acting
temporarily assuming the duties or authority of another person when they are unable to do their job.
Example
“The Acting Minister must sign Executive Council documents in a Minister's absence.”
Related words
- cis-acting
- nonacting
- unacting
- self-acting
Example sentences
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “acting” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.