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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Action \Ac"tion\, n. [OF. action, L. actio, fr. agere to do. See
     Act.]
     1. A process or condition of acting or moving, as opposed to
        rest; the doing of something; exertion of power or force,
        as when one body acts on another; the effect of power
        exerted on one body by another; agency; activity;
        operation; as, the action of heat; a man of action.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              One wise in council, one in action brave. --Pope.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. An act; a thing done; a deed; an enterprise. (pl.):
        Habitual deeds; hence, conduct; behavior; demeanor.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The Lord is a Good of knowledge, and by him actions
              are weighed.                          --1 Sam. ii.
                                                    3.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. The event or connected series of events, either real or
        imaginary, forming the subject of a play, poem, or other
        composition; the unfolding of the drama of events.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. Movement; as, the horse has a spirited action.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. (Mech.) Effective motion; also, mechanism; as, the breech
        action of a gun.
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     6. (Physiol.) Any one of the active processes going on in an
        organism; the performance of a function; as, the action of
        the heart, the muscles, or the gastric juice.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     7. (Orat.) Gesticulation; the external deportment of the
        speaker, or the suiting of his attitude, voice, gestures,
        and countenance, to the subject, or to the feelings.
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     8. (Paint. & Sculp.) The attitude or position of the several
        parts of the body as expressive of the sentiment or
        passion depicted.
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     9. (Law)
        (a) A suit or process, by which a demand is made of a
            right in a court of justice; in a broad sense, a
            judicial proceeding for the enforcement or protection
            of a right, the redress or prevention of a wrong, or
            the punishment of a public offense.
        (b) A right of action; as, the law gives an action for
            every claim.
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     10. (Com.) A share in the capital stock of a joint-stock
         company, or in the public funds; hence, in the plural,
         equivalent to stocks. [A Gallicism] [Obs.]
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               The Euripus of funds and actions.    --Burke.
         [1913 Webster]
  
     11. An engagement between troops in war, whether on land or
         water; a battle; a fight; as, a general action, a partial
         action.
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     12. (Music) The mechanical contrivance by means of which the
         impulse of the player's finger is transmitted to the
         strings of a pianoforte or to the valve of an organ pipe.
         --Grove.
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     Chose in action. (Law) See Chose.
  
     Quantity of action (Physics), the product of the mass of a
        body by the space it runs through, and its velocity.
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     Syn: Action, Act.
  
     Usage: In many cases action and act are synonymous; but some
            distinction is observable. Action involves the mode or
            process of acting, and is usually viewed as occupying
            some time in doing. Act has more reference to the
            effect, or the operation as complete.
  
                  To poke the fire is an act, to reconcile friends
                  who have quarreled is a praiseworthy action.
                                                    --C. J. Smith.
            [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Action \Ac"tion\, n. [OF. action, L. actio, fr. agere to do. See
     Act.]
     1. A process or condition of acting or moving, as opposed to
        rest; the doing of something; exertion of power or force,
        as when one body acts on another; the effect of power
        exerted on one body by another; agency; activity;
        operation; as, the action of heat; a man of action.
  
              One wise in council, one in action brave. --Pope.
  
     2. An act; a thing done; a deed; an enterprise. (pl.):
        Habitual deeds; hence, conduct; behavior; demeanor.
  
              The Lord is a Good of knowledge, and by him actions
              are weighed.                          --1 Sam. ii.
                                                    3.
  
     3. The event or connected series of events, either real or
        imaginary, forming the subject of a play, poem, or other
        composition; the unfolding of the drama of events.
  
     4. Movement; as, the horse has a spirited action.
  
     5. (Mech.) Effective motion; also, mechanism; as, the breech
        action of a gun.
  
     6. (Physiol.) Any one of the active processes going on in an
        organism; the performance of a function; as, the action of
        the heart, the muscles, or the gastric juice.
  
     7. (Orat.) Gesticulation; the external deportment of the
        speaker, or the suiting of his attitude, voice, gestures,
        and countenance, to the subject, or to the feelings.
  
     8. (Paint. & Sculp.) The attitude or position of the several
        parts of the body as expressive of the sentiment or
        passion depicted.
  
     9. (Law)
        (a) A suit or process, by which a demand is made of a
            right in a court of justice; in a broad sense, a
            judicial proceeding for the enforcement or protection
            of a right, the redress or prevention of a wrong, or
            the punishment of a public offense.
        (b) A right of action; as, the law gives an action for
            every claim.
  
     10. (Com.) A share in the capital stock of a joint-stock
         company, or in the public funds; hence, in the plural,
         equivalent to stocks. [A Gallicism] [Obs.]
  
               The Euripus of funds and actions.    --Burke.
  
     11. An engagement between troops in war, whether on land or
         water; a battle; a fight; as, a general action, a partial
         action.
  
     12. (Music) The mechanical contrivance by means of which the
         impulse of the player's finger is transmitted to the
         strings of a pianoforte or to the valve of an organ pipe.
         --Grove.
  
     Chose in action. (Law) See Chose.
  
     Quantity of action (Physics), the product of the mass of a
        body by the space it runs through, and its velocity.
  
     Syn: Action, Act.
  
     Usage: In many cases action and act are synonymous; but some
            distinction is observable. Action involves the mode or
            process of acting, and is usually viewed as occupying
            some time in doing. Act has more reference to the
            effect, or the operation as complete.
  
                  To poke the fire is an act, to reconcile friends
                  who have quarreled is a praiseworthy action.
                                                    --C. J. Smith.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Petitory \Pet"i*to*ry\, a. [L. petitorius, fr. petere, petitum,
     to beg, ask: cf. F. p['e]titore.]
     Petitioning; soliciting; supplicating. --Sir W. Hamilton.
  
     Petitory suit or action (Admiralty Law), a suit in which
        the mere title to property is litigated and sought to be
        enforced, as distinguished from a possessory suit; also
        (Scots Law), a suit wherein the plaintiff claims something
        as due him by the defendant. --Burrill.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ 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: activity, activeness] [ant: inaction,
           inaction, inaction]
       3: 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 at law]
       4: 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"
       5: a military engagement; "he saw action in Korea" [syn: military
          action]
       6: 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, activity]
       7: the series of events that form a plot; "his novels always
          have a lot of action"
       8: the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism; "the
          piano had a very stiff action" [syn: action mechanism]
       9: the trait of being active and energetic and forceful; "a man
          of action"
       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: 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, fulfill,
           fulfil]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  action
     Γαλλικά n.
     η δράση, η πράξη, η ενέργεια, η δραστηριότητα

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  action
     French n.
     1 (l en action), act, deed
     2 campaign
     3 stock, share
     4 (lb fr Switzerland) a special offer
     Interlingua n.
     (l en action)
     Middle French n.
     (l en action); act
     Swedish n.
     (l en action) (intense activity)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Action
     German n.
     1 f (lb de uncountable) action (gloss: fast-paced, often violent
  activity)
     2 f (lb de uncountable film) a genre characterised by such activity
     3 f (lb de countable computer) (rfdef: de)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  action
     a.
     (lb en Manglish) arrogant
     interj.
     Demanding or signifying the start of something, usually a
  performance.
     n.
     1 The effort of performing or doing something.
     2 Something done, often so as to accomplish a purpose.
     3 A way of motion or functioning.
     4 Fast-paced activity.
     5 The way in which a mechanical device acts when used; especially a
  firearm.
     6 # (lb en firearms) The way in which cartridges are loaded, locked,
  and extracted from the mechanism.
     7 (lb en music) The mechanism, that is the set of moving mechanical
  parts, of a keyboard instrument, like a piano, which transfers the
  motion of the key to the sound-making device.<ref>Marshall
  Cavendish Corporation
  [http://books.google.com/books?id=pxgiFygAblQC&pg=PA1079 ''Growing
  Up with Science''] p.1079</ref>
     8 (lb en music lutherie) The distance separating the strings and the
  fretboard on a guitar or other string instrument.
     9 (lb en slang typically with a quantifier) sexual intercourse.
     10 (lb en military) combat.
     11 (lb en legal) A charge or other process in a law court (also
  called (m en lawsuit) and ''actio'').
     12 (lb en mathematics) A mapping from a pairing of mathematical
  objects to one of them, respecting their individual structures. The
  pairing is typically a Cartesian product or a tensor product. The object
  that is not part of the output is said to ''act'' on the other object.
  In any given context, ''action'' is used as an abbreviation for a more
  fully named notion, like group action or ''left'' group action.
     13 (lb en physics) The product of energy and time, especially the
  product of the Lagrangian function and time.
     14 The event or connected series of events, either real or imaginary,
  forming the subject of a play, poem, or other composition; the unfolding
  of the drama of events.
     15 (lb en art painting and sculpture) The attitude or position of the
  several parts of the body as expressive of the sentiment or passion
  depicted.
     16 (lb en bowling) spin put on the bowling ball.
     17 (lb en obsolete) A share in the capital stock of a joint-stock
  company, or in the public funds.
     18 (lb en religion) A religious performance or solemn function, i.e.
  action sermon, a sacramental sermon in the Scots Presbyterian Church.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive management) To act on a request etc, in order to
  put it into effect.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  action
     French n.
     1 (l en action), act, deed
     2 campaign
     3 stock, share
     4 (lb fr Switzerland) a special offer
     Middle English n.
     (alternative form of enm accion)
     Swedish n.
     (l en action) (intense activity)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  Action
     German n.
     1 f (lb de uncountable) action (gloss: fast-paced, often violent
  activity)
     2 f (lb de uncountable film) a genre characterised by such activity
     3 f (lb de countable computer) (rfdef: de)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  action
     French n.
     1 (l en action), act, deed
     2 campaign
     3 stock, share
     4 (lb fr Switzerland) a special offer
     Interlingua n.
     (l en action)
     Middle French n.
     (l en action); act

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  Action
     German n.
     1 f (lb de uncountable) action (gloss: fast-paced, often violent
  activity)
     2 f (lb de uncountable film) a genre characterised by such activity
     3 f (lb de countable computer) (rfdef: de)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  action
     Ranska n.
     1 toimi, toiminta
     2 taistelu
     3 kampanja
     4 oikeusjuttu
     5 osake

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  action
     Franska n.
     1 (tagg matematik språk=fr) verkan, effekt
     2 aktion, det att utföra en handling
     3 verksamhet
     4 strid, sammandrabbning av styrkor
     5 (tagg ekonomi språk=fr) aktie
     6 (tagg juridik språk=fr) rättegång
     n.
     1 (tagg: film) actionfilm (om genren och ibland om enskilda filmer)
     2 (tagg: vardagligt) "fart", "det att något
  händer"

From Swedish Wiktionary: Swedish language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-sv-2023-07-27 ]


  action
     n.
     1 (tagg: film) actionfilm (om genren och ibland om enskilda filmer)
     2 (tagg: vardagligt) "fart", "det att något
  händer"

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  action /ˈakʃən/
  1. aksie
  2. daad
  3. geveg
  4. meganisme
  5. proses

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Action /ˈakʃən/
  العمل

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  action //ˈæk.ʃən// 
  1. екшън
  fast-paced activity
  2. иск
  law: charge
  3. бой, сраже́ние
  military: combat
  4. де́йност, де́йствие
  something done so as to accomplish a purpose
  5. движение
  way of motion or functioning