action
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5.1
- noun
- /ˈækʃən/
- Then you push past it, until action and reaction become instinct.
- glacial action
- wave action
- ecosystems in action
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- They're all produced by the transformative action of microorganisms.
- That is what that's that is capillary action in action, if you will.
- It is one with cause and effect, and you can't have action or reaction without it.
- This entanglement is not what Einstein meant by spooky action at a distance.
- So when those amino acid nucleotides depart, they now cause an action, the creation of a protein.
- Joyce Kilmer was not seeing capillary action when the famous poem was composed about trees.
- Those things that normally work don't work if cortisol is opposing that action.
Examples
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They're all produced by the transformative action of microorganisms.
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I bet this lot has seen some action.
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No seismic action last night.
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In about an hour, the action of the exnide takes place.
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The coroner told me that wave action had rendered the face featureless.
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It is one with cause and effect, and you can't have action or reaction without it.
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The scientist observed the effects of wave action on the shore after the storm.
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The erosion of the coastline was primarily due to the natural action of ocean currents.
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Changes in temperature led to chemical action that affected the local ecosystem.
Synonyms
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1.9
A natural process in a living thing or the environment that makes parts work
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3.2
A change that happens in the world without human help
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3.5
A process in which substances change into new substances, for example rusting or cooking
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
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4.7
A plan to help groups treated unfairly get more chances in education or work
- Specialized
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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
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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
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5.8
Movement of liquid up thin tubes or spaces, like water rising in a plant stem
- Specialized
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5.2
A quick change in electric charge across a cell membrane that carries a signal along nerve or muscle cells
- Specialized
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4.1
Every push or pull makes an equal force in the opposite direction
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7.1
A style of abstract painting where the artist moves and applies paint in big, energetic movements
- Formal
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7.9
Someone directly involved in a court case, as plaintiff or defendant
- Specialized
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3.5
A process in which substances change into new substances, for example rusting or cooking
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6.0
The speed of a chemical reaction depends on the amounts of the substances that react
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8.1
A part of a shotgun you move back and forth to eject and load shells for the next shot
- Specialized
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6.3
The mechanical part of a device that makes parts move, like in a piano or toy
- Specialized
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5.8
The levers and parts inside a piano that make hammers hit strings when you press a key
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A theory that large areas of the brain work together for complex tasks
How Strong
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Action comes from old Latin agere 'to do', and it helps to think of it as the 'doing' power of nature; the action of wind or water is the work those forces 'do' to shape the land.