- acting, playing, playacting, performing - the performance of a part or role in a drama
--1 is a kind of activity; performing arts
--1 is a part of performance
--1 has particulars:portrayal, characterization, enactment, personation; impersonation, personation; mime, pantomime, dumb show; business, stage business, byplay; skit; hamming, overacting; heroics; roleplaying Derived form: verb playact1
- act, play, roleplay, playact - perform on a stage or theater; "She acts in this play"; "He acted in `Julius Caesar'"; "I played in `A Christmas Carol'"
--1 is one way to perform
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun playactor1, noun playacting1
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