Meaning & Definition of Action in English

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"

3. A military engagement

• "He saw action in korea"

4. A process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)

• "The action of natural forces"

• "Volcanic 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"

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

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"

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"

2. Put in effect

• "Carry out a task"

• "Execute the decision of the people"

• "He actioned the operation"