action

Etymology
From, from , , from , from + action suffix , perfect passive participle of , ultimately from ; see also ,.

Morphologically.

Pronunciation




Noun

 * 1) The effort of performing or doing something.
 * 2) Something done, often so as to accomplish a purpose.
 * 3) A way of motion or functioning.
 * 4) Fast-paced activity.
 * 5) The way in which a mechanical device acts when used; especially a firearm.
 * 6)  The way in which cartridges are loaded, locked, and extracted from the mechanism.
 * 7)  The mechanism, that is the set of moving mechanical parts, of a keyboard instrument, like a piano, which transfers the motion of the key to the sound-making device.
 * 8)  The distance separating the strings and the fingerboard on a string instrument.
 * 9)  Sexual intercourse.
 * 10)  Combat.
 * 11)  A charge or other process in a law court (also called  and actio).
 * 12)  A way in which each element of some algebraic structure transforms some other structure or set, in a way which respects the structure of the first. Formally, this may be seen as a morphism from the first structure into some structure of endomorphisms of the second; for example, a group action of a group G on a set S can be seen as a group homomorphism from G into the set of bijections on S (which form a group under function composition), while a module M over a ring R can be defined as an abelian group together with a ring homomorphism from R into the ring of group endomorphisms of M (which is also called the action of R on M).
 * 13)   The product of energy and time, especially the product of the Lagrangian and time.
 * 14)  The event or connected series of events, either real or imaginary, forming the subject of a play, poem, or other composition; the unfolding of the drama of events.
 * 15)  The attitude or position of the several parts of the body as expressive of the sentiment or passion depicted.
 * 16)  spin put on the bowling ball.
 * 17)  A share in the capital stock of a joint-stock company, or in the public funds.
 * 18)  A religious performance or solemn function, i.e. action sermon, a sacramental sermon in the Scots Presbyterian Church.
 * 19)  A process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings).
 * 20)  Purposeful behavior.
 * 21) A demonstration by activists.
 * 1)  A way in which each element of some algebraic structure transforms some other structure or set, in a way which respects the structure of the first. Formally, this may be seen as a morphism from the first structure into some structure of endomorphisms of the second; for example, a group action of a group G on a set S can be seen as a group homomorphism from G into the set of bijections on S (which form a group under function composition), while a module M over a ring R can be defined as an abelian group together with a ring homomorphism from R into the ring of group endomorphisms of M (which is also called the action of R on M).
 * 2)   The product of energy and time, especially the product of the Lagrangian and time.
 * 3)  The event or connected series of events, either real or imaginary, forming the subject of a play, poem, or other composition; the unfolding of the drama of events.
 * 4)  The attitude or position of the several parts of the body as expressive of the sentiment or passion depicted.
 * 5)  spin put on the bowling ball.
 * 6)  A share in the capital stock of a joint-stock company, or in the public funds.
 * 7)  A religious performance or solemn function, i.e. action sermon, a sacramental sermon in the Scots Presbyterian Church.
 * 8)  A process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings).
 * 9)  Purposeful behavior.
 * 10) A demonstration by activists.
 * 1)  A process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings).
 * 2)  Purposeful behavior.
 * 3) A demonstration by activists.

Synonyms

 * ; see also Thesaurus:action

Translations

 * Finnish: ,


 * Afrikaans: optrede
 * Albanian:
 * American Sign Language: C@SideTrunkhigh-PalmDown-C@SideTrunkhigh-PalmDown RoundVertSidetoside-RoundVertSidetoside, Claw5@SideTrunkhigh-PalmDown-Claw5@SideTrunkhigh-PalmDown RoundVertSidetoside-RoundVertSidetoside
 * Arabic:
 * Armenian: ,
 * Bashkir: ғәмәл
 * Belarusian: дзе́янне
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Corsican: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Egyptian:
 * Esperanto: ago
 * Estonian: tegu
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ქმედება, მოქმედება
 * German: ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: πρᾶξις
 * Hausa: yin abu
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Hungarian:, , ,
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Interlingua: action
 * Irish: aicsean
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer:, ,
 * Korean:
 * Lao:, ການກະທຳ
 * Latin: ,
 * Low German:
 * German Low German:
 * Macedonian: дејство
 * Malay: ,
 * Malayalam: ,
 * Maltese:
 * Maori: hohenga
 * Ngazidja Comorian: itrenɗwa
 * Old English: dǣd
 * Persian:, , ,
 * Polish:, , , ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:, , , ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: gnìomh
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ра́дња, чи̑н
 * Roman: ,
 * Sicilian: azzioni
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog:
 * Tajik:
 * Thai: ,
 * Tibetan: ལས
 * Tocharian B: yamalläññe, yāmor
 * Turkish:, , ,
 * Ukrainian: ,
 * Vietnamese:


 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: אופן פעולה
 * Hungarian:, , , , , ,
 * Ido: ,
 * Interlingua: action
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Lao:
 * Latin:
 * Maori: hohenga
 * Persian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: ,
 * Thai:
 * Vietnamese:


 * Bulgarian: екшън
 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: אקשן
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Ido:
 * Interlingua: action
 * Italian:
 * Korean: 액션
 * Low German:
 * German Low German:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish:


 * Finnish: kielen korkeus


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ;
 * Korean:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:


 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Ido:
 * Irish: aicsean
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Korean: ,
 * Persian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: gnìomh


 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: žaloba
 * Finnish:
 * French: action en justice, action légale
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Hebrew: תביעה משפטית
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Italian: azione legale
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Latin:
 * Ottoman Turkish: یارغو
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:


 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: virkning
 * Nynorsk: verknad


 * Finnish:


 * Finnish:


 * Finnish:


 * Finnish: ;


 * Esperanto:
 * Georgian:
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Irish:
 * Volapük: ,

Translations

 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: אקשן
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 액션
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, ,

Adjective

 * 1)  arrogant

Verb

 * 1)  To act on a request etc, in order to put it into effect.
 * 2)  To initiate a legal action against someone.
 * 1)  To initiate a legal action against someone.
 * 1)  To initiate a legal action against someone.
 * 1)  To initiate a legal action against someone.
 * 1)  To initiate a legal action against someone.

Usage notes

 * The verb sense is rejected by some usage authorities.

Etymology
From, , etymologically reconstructed in to resemble the.

Noun

 * , act, deed
 * 1) campaign
 * 2) stock, share
 * 3)  a special offer
 * 1) stock, share
 * 2)  a special offer
 * 1)  a special offer

Etymology
From, , etymologically reconstructed to resemble the.

Noun

 * 1) ; act

Etymology
From.

Verb

 * 1) to

Noun

 * 1)  (intense activity)

Usage notes
Uninflected.