• something done (usually as opposed to something said); "there were stories of murders and other unnatural Actions"
• 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"
• a military engagement; "he saw Action in Korea"
• 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
• 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 actio
• the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism; "the piano had a very stiff Action"
• the trait of being active and energetic and forceful; "a man of Action"
• the series of events that form a plot; "his novels always have a lot of Action"
• a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings); "the Action of natural forces"; "volcanic activity"
• the state of being active; "his sphere of activity"; "he is out of Action"
• put in effect; "carry out a task"; "execute the decision of the people"; "He Actioned the operation"
• institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against; "He was warned that the district attorney would process him"; "She Actioned the company for discrimination"

'Action' in other languages