action

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English accioun, accion, from Old French aucion, acciun, from Latin āctiō(n) (“act of doing or making”), from āct(us) + action suffix -iō(n), perfect passive participle of agere (“do, act”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti. See also act, active. By surface analysis, act +‎ -ion. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈæk.ʃən/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈæk.ʃn̩/ Hyphenation: ac‧tion Rhymes: -ækʃən === Noun === action (countable and uncountable, plural actions) The effort of performing or doing something. Something done, often so as to accomplish a purpose. Synonyms: deed; see also Thesaurus:action Coordinate terms: (what verbs can express) occurrence, state of being A way of motion or functioning. Fast-paced activity. The way in which a mechanical device acts when used; especially a firearm. (firearms) The way in which cartridges are loaded, locked, and extracted from the mechanism. Hyponyms: double action, single action (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. (music, lutherie) The distance separating the strings and the fingerboard on a string instrument. (slang, typically with a quantifier) Sexual intercourse. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:copulation (military) Combat. (law) A charge or other process in a law court (also called lawsuit and actio). Synonyms: suit; see also Thesaurus:lawsuit (mathematics) A way in which each element of some algebraic structure transforms some other structure or set, in a way which respects the structure of the first. Formally, this may be seen as a morphism from the first structure into some structure of endomorphisms of the second; for example, a group action of a group G on a set S can be seen as a group homomorphism from G into the set of bijections on S (which form a group under function composition), while a module M over a ring R can be defined as an abelian group together with a ring homomorphism from R into the ring of group endomorphisms of M (which is also called the action of R on M). (physics) The product of energy and time, especially the product of the Lagrangian and time. (literature) 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. (art, painting and sculpture) The attitude or position of the several parts of the body as expressive of the sentiment or passion depicted. (bowling) spin put on the bowling ball. (obsolete) A share in the capital stock of a joint-stock company, or in the public funds. (Christianity) A religious performance or solemn function, i.e. action sermon, a sacramental sermon in the Scots Presbyterian Church. (sciences) A process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings). (Misesian praxeology, Austrian economics) Purposeful behavior. A demonstration by activists. (poker, uncountable) The opportunity to act during a betting round. (poker, slang, by extension, uncountable) Heavy betting activity. ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Arabic: أَكْشِن (ʔakšin) → Bulgarian: екшън (ekšǎn) → German: Action → Irish: aicsean → Hebrew: אקשן (akshn), אקשן (ekshen) → Japanese: アクション (akushon) → Korean: 액션 (aeksyeon) → Russian: экшн (ekšn) → Swedish: action ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== deed Appendix:Collocations of do, have, make, and take ==== References ==== action on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Interjection === action! Demanding or signifying the start of something, usually a performance. Antonym: cut! ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === action (comparative more action, superlative most action) (Manglish) arrogant === Verb === action (third-person singular simple present actions, present participle actioning, simple past and past participle actioned) (transitive, management) To act on a request etc, in order to put it into effect. (transitive, chiefly archaic) To initiate a legal action against someone. ==== Usage notes ==== Use of action as a verb is rejected by some usage authorities, as in Dismissal will be actioned as soon as the employee violates this rule === References === John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “action”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN. === Further reading === “action”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “action”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === Catino, actino-, atonic, cation == French == === Etymology === From Old French acciun, aucion, etymologically reconstructed in Middle French to resemble the Latin actiōnem. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ak.sjɔ̃/ Homophone: axion === Noun === action f (plural actions) action, act, deed une bonne action ― a good deed campaign stock, share (Switzerland) a special offer ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Saint Dominican Creole French: z'action → Ottoman Turkish: آقسیون (aksiyon)Turkish: aksiyon → Romanian: acțiune === Further reading === “action”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === cation, contai == Interlingua == === Noun === action (plural actiones) action ==== Related terms ==== active activitate == Middle English == === Noun === action alternative form of accioun == Middle French == === Etymology === From Old French acciun, aucion, etymologically reconstructed to resemble the Latin actiō. === Noun === action f (plural actions) action; act ==== Descendants ==== French: action == Scots == === Etymology === From Middle English accion. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /akˈʃən/ === Noun === action (plural actions) action === Verb === action (third-person singular simple present actions, present participle actionin, simple past and past participle actiont) to action === References === Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online. == Swedish == === Noun === action c (indeclinable) action (intense activity) (colloquial) short for actionfilm (“action movie”) ==== Derived terms ==== actionfilm (“action movie”) actionhjälte (“action hero”) ==== See also ==== aktion auktion === References === “action”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “action”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)