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Common
noun
•
Something
done
, often
so as to
accomplish
a
purpose
.
•
A way of
motion
or
functioning
.
•
Fast-paced
activity
.
•
A
mechanism
; a
moving part
or
assembly
.
•
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 Music:
The
distance
separating
the
strings
and the
fretboard
on a
guitar
.
•
Sexual intercourse
.
•
In Military:
Combat
.
•
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.
•
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
.
verb
•
In Management:
To
act on
a
request
etc,
in order to
put
it into
effect
.
•
To
initiate
a
legal
action
against someone.
intj
•
Demanding
or
signifying
the
start
of something,
usually
a performance.
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Similar
engagement
acting
doing
deed
conduct
act
copulation
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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Opposite
inaction
omission
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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Lineage
action
English
accion
Middle English (1100-1500)
action
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
actio
Latin
-tio
Latin
actum
Latin
ago
Latin
actus
Latin
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