Definitions, Meanings, Synonyms, Examples and Famous Quotes of action in English

action

• 1.

  The fact or process of doing something, typically to achieve an aim.

  "He vowed to take tougher action against persistent offenders"

  Synonyms (17)

  Steps Measures Activity Movement Work Working Effort Exertion Operation Act Take steps Take measures Take the initiative Move Make a move React Do something
• 2.

  A thing done; an act.

  "She frequently questioned his actions"

  Synonyms (24)

  Deed Act Activity Move Gesture Undertaking Exploit Maneuver Achievement Accomplishment Venture Enterprise Endeavor Effort Exertion Work Handiwork Doing Creation Performance Behavior Conduct Reaction Response
• 3.

  A manner or style of doing something, typically the way in which a mechanism works or a person moves.

  "The weapon has speed and smooth action"

• 4.

  Armed conflict.

  "Servicemen listed as missing in action during the war"

  Synonyms (15)

  Fighting Hostilities Battle Conflict Armed conflict Combat Warfare War Bloodshed Engagement Clash Encounter Confrontation Skirmish Affray
• 5.

  A legal process; a lawsuit.

  "An action for damages"

  Synonyms (13)

  Lawsuit Legal action Suit Suit at law Case Cause Prosecution Litigation Legal dispute Legal contest Proceedings Legal proceedings Judicial proceedings
• 6.

  The process of doing something, especially when dealing with a problem or difficulty

  "This problem calls for swift/prompt action from the government."

• 7.

  A military engagement

  "He saw action in Korea"

  Synonyms (1)

  Military action

  Type of (1)

  Group action

  Has types (20)

  Engagement Conflict Resistance Battle Fight Defence Defense Defensive measure Ew Saber rattling Blockade Police action Warfare Encirclement War Electronic warfare Sortie Sally Sabre rattling Amphibious landing

  Categories (5)

  Military machine Armed services War machine Armed forces Military
• 8.

  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 (2)

  Action at law Legal action

  Type of (3)

  Proceeding Legal proceeding Proceedings

  Has types (9)

  Criminal prosecution Custody case Prosecution Test case Counterclaim Lis pendens Antitrust case Test suit Civil action

  Categories (2)

  Jurisprudence Law
• 9.

  The operating part that transmits power to a mechanism

  "The piano had a very stiff action"

  Synonyms (1)

  Action mechanism

  Type of (1)

  Mechanism

  Has types (6)

  Movement Piano action Gunlock Slide action Pump action Firing mechanism

  Part of (2)

  Keyboard Gun
• 10.

  The state of being active

  "He is out of action"

  Synonyms (2)

  Activeness Activity

  Antonyms (1)

  Inaction

  Type of (1)

  State

  Has types (12)

  Eruption Behaviour Overdrive Busyness Swing Eructation Extravasation Hum Play Agency Behavior Operation

  Derivation (1)

  Act
• 11.

  A process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)

  "The action of natural forces"

  Synonyms (3)

  Activity Natural action Natural process

  Type of (2)

  Physical process Process

  Has types (101)

  Absorption Acidification Adiabatic process Aeration Antiredeposition Capture Cataphoresis Centrifugation Chemical action Chemical change Chemical process Chromatography Clotting Coagulation Concretion Condensation Convection Curdling Curing Decay Demagnetisation Demagnetization Desorption Dielectrolysis Diffusion Disintegration Dissolution Distillation Distillment Drift Ecesis Ecological succession Effervescence Electrophoresis Establishment Extinction Extraction Feedback Filtration Flocculation Flow Formation Fossilisation Fossilization Geologic process Geological process Hardening Inactivation Ion exchange Ionisation Ionization Ionophoresis Leach Leaching Magnetic induction Magnetisation Magnetization Materialisation Materialization Natural selection Nuclear reaction Opacification Oscillation Oxygenation Pair creation Pair formation Pair production Phase change Phase transition Physical change Precession of the equinoxes Radiation Release Rigidification Rigidifying Saltation Scattering Selection Sericulture Set Sink Soak Soakage Soaking Softening Solidification Solidifying Sorption Source State change Stiffening Stimulation Succession Survival Survival of the fittest Synergism Synergy Temperature change Transduction Transpiration Vitrification
• 12.

  An act by a government body or supranational organization

  "The Union action of emancipating Southern slaves"

  Type of (1)

  Group action
• 13.

  Something done (usually as opposed to something said)

  "There were stories of murders and other unnatural actions"

  Type of (4)

  Human activity Human action Act Deed

  Has types (57)

  Aggression Saving Economy Emphasizing Employment Destabilization Engagement Selection Destabilisation Execution Exercise Fetch Forbiddance Taking Opposition Option Achievement Thing Performance Transfusion Transgression Pick Pickings Play Playing Bruxism Politeness Vampirism Benignity Prohibition Beatification Reference Accomplishment Res gestae Resistance Arrival Reverence Accentuation Accenting Application Alienation Course of action Course Hostility Inhibition Interaction Jump-start Jumpstart Consultation Kindness Civility Stupefaction Choice Change Swordplay Carrying out Carrying into action

  Derivation (1)

  Act
• 14.

  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"

  Type of (1)

  Work
• 15.

  The series of events that form a plot

  "His novels always have a lot of action"

  Type of (1)

  Plot
• 16.

  The trait of being active and energetic and forceful

  "A man of action"

  Type of (1)

  Drive

• 1.

  Institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against

  "She actioned the company for discrimination"

  Synonyms (3)

  Litigate Process Sue

  Type of (1)

  Challenge

  Has types (1)

  Expedite

  Derivation (1)

  Actionable
• 2.

  Put in effect

  "He actioned the operation"

  Synonyms (6)

  Accomplish Carry out Carry through Execute Fulfil Fulfill

  Type of (5)

  Effect Complete Effectuate Set up Finish

  Has types (8)

  Discharge Perform Get over Run Complete Consummate Do Dispatch

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Quotes and Sayings about "action"

1.

"Silence, and non action are the root of all things."

--- Zhuangzi

2.

"We're going to have to come together and take meaningful action to prevent more tragedies like this, regardless of the politics."

--- Barack Obama

3.

"Until there's a public commitment, and action to back that commitment, a policy is only words on paper."

--- Tim Field

4.

"Political action means taking on responsibility. This cannot happen without power. Power is to serve responsibility."

--- Dietrich Bonhoeffer

5.

"I don't get the action... well, I never did get the big action hero parts. I was always locked into making the kids movies, which were a lot of fun."

--- Laila Ali