• noun:   something done (usually as opposed to something said)

  Example: "There were stories of murders and other unnatural actions"

• noun:   the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field

  Example: "The action is no longer in technology stocks but in municipal bonds"

• noun:   an act by a government body or supranational organization

  Example: "Recent federal action undermined the segregationist position"

• noun:   the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism

  Example: "The piano had a very stiff action"

• noun:   the trait of being active and energetic and forceful

  Example: "A man of action"

• noun:   the series of events that form a plot

  Example: "His novels always have a lot of action"

• noun:   the state of being active

  Example: "He is out of action"

• noun:   a military engagement

  Example: "He saw action in Korea"

• 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
• noun:   a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)

  Example: "The action of natural forces"

• verb:   institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against

  Example: "She actioned the company for discrimination"

• verb:   put in effect

  Example: "He actioned the operation"

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