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English to English noun
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something done (usually as opposed to something said) |  | Example: there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions
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the state of being active | | Example: his sphere of activity
he is out of action
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a military engagement | | Example: he saw action in Korea
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a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings) | | Example: the action of natural forces
volcanic activity
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the series of events that form a plot | | Example: his novels always have a lot of action
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the trait of being active and energetic and forceful | | Example: a man of action
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the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism | | Example: the piano had a very stiff action
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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 | | source: wordnet30
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an act by a government body or supranational organization | | Example: 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
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the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field | | Example: 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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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. | | source: webster1913 verb
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institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against | | Example: He was warned that the district attorney would process him
She actioned the company for discrimination
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put in effect | | Example: carry out a task
execute the decision of the people
He actioned the operation
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