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Definition of Action
1. Noun. Something done (usually as opposed to something said). "There were stories of murders and other unnatural actions"
Specialized synonyms: Thing, Benignity, Kindness, Accomplishment, Achievement, Alienation, Application, Res Gestae, Course, Course Of Action, Interaction, Fetch, Playing, Play, Swordplay, Arrival, Carrying Into Action, Carrying Out, Execution, Performance, Choice, Option, Pick, Selection, Change, Economy, Saving, Forbiddance, Inhibition, Prohibition, Opposition, Resistance, Bruxism, Transfusion, Pickings, Taking, Transgression, Aggression, Hostility, Destabilisation, Destabilization, Employment, Engagement, Civility, Politeness, Reverence, Consultation, Reference, Accenting, Accentuation, Emphasizing, Beatification, Jump-start, Jumpstart, Stupefaction, Vampirism
Derivative terms: Act
2. Verb. Institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against. "They action to move "; "She actioned the company for discrimination"
Generic synonyms: Challenge
Specialized synonyms: Expedite
Related verbs: Litigate
Derivative terms: Actionable, Litigation, Process, Suer, Suit
3. Noun. The state of being active. "He is out of action"
Generic synonyms: State
Specialized synonyms: Agency, Busyness, Hum, Behavior, Behaviour, Eructation, Eruption, Extravasation, Operation, Overdrive, Play, Swing
Attributes: Active
Derivative terms: Act, Act, Active, Active, Active, Active, Active, Active, Active, Active, Active, Active, Active
Antonyms: Inaction, Inactiveness, Inactivity
4. Verb. Put in effect. "He actioned the operation"
Generic synonyms: Complete, Finish, Effect, Effectuate, Set Up
Related verbs: Carry Out, Follow Out, Follow Through, Follow Up, Go Through, Implement, Put Through
Specialized synonyms: Get Over, Run, Consummate, Consummate, Do, Perform, Complete, Discharge, Dispatch
Derivative terms: Accomplishable, Accomplishment, Execution, Executive, Fulfilment, Fulfillment
5. Noun. A military engagement. "He saw action in Korea"
Specialized synonyms: Amphibious Landing, Battle, Conflict, Engagement, Fight, Blockade, Encirclement, Defence, Defense, Defensive Measure, Electronic Warfare, Ew, Police Action, Resistance, Saber Rattling, Sabre Rattling, Sally, Sortie, War, Warfare
Generic synonyms: Group Action
Category relationships: Armed Forces, Armed Services, Military, Military Machine, War Machine
6. Noun. A process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings). "Volcanic activity"
Generic synonyms: Physical Process, Process
Specialized synonyms: Radiation, Absorption, Acidification, Adiabatic Process, Aeration, Antiredeposition, Capture, Capture, Centrifugation, Chemical Action, Chemical Change, Chemical Process, Chromatography, Concretion, Condensation, Convection, Clotting, Coagulation, Curdling, Decay, Demagnetisation, Demagnetization, Desorption, Diffusion, Disintegration, Dissolution, Distillation, Distillment, Drift, Effervescence, Cataphoresis, Dielectrolysis, Electrophoresis, Ionophoresis, Ecesis, Establishment, Extinction, Extraction, Feedback, Filtration, Flocculation, Flow, Formation, Fossilisation, Fossilization, Geologic Process, Geological Process, Curing, Hardening, Set, Solidification, Solidifying, Inactivation, Ion Exchange, Ionisation, Ionization, Leach, Leaching, Magnetic Induction, Magnetisation, Magnetization, Materialisation, Materialization, Nuclear Reaction, Opacification, Oscillation, Oxygenation, Pair Creation, Pair Formation, Pair Production, Phase Change, Phase Transition, Physical Change, State Change, Precession Of The Equinoxes, Release, Saltation, Scattering, Sericulture, Sink, Soak, Soakage, Soaking, Softening, Sorption, Source, Rigidification, Rigidifying, Stiffening, Stimulation, Ecological Succession, Succession, Natural Selection, Selection, Survival, Survival Of The Fittest, Synergism, Synergy, Temperature Change, Transduction, Transpiration, Vitrification
Derivative terms: Active, Active
7. Noun. The series of events that form a plot. "His novels always have a lot of action"
8. Noun. The trait of being active and energetic and forceful. "A man of action"
9. Noun. The operating part that transmits power to a mechanism. "The piano had a very stiff action"
Group relationships: Gun, Keyboard
Specialized synonyms: Firing Mechanism, Gunlock, Movement, Piano Action, Pump Action, Slide Action
Terms within: Key
Generic synonyms: Mechanism
10. Noun. 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.
Specialized synonyms: Antitrust Case, Civil Action, Counterclaim, Custody Case, Lis Pendens, Criminal Prosecution, Prosecution, Test Case, Test Suit
Generic synonyms: Legal Proceeding, Proceeding, Proceedings
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
11. Noun. An act by a government body or supranational organization. "The Union action of emancipating Southern slaves"
12. Noun. The most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field. "Gawkers always try to get as close to the action as possible"
Definition of Action
1. n. A process or condition of acting or moving, as opposed to rest; the doing of something; exertion of power or force, as when one body acts on another; the effect of power exerted on one body by another; agency; activity; operation; as, the action of heat; a man of action.
Definition of Action
1. the process of acting [n -S]
Medical Definition of Action
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1. A process or condition of acting or moving, as opposed to rest; the doing of something; exertion of power or force, as when one body acts on another; the effect of power exerted on one body by another; agency; activity; operation; as, the action of heat; a man of action. "One wise in council, one in action brave." (Pope)
2. An act; a thing done; a deed; an enterprise. (pl): Habitual deeds; hence, conduct; behavior; demeanor. "The Lord is a Good of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed." (1 Sam. Ii. 3)
3. The event or connected series of events, either real or imaginary, forming the subject of a play, poem, or other composition; the unfolding of the drama of events.
4. Movement; as, the horse has a spirited action.
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