action
noun
1 action
Something done (usually as opposed to something said).
Roget 680:
action,
performance;
doing,
etc.
v.;
perpetration;
exercise,
excitation;
movement,
operation,
evolution,
work;
labor
etc.
(exertion)
686;
praxis,
execution;
procedure
etc.
(conduct)
692;
handicraft;
business
etc.
625;
agency
etc.
(power at work)
170.
deed,
act,
overt act,
stitch,
touch,
gest transaction†,
job,
doings,
dealings,
proceeding,
measure,
step,
maneuver,
bout,
passage,
move,
stroke,
blow;
coup,
coup de main,
coup d'etat [Fr.];
tour de force
etc.
(display)
882;
feat,
exploit;
achievement
etc.
(completion)
729;
handiwork,
workmanship;
manufacture;
stroke of policy
etc.
(plan)
626.
actor
etc.
(doer)
690.
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Roget 720:
contention,
strife;
contest,
contestation†;
struggle;
belligerency;
opposition
etc.
708.
controversy,
polemics;
debate
etc.
(discussion)
476;
war of words,
logomachy†,
litigation;
paper war;
high words
etc.
(quarrel)
713;
sparring
etc.
v..
competition,
rivalry;
corrivalry†,
corrivalship†,
agonism†,
concours†,
match,
race,
horse racing,
heat,
steeple chase,
handicap;
regatta;
field day;
sham fight,
Derby day;
turf,
sporting,
bullfight,
tauromachy†,
gymkhana†;
boat race,
torpids†.
wrestling,
greco-roman wrestling;
pugilism,
boxing,
fisticuffs,
the manly art of self-defense;
spar,
mill,
set-to,
round,
bout,
event,
prize fighting;
quarterstaff,
single stick;
gladiatorship†,
gymnastics;
jiujitsu,
jujutsu,
kooshti†,
sumo;
athletics,
athletic sports;
games of skill
etc.
840.
shindy†;
fracas
etc.
(discord)
713;
clash of arms;
tussle,
scuffle,
broil,
fray;
affray,
affrayment†;
velitation†;
colluctation†,
luctation†;
brabble†,
brigue†,
scramble,
melee,
scrimmage,
stramash†,
bushfighting†.
free fight,
stand up fight,
hand to hand,
running fight.
conflict,
skirmish;
rencounter†,
encounter;
rencontre†,
collision,
affair,
brush,
fight;
battle,
battle royal;
combat,
action,
engagement,
joust,
tournament;
tilt,
tilting [Mediev.];
tournay†,
list;
pitched battle.
death struggle,
struggle for life or death,
life or death struggle,
Armageddon†.
hard knocks,
sharp contest,
tug of war.
naval engagement,
naumachia†,
sea fight.
duel,
duello [It];
single combat,
monomachy†,
satisfaction,
passage d'armes [Fr.],
passage of arms,
affair of honor;
triangular duel;
hostile meeting,
digladiation†;
deeds of arms,
feats of arms;
appeal to arms
etc.
(warfare)
722.
pugnacity;
combativeness
etc.
adj.;
bone of contention
etc.
713.
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Roget 170:
agency,
operation,
force,
working,
strain,
function,
office,
maintenance,
exercise,
work,
swing,
play;
interworking†,
interaction;
procurement.
causation
etc.
153;
instrumentality
etc.
631;
influence
etc.
175;
action
etc.
(voluntary)
680;
modus operandi
etc.
627.
quickening power,
maintaining power,
sustaining power;
home stroke.
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Roget 969:
lawsuit,
suit,
action,
cause;
litigation;
suit in law;
dispute
etc.
713.
citation,
arraignment,
prosecution,
impeachment;
accusation
etc.
938;
presentment,
true bill,
indictment.
apprehension,
arrest;
committal;
imprisonment
etc.
(restraint)
751.
writ,
summons,
subpoena,
latitat†,
nisi prius [Lat.];
venire,
venire facias pleadings [Lat.];
declaration,
bill,
claim;
proces verbal [Fr.];
bill of right,
information,
corpus delicti;
affidavit,
state of facts;
answer,
reply,
replication,
plea,
demurrer,
rebutter,
rejoinder;
surrebutter†,
surrejoinder†.
suitor,
party to a suit;
plaintiff,
defendant,
litigant
etc.
938.
hearing,
trial;
verdict
etc.
(judgment)
480;
appeal,
appeal motion;
writ of error;
certiorari [Lat.].
case;
decision,
precedent;
decided case,
reports
(legal reference works, see reference books)..
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Dutch: rechtshandeling
2 action
The state of being active:
— He is out of action.
synonyms: activeness, activity.
Dutch: actief, activiteit
Polish: działanie
3 action
4 action
A process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings):
— The action of natural forces.
synonyms: activity, natural action, natural process.
Polish: proces
5 action
The series of events that form a plot.
Dutch: handeling
Polish: akcja
6 action
The trait of being active and energetic and forceful.
7 action
The operating part that transmits power to a mechanism:
— The piano had a very stiff action.
synonym: action mechanism.
Dutch: werking, actie
8 action
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.
synonyms: action at law, legal action.
9 action
An act by a government body or supranational organization.
10 action
The most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field.
verb
1 action
Institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against:
— She actioned the company for discrimination.
synonyms: litigate, process, sue.
Dutch: aanklagen, aanspannen
2 action
Put in effect:
— He actioned the operation.
synonyms: accomplish, carry out, carry through, execute, fulfil, fulfill.
Dutch: volbrengen, afleggen, kwijten, sjouwen, treffen, uitrichten, uitvoeren
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