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| ac·tion [ ákshən ] |
noun (plural ac·tions) |
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1. doing something toward goal: the process of doing something in order to achieve a purpose
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2. something done: something that somebody or something does
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3. movement: the way somebody or something moves or works, or the movement itself
  the action of a piston
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4. verve: energetic activity
a woman of action
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5. law legal proceedings: legal proceedings in a court to obtain compensation for something or to enforce a right
decided not to take action
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6. events: the important events in a narrative composition such as a novel or film
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7. function or influence: the way in which something functions, or the effect it produces
the action of water on stone
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8. fighting during war: a small battle, or the fighting that takes place during a war
wounded in action
a campaign of brief actions
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9. exciting or profitable activity: involvement in something that brings excitement, profit, or pleasure
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a piece of the action
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10. operating mechanism: the operating parts of a mechanism or instrument, e.g. a watch or piano
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11. music space under strings: the space between the fingerboard and strings of a string instrument such as a violin or a guitar
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12. physics force: the force applied to a body
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13. physics property of system used in dynamics: twice the average kinetic energy of a system in a given time multiplied by the time
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interjection |
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movies start performing: a command from a film director telling actors to begin acting as filming has begun
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| [14th century. Directly or via Old French< Latin action-< actus (see act)] |
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missing in action absent after combat and not known to be captured, injured, or dead
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put something into action to carry out or bring into effect a plan or idea
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