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Meaning of action

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  action
      n 1: something done (usually as opposed to something said);
           "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions"
      2: the state of being active; "his sphere of activity"; "he is
         out of action" [syn: {action}, {activity}, {activeness}]
         [ant: {inaction}, {inactiveness}, {inactivity}]
      3: a military engagement; "he saw action in Korea" [syn:
         {military action}, {action}]
      4: a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by
         the intent of human beings); "the action of natural forces";
         "volcanic activity" [syn: {natural process}, {natural
         action}, {action}, {activity}]
      5: the series of events that form a plot; "his novels always
         have a lot of action"
      6: the trait of being active and energetic and forceful; "a man
         of action"
      7: the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism; "the
         piano had a very stiff action" [syn: {action}, {action
         mechanism}]
      8: 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 [syn:
         {legal action}, {action}, {action at law}]
      9: 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 action of emancipating Southern slaves"
      10: 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"
      v 1: institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against;
           "He was warned that the district attorney would process
           him"; "She actioned the company for discrimination" [syn:
           {action}, {sue}, {litigate}, {process}]
      2: put in effect; "carry out a task"; "execute the decision of
         the people"; "He actioned the operation" [syn: {carry
         through}, {accomplish}, {execute}, {carry out}, {action},
         {fulfill}, {fulfil}]

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