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ALL meanings of action

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  • idioms action out of action, removed from action, as by sudden disability: The star halfback is out of action with a bad knee. 1
  • idioms action piece of the action, Informal. a share of the proceeds or profits: Cut me in for a piece of the action. 1
  • idioms action take action, to start doing something: As soon as we get his decision, we'll take action. to start a legal procedure. 1
  • noun action movement, work, activity 1
  • noun action political measures 1
  • noun action plot 1
  • noun action frenetic activity 1
  • noun action law 1
  • transitive verb action request: deal with, act upon 1
  • interjection action movie-making 1
  • noun action gesture 1
  • noun action mechanical movement 1
  • noun action military 1
  • noun action movie, book genre 1
  • noun action Something done so as to accomplish a purpose. 0
  • noun action A way of motion or functioning. 0
  • noun action A fast-paced activity. 0
  • noun action A mechanism; a moving part or assembly. 0
  • noun action (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. 0
  • noun action (Slang) sexual intercourse. 0
  • noun action The distance separating the strings and the fretboard on the guitar. 0
  • noun action (military) Combat. 0
  • noun action (law) A charge or other process in a law court (also called lawsuit and actio). 0
  • noun action (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. 0
  • noun action The event or connected series of events, either real or imaginary, forming the subject of a play, poem, or other composition; the unfolding of the drama of events. 0
  • noun action (art, painting and sculpture) The attitude or position of the several parts of the body as expressive of the sentiment or passion depicted. 0
  • noun action (bowling) spin put on the bowling ball. 0
  • noun action (business, obsolete, a Gallicism) A share in the capital stock of a joint-stock company, or in the public funds. 0
  • verb action (Transitive Verb) (management) To act on a request etc, in order to put it into effect. 0
  • verb action (Transitive Verb) (chiefly archaic) To initiate a legal action against someone. 0
  • interjection action Demanding or signifying the start of something, usually an act or scene of a theatric performance. 0
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