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Action

speaker

Meaning

Noun

The
of
or doing something.
Something done, often
a purpose.
A way of
or functioning.
Fast-paced activity.
The
which a
when used; especially a firearm.
In Firearms:
  • The
    which a
    when used; especially a firearm.
  • The
    which
    are
    ,
    , and
    from the mechanism.
  • In Music:
    The
    , that is the set of
    , of a
    , like a
    , which
    the
    of the key to the sound-making device.
    In Lutherie & Music:
    The
    the
    and the
    on a
    or other
    instrument.
    Sexual intercourse.
    In Military:
    Combat.
    In Law:
    A
    or other process in a
    (also called
    and actio).
    In Mathematics:
    A
    from a
    of
    to one of them,
    their individual
    . The
    is
    a Cartesian product or a
    . The
    that is not part of the
    is said to
    the other
    . In any given
    ,
    is used as an
    for a more
    , like
    or
    .
    In Physics:
    The product of energy and time, especially the product of the Lagrangian and time.
    In Literature:
    The
    or
    of
    s, either
    or
    ,
    the
    of a
    ,
    , or other
    ; the
    of the
    of
    s.
    In Art:
    The
    or
    of the several
    of the body as
    of the
    or
    depicted.
    In Bowling:
    spin
    the
    ball.
    A
    in the
    of a
    , or in the public funds.
    In Christianity:
    A
    performance or
    , i.e.
    , a
    in the Scots Presbyterian Church.
    In Sciences:
    a process
    in or
    (
    by the
    of human beings).

    Intj

    Demanding or
    the
    of something, usually a performance.

    Adj

    In Manglish:
    arrogant

    Verb

    In Management:
    To
    a
    etc, in order to
    it into effect.
    To
    a
    against someone.
    Sourced from
    Wiktionary

    Origin

    action
    English
    arrow
    accion
    Middle English (1100-1500)
    arrow
    action
    Old French (842-ca. 1400)
    arrow
    actio
    Latin
    arrow
    -tio
    Latin
    actum
    Latin
    arrow
    ago
    Latin
    actus
    Latin
    Sourced from
    Etym
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