eng: action - UWN/MENTA

eng: action

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Meaning
means	(noun) something done (usually as opposed to something said); "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions" action
means	(noun) the state of being active; "his sphere of activity"; "he is out of action" action, activeness, activity
means	(noun) a military engagement; "he saw action in Korea" military action, action
means	(noun) a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings); "the action of natural forces"; "volcanic activity" action, activity, natural action, natural process
means	(noun) the series of events that form a plot; "his novels always have a lot of action" action
means	(noun) the trait of being active and energetic and forceful; "a man of action" action
means	(noun) the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism; "the piano had a very stiff action" action, action mechanism
means	(noun) a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong legal action, action, action at law
means	(noun) an act by a government body or supranational organization; "recent federal action undermined the segregationist position"; "the United Nations must have the power to propose and organize action without being hobbled by irrelevant issues"; "the Union action of emancipating Southern slaves" action
means	(noun) 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"; "gawkers always try to get as close to the action as possible" action
means	(verb) institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against; "He was warned that the district attorney would process him"; "She actioned the company for discrimination" litigate, process, action, sue
means	(verb) put in effect; "carry out a task"; "execute the decision of the people"; "He actioned the operation" fulfill, action, accomplish, carry through, carry out, fulfil, execute
means	e/Action (music)
means	e/Action (physics)
means	e/Action genre
means	e/Action theory (philosophy)

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