action

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Synonyms: faction, aition, paction, acton, actinon, act on, taction, actin, auction, actio, accion

Antonyms: faction, aition, paction, acton, actinon, act on, taction, actin, auction, actio, accion

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Noun

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. A [[physical]] [[mechanism]] of a firearm or other device.
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 [[string]]s and the [[fingerboard]] on a [[string instrument]].
9. {{lb|en|slang|typically with a quantifier}} [[sexual intercourse|Sexual intercourse]].
10. {{lb|en|military}} [[combat|Combat]].
11. {{senseid|en|lawsuit}} {{lb|en|legal}} A [[charge]] or other process in a law court (also called {{m|en|lawsuit}} and ''[[actio]]'').
12. {{senseid|en|physics}} {{lb|en|physics}} The product of [[energy]] and [[time]], especially the product of the [[Lagrangian function|Lagrangian]] and time.

Interjection

1. {{senseid|en|interjection}} {{ng|Demanding or signifying the [[start]] of something, usually a [[performance]].}}

Adjective

1. {{lb|en|Manglish}} [[arrogant]]

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive|management}} To act on a [[request]] etc, in order to put it into [[effect]].
2. {{lb|en|transitive|chiefly|archaic}} To initiate a legal action against someone.

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