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action

noun
  1. something done, usually as opposed to something said
    “There were stories of murders and other unnatural actions.”
  2. the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field
    “the action is no longer in technology stocks but in municipal bonds”
  3. a military engagement
    “The unit saw action in Korea.”
    military action
  4. a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another
    legal actionaction at law
  5. an act by a government body or supranational organization
    “recent federal action undermined the segregationist position”
  6. the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism
    “the piano had a very stiff action”
    action mechanism
  7. the trait of being active and energetic and forceful
    “A person ready to jump, leap, or run at any moment is ready for action.”
  8. the series of events that form a plot
    “The writer's newer novels have a lot of action.”
  9. a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)
    “the action of natural forces”
    activitynatural processnatural action
  10. the state of being active
    activityactiveness
verb
  1. to put in effect
    “I actioned the plan.”
    carry outexecutefulfillfulfilcarry throughaccomplish
  2. to institute legal proceedings against
    “It looks like we will have to action them to get the to budge.”
    process