Meaning of action

Action

Common

noun

•

Something

, often

a

.

•

A way of

or

.

•

.

•

A

; a

or

.

•

In Music:

The

, that is the set of

, of a

keyboard instrument

, like a

, which

the

of the

to the sound-making

.

•

In Music:

The

the

and the

on a

.

•

Sexual intercourse

.

•

In Military:

.

•

In Law:

A

or other process in a

(also called

and actio).

•

In Mathematics:

A

from a

of

to one of them,

their

. The

is

a

Cartesian product

or a

. The

that is not part of the

is said to

the other

. In any

,

is used as an

for a more

, like

or

.

•

In Physics:

The product of energy and time,

the product of the

and time.

•

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

as

of the

or

.

•

In Bowling:

the

.

•

A

in the

of a

joint-stock company

, or in the

.

verb

•

In Management:

To

a

etc,

it into

.

•

To

a

against someone.

intj

•

or

the

of something,

a performance.

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Rhymes

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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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