action
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1.8
- noun
- /ˈækʃən/
- The film was filled with thrilling action, keeping the audience on the edge of their seats.
- an action scene
- characters' actions
- an action story
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Watch on YouTubePay attention to someone's actions more than their words.
- Pay attention to someone's actions more than their words.
- At the total top of the action film food chain.
- And I'm like, this is great action, OK?
- Do not let the other actions confuse you.
- So the second one, so much action, so much happening.
- OK, so he sees the action of drawing.
- No words between the moral action and the desired action.
- Be aware of how their actions impact other people.
- These choices and these actions led to this outcome.
- So often people have no clue how their actions impact their partner.
- So I'm hoping that the the actions follow the words more.
- And that's playable actions that actors can embody.
- That's where all the action is right now.
Examples
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Where's all the action this weekend?
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I wanna check out the action, of course.
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So the second one, so much action, so much happening.
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Well, of course not all the action is at this jump.
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I saw you in action.
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I am at the center of the action.
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Front-row seats, right in the action.
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We don't know exactly what Pat did, so the action remains unknown.
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Stanza A of part 2 sets the stage for the action that follows in Stanza B.
Academic text (1999) -
One example of this canon in action involves the interplay between state and federal arbitration law.
Academic text (2017)
Synonyms
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1.0
A planned or important thing that happens at a particular time and place
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2.5
The sequence of events that make up the main story
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2.8
A series of events in a book, film, or play that form the main plot
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
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4.7
A plan to help groups treated unfairly get more chances in education or work
- Specialized
61
4.4
A lawsuit brought by some people for a larger group with similar claims
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4.4
A group that raises and spends money to support political candidates or causes
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4.7
A lawsuit started by one or more people for many others with the same problem
- Jargon
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5.5
A protest where people act directly, for example by blocking a road or factory, to reach their goals
- Formal
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4.2
A planned effort to change life in a community or improve people's living conditions
- Specialized
4
6.3
A sliding lever on a shotgun or rifle that loads a new round when you move it back and forth
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3.4
A quick movement your body makes without thinking, for example pulling your hand from something hot
- Specialized
1
5.8
Movement of liquid up thin tubes or spaces, like water rising in a plant stem
- Specialized
1
5.2
A quick change in electric charge across a cell membrane that carries a signal along nerve or muscle cells
- Specialized
1
4.1
Every push or pull makes an equal force in the opposite direction
- Specialized
1
7.1
A style of abstract painting where the artist moves and applies paint in big, energetic movements
- Formal
1
7.9
Someone directly involved in a court case, as plaintiff or defendant
- Specialized
1
3.5
A process in which substances change into new substances, for example rusting or cooking
- Specialized
1
6.0
The speed of a chemical reaction depends on the amounts of the substances that react
- Specialized
1
8.1
A part of a shotgun you move back and forth to eject and load shells for the next shot
- Specialized
1
6.3
The mechanical part of a device that makes parts move, like in a piano or toy
- Specialized
1
5.8
The levers and parts inside a piano that make hammers hit strings when you press a key
- Specialized
A theory that large areas of the brain work together for complex tasks
How Eventful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Action comes from old Latin agere 'to do', the same root as act and actor, so the 'action' in a place or story is where people are 'doing' things and the main events happen.