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| 1. | [ noun ] something done (usually as opposed to something said) | |
| Examples: | "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions" |
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| Related terms: | act thing accomplishment change interaction performance choice course resistance hire economy arrival reference picking aggression emphasizing playing transfusion bruxism forbiddance pickings transgression res_gestae alienation play beatification stupefaction destabilisation kindness act | |
| 2. | [ noun ] the state of being active | |
| Synonyms: | activity activeness | |
| Examples: | "his sphere of activity" "he is out of action" |
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| Related terms: | inaction inaction inaction state operation behavior play agency swing overdrive eruption busyness act active active | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (law) a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong | |
| Synonyms: | action_at_law legal_action | |
| Related terms: | proceeding prosecution antitrust_case test_case lis_pendens counterclaim custody_case civil_action law | |
| 4. | [ noun ] (military) a military engagement | |
| Synonyms: | military_action | |
| Examples: | "he saw action in Korea" |
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| Related terms: | group_action war battle defense blockade operation resistance saber_rattling sortie electronic_warfare police_action amphibious_landing military | |
| 5. | [ noun ] an act by a government body or supranational organization | |
| Examples: | "recent federal action undermined the segregationist position" "the United Nations must have the power to propose and organize action" "the Union action of emancipating Southern slaves" |
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| Related terms: | group_action | |
| 6. | [ noun ] a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings) | |
| Synonyms: | activity natural_action natural_process | |
| Examples: | "the action of natural forces" "volcanic activity" |
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| Related terms: | process phase_change diffusion aeration chromatography transpiration flow washing distillation absorption sorption release fractionation centrifugation decay desorption flocculation ion_exchange dissolution stiffening soak capture temperature_change softening synergy feedback drift oscillation formation antiredeposition electrophoresis vitrification adiabatic_process organic_process opacification curdling nuclear_reaction geological_process rigidification source sink effervescence magnetization ionization leach induction demagnetization capture acidification convection survival condensation sericulture transduction filtration extraction ignition precession_of_the_equinoxes scattering pair_production fossilization stimulation extinction concretion establishment succession oxygenation saltation inactivation materialisation chemical_process hardening radiation absolute_zero | |
| 7. | [ noun ] (writing) the series of events that form a plot | |
| Examples: | "his novels always have a lot of action" |
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| Related terms: | plot | |
| 8. | [ noun ] the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism | |
| Synonyms: | action_mechanism | |
| Examples: | "the piano had a very stiff action" |
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| Related terms: | mechanism pump_action gunlock piano_action movement gun keyboard key | |
| 9. | [ noun ] the trait of being active and energetic and forceful | |
| Examples: | "a man of action" |
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| Related terms: | drive | |
| 10. | [ verb ] put in effect | |
| Synonyms: | accomplish carry_out fulfill carry_through fulfil execute | |
| Examples: | "carry out a task" "execute the decision of the people" "He actioned the operation" |
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| Related terms: | complete effect do dispatch run consummate perfect get_over follow_through accomplishment fulfillment execution | |
| 11. | [ verb ] (law) institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against | |
| Synonyms: | sue process litigate | |
| Examples: | "He was warned that the district attorney would process him" "She actioned the company for discrimination" |
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| Related terms: | challenge expedite litigate legal_action summons petitioner | |
| 12. | [ noun ] the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field | |
| Examples: | "the action is no longer in technology stocks but in municipal bonds" "gawkers always try to get as close to the action as possible" |
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| Related terms: | work | |
| Similar spelling: |
acetone actinon Acton actin acetonic act_on acting auction actinal actinia actinic actinide accident actinian actinism actinium actinoid Actinaria actinopod Actinozoa acuteness Actinidia accidence acetum Actium |
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