actor meaning
EN
[ˈæk.tə] [ˈæk.təɹ] 
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- An actor (actress for a female; see terminology) is a person portraying a character in a dramatic or comic production; he or she performs in film, television, theatre, radio, commercials or music videos.
- Formerly, in some societies, only men could become actors, and women's roles were generally played by men or boys. In modern times, women occasionally played the roles of prepubescent boys.
- NounPLactors
- A person who performs in a theatrical play or film.
- One who acts; a doer.
- One who takes part in a situation.
- (law) An advocate or proctor in civil courts or causes.
- (law) One who institutes a suit; plaintiff or complainant.
- (policy debate) One who enacts a certain policy action.
- (software engineering) The entity that performs a role (in use case analysis).
- A person who performs in a theatrical play or film.
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- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- The actor John Smith hopes to fight off the other nominees for the Golden Globe award.
- This gives his commands an oraclelike quality that compels the actors to obey.
- To be a professional actor you need to learn stagecraft.
- Used in the Beginning of Sentence
- Actors must be able to pronounce perfectly or deliberately disabled.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- The newspaper was on a campaign to besmirch the actor.
- How did you keep body and soul together before you got your first paying job as an actor?
- His performance as an evil-tempered superpatriot earned him the National Society of Film Critics’ award for best supporting actor.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of actor in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
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Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "actor" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun.