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Meaning
Noun
●
The
effort
of
performing
or doing something.
●
Something done, often
so as to
accomplish
a purpose.
●
A way of
motion
or functioning.
●
Fast-paced activity.
●
The
way in
which a
mechanical
device
acts
when used; especially a firearm.
●
In Firearms:
The
way in
which a
mechanical
device
acts
when used; especially a firearm.
The
way in
which
cartridges
are
loaded
,
locked
, and
extracted
from the mechanism.
●
In Music:
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.
●
In Lutherie & Music:
The
distance
separating
the
strings
and the
fretboard
on a
guitar
or other
string
instrument.
●
Sexual intercourse.
●
In Military:
Combat.
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In Law:
A
charge
or other process in a
law court
(also called
lawsuit
and actio).
●
In Mathematics:
A
mapping
from a
pairing
of
mathematical
objects
to one of them,
respecting
their individual
structures
. The
pairing
is
typically
a Cartesian product or a
tensor product
. The
object
that is not part of the
output
is said to
act on
the other
object
. In any given
context
,
action
is used as an
abbreviation
for a more
fully
named
notion
, like
group action
or
left
group action
.
●
In Physics:
The product of energy and time, especially the product of the Lagrangian and time.
●
In Literature:
The
event
or
connected
series
of
event
s, either
real
or
imaginary
,
forming
the
subject
of a
play
,
poem
, or other
composition
; the
unfolding
of the
drama
of
event
s.
●
In Art:
The
attitude
or
position
of the several
parts
of the body as
expressive
of the
sentiment
or
passion
depicted.
●
In Bowling:
spin
put on
the
bowling
ball.
●
A
share
in the
capital stock
of a
joint-stock company
, or in the public funds.
●
In Christianity:
A
religious
performance or
solemn
function
, i.e.
action sermon
, a
sacramental
sermon
in the Scots Presbyterian Church.
●
In Sciences:
a process
existing
in or
produced
by nature
(
rather than
by the
intent
of human beings).
Intj
●
Demanding or
signifying
the
start
of something, usually a performance.
Adj
●
In Manglish:
arrogant
Verb
●
In Management:
To
act on
a
request
etc, in order to
put
it into effect.
●
To
initiate
a
legal action
against someone.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
action
English
accion
Middle English (1100-1500)
action
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
actio
Latin
-tio
Latin
actum
Latin
ago
Latin
actus
Latin
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Deed
Act
Action
Acting
Cocky
Doing
Engagement
Conduct
Copulation
Antonyms
Inaction
Omission
Cut
Related
Activity
Intervention
Movement
Behavior
Initiative
Effort
Response
Decision
Task
Event
Operation
Aggression
Violence
Execution
Escalation
Acts
Practice
Exercise
Behaviour
Outcome
Process
Strategy
Effect
Attack
Dialogue
Activities
Punishment
Issue
Order
Force
Emotion
Agent
Move
Step
Idea
Function
Investigation
Work
Situation
Treatment
Attempt
Approach
Intention
Incident
Procedure
Offense
Expression
Change
Mechanism
Implementation
Judgment
Policy
Experience
Evidence
Object
Offence
Team
Goal
Atrocity
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Rhymes
Action
Faction
Reaction
Traction
Fraction
Impaction
Redaction
Detraction
Extraction
Refraction
Attraction
Infraction
Interaction
Transaction
Contraction
Distraction
Subtraction
Satisfaction
Torrefaction
Congelifraction
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