Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

θ	thin	ð	this	ʃ	she	ʒ	measure
tʃ	church	dʒ	judge	ŋ	sing	j	yes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

-s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
-ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
-ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

acting

/ˈæk.tɪŋ/ adjective, noun

Also a form of act

Forms actings

adjective 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.”
noun (countable, now rare) An action or deed.
noun (countable, law) Something done by a party—so called to avoid confusion with the legal senses of deed and action.
noun (uncountable) Pretending.
noun (uncountable, drama) The occupation of an actor.

Synonyms

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “acting”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “acting” (best matches first).