actors
- 1Plural of actor.
The lead actors received standing ovations after the final performance.
Casting directors interviewed dozens of actors for the supporting roles.
Note
A regular plural, made by adding -s, and it carries every living meaning of the singular. Besides stage and screen performers, actors can be the doers in any action, such as the parties to a dispute or a deal. In grammar, they are the subjects that perform a verb's action. In writing, the plural possessive adds only an apostrophe: the actors' dressing rooms, as against one actor's lines.
actors is a form of actor
actor, noun: A person who portrays a character, originally in stage plays and later also in movies or television. Full entry
- Forms
- actoractors plural
- Spelling
- actor → actors: add -s
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