Main entry: action
Definition: something done (usually as opposed to something said)
Usage: there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions
Main entry: action
Definition: the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field
Usage: the action is no longer in technology stocks but in municipal bonds; gawkers always try to get as close to the action as possible
Main entry: action, military action
Definition: a military engagement
Usage: he saw action in Korea
Main entry: legal action, action, action at law
Definition: 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
Main entry: action
Definition: an act by a government body or supranational organization
Usage: 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 action of emancipating Southern slaves
Main entry: action, action mechanism
Definition: the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism
Usage: the piano had a very stiff action
Main entry: action
Definition: the trait of being active and energetic and forceful
Usage: a man of action
Main entry: action
Definition: the series of events that form a plot
Usage: his novels always have a lot of action
Main entry: natural action, natural process, action, activity
Definition: a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)
Usage: the action of natural forces; volcanic activity
Main entry: action, activeness, activity
Definition: the state of being active
Usage: his sphere of activity; he is out of action
Main entry: carry out, carry through, fulfil, fulfill, execute, accomplish, action
Definition: put in effect
Usage: carry out a task; execute the decision of the people; He actioned the operation
Main entry: process, action, litigate, sue
Definition: institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against
Usage: He was warned that the district attorney would process him; She actioned the company for discrimination