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Meaning of action in English

  1. Pronunciation

    /ˈækʃ(ə)n/

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  1. Verb

    action

    Definitions

    1. institute legal proceedings against

    Examples

    • « file a suit against »
    • « He was warned that the district attorney would process him »
    • « She actioned the company for discrimination »
  2. 2. put in effect

    Examples

    • « carry out a task »
    • « execute the decision of the people »
    • « He actioned the operation »
  3. Noun

    action

    Etymology

    late Middle English: via Old French from Latin actio(n-), from agere‘do, act’

    Definitions

    1. something done (usually as opposed to something said)

    Examples

    • « there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions »
  4. 2. the state of being active

    Examples

    • « his sphere of activity »
    • « he is out of action »

    Antonyms

    • inaction
    • inactivity
    • inactiveness
    • inaction
    • inactivity
    • inactiveness
    • inaction
    • inactivity
    • inactiveness
  5. 3. a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another

    Examples

    • « one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong »
  6. 4. 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 without being hobbled by irrelevant issues »
    • « the Union actio »
  7. 5. a military engagement

    Examples

    • « he saw action in Korea »
  8. 6. a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)

    Examples

    • « the action of natural forces »
    • « volcanic activity »
  9. 7. the series of events that form a plot

    Examples

    • « his novels always have a lot of action »
  10. 8. the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism

    Examples

    • « the piano had a very stiff action »
  11. 9. the trait of being active and energetic and forceful

    Examples

    • « a man of action »
  12. 10. 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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