to action
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4.7
- verb
- /ˈækʃən/
- Jargon
- Both the employee and line manager are more likely to action the stress plan if they have jointly developed it.
Examples
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Once the meeting concluded, the manager was eager to action the new marketing strategy without delay.
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The retention DPT will be actioned after 10 years, but the item will be in the archive mailbox.
Blog text (25) -
So that again, it's it's become you take action and then you have.
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I really want to action this as soon as possible.
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Health and Safety Audit to be actioned.
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We are affirmatively actioning them into positions of power inside all of our institutions, including our legislatures and military.
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I've literally read and listened to tons of content on internet business, but haven't actioned anything despite all the encouragement to get started until only just recently.
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WRITE TO ACTION
Fiction book (1999) -
After careful planning, the team was ready to action their proposal for the community project next month.
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As soon as the board approved the budget, they set a plan to action the upgrades to the facilities.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Study a subject at university, for example medicine or law
∞
1.3
To do a task or duty
745
1.0
Take action to deal with a problem or situation
480
3.7
To put a plan or rule into action
442
1.8
To do a task or follow instructions
388
2.8
To do something to solve a problem or make a change
267
3.6
To carry out a plan or task
159
4.7
To make a rule into law by an official vote or order
148
3.2
Do something after you get information, advice, or a request
16
3.7
To use an idea or plan in a real situation
15
3.7
Finish something successfully when it is difficult
11
3.7
To make a plan or change happen
Antonyms
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
176
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
16
5.5
A protest where people act directly, for example by blocking a road or factory, to reach their goals
- Formal
5
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
2
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 Complete
Surface Forms
Etymology
Action as a verb comes from the noun and the old Latin agere 'to do', so to action a plan is to 'do' it or put it into effect in practice.