — deniko
I don't like the way you're acting.
Мені не подобається твоя поведінка. — Lumo
ruМне не нравится, как ты себя ведёшь. — marafon
Why are you acting like you don't know me?
Чому ти поводишся так, неначе ти мене не знаєш? — deniko
ruПочему ты ведёшь себя так, будто не знаешь меня? — fjay69
deWarum tust du so, als ob du mich nicht kennen würdest? — Tamy
Translations
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Word family
5 related wordsCollocations
12 patterns- acting like a
- acting like
- has been acting
- is acting like
- been acting weird
- stop acting like
- acting weird
- been acting strangely
- acting strange
- acting strangely
- been acting strange
- acting a little
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.