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Type Words
Synonyms military action
Type of group action
Has types engagement, conflict, resistance, battle, fight, defence, defense, defensive measure, ew, saber rattling, blockade, police action, warfare, encirclement, war, electronic warfare, sortie, sally, sabre rattling, amphibious landing


he saw action in Korea.
Type Words
Synonyms action at law, legal action
Type of proceeding, legal proceeding, proceedings
Has types criminal prosecution, custody case, prosecution, test case, counterclaim, lis pendens, antitrust case, test suit, civil action
Type Words
Synonyms action mechanism
Type of mechanism
Has types movement, piano action, gunlock, slide action, pump action, firing mechanism


the piano had a very stiff action.
Type Words
Synonyms litigate, process, sue
Type of challenge
Has types expedite
Verb group litigate
Derivation actionable


She actioned the company for discrimination.
Type Words
Synonyms accomplish, carry out, carry through, execute, fulfil, fulfill
Type of effect, complete, effectuate, set up, finish
Has types discharge, perform, get over, run, complete, consummate, do, dispatch
Verb group follow out, put through, implement, follow up, carry out, go through with, follow through


He actioned the operation.
Type Words
Synonyms activeness, activity
Type of state
Has types eruption, behaviour, overdrive, busyness, swing, eructation, extravasation, hum, play, agency, behavior, operation
Derivation act


he is out of action.
Type Words
Synonyms activity, natural action, natural process
Type of physical process, process
Has types absorption, acidification, adiabatic process, aeration, antiredeposition, capture, cataphoresis, centrifugation, chemical action, chemical change, chemical process, chromatography, clotting, coagulation, concretion, condensation, convection, curdling, curing, decay, demagnetisation, demagnetization, desorption, dielectrolysis, diffusion, disintegration, dissolution, distillation, distillment, drift, ecesis, ecological succession, effervescence, electrophoresis, establishment, extinction, extraction, feedback, filtration, flocculation, flow, formation, fossilisation, fossilization, geologic process, geological process, hardening, inactivation, ion exchange, ionisation, ionization, ionophoresis, leach, leaching, magnetic induction, magnetisation, magnetization, materialisation, materialization, natural selection, nuclear reaction, opacification, oscillation, oxygenation, pair creation, pair formation, pair production, phase change, phase transition, physical change, precession of the equinoxes, radiation, release, rigidification, rigidifying, saltation, scattering, selection, sericulture, set, sink, soak, soakage, soaking, softening, solidification, solidifying, sorption, source, state change, stiffening, stimulation, succession, survival, survival of the fittest, synergism, synergy, temperature change, transduction, transpiration, vitrification


the action of natural forces.
Type Words
Type of group action


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.
Type Words
Type of human activity, human action, act, deed
Has types aggression, saving, economy, emphasizing, employment, destabilization, engagement, selection, destabilisation, execution, exercise, fetch, forbiddance, taking, opposition, option, achievement, thing, performance, transfusion, transgression, pick, pickings, play, playing, bruxism, politeness, vampirism, benignity, prohibition, beatification, reference, accomplishment, res gestae, resistance, arrival, reverence, accentuation, accenting, application, alienation, course of action, course, hostility, inhibition, interaction, jump-start, jumpstart, consultation, kindness, civility, stupefaction, choice, change, swordplay, carrying out, carrying into action
Derivation act


there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions.
Type Words
Type of work


the action is no longer in technology stocks but in municipal bonds.
gawkers always try to get as close to the action as possible.
Type Words
Type of plot


his novels always have a lot of action.
Type Words
Type of drive


a man of action.

Examples of action

action
The recommendations would require action by various state and local authorities.
From the stltoday.com
She objected to the committee taking no action saying enough delay has occurred.
From the stltoday.com
The team was last in action on December 21st, suffering a 75-59 setback at UCLA.
From the thenewstribune.com
The action takes place in a French chateau during an early level in Uncharted 3.
From the usatoday.com
Mr. Reid is pushing a flurry of action while many lawmakers are eyeing the door.
From the washingtontimes.com
Campus officials are considering whether the video warrants disciplinary action.
From the sacbee.com
Mr. McCarthy said the House is still waiting for the Senate to take some action.
From the washingtontimes.com
Assuming that you are relying on facts and not hearsay, you need to take action.
From the dailynews.com
Well, they were nowhere near the leaders during the action-packed final 20 laps.
From the tennessean.com
More examples
  • Institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against; "He was warned that the district attorney would process him"; "She actioned the company for discrimination"
  • Something done (usually as opposed to something said); "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions"
  • The state of being active; "his sphere of activity"; "he is out of action"
  • Carry through: put in effect; "carry out a task"; "execute the decision of the people"; "He actioned the operation"
  • Military action: a military engagement; "he saw action in Korea"
  • Natural process: a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings); "the action of natural forces"; "volcanic activity"
  • ACTION is a public bus service operating in Canberra, ACT, Australia. It is operated by the Department of Territory and Municipal Services. The name ACTION is an acronym of Australian Capital Territory Internal Omnibus Network.
  • Action! is a programming language, with integrated editor, debugger, and 6502 compiler, for the Atari 8-bit family of microcomputers. Action! was created by Clinton Parker and released on cartridge by Optimized Systems Software in 1983. Its syntax is similar to that of ALGOL 68.
  • Action is a 1921 Western film directed by John Ford and featuring Hoot Gibson. It was based on Peter B. Kyne's popular novel The Three Godfathers. The film is considered to be lost.