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- pronunciation:
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something that is done for a particular purpose.
As president of the students, his first action was to bring back school dances.- synonyms:
- act, activity, deed, execution, labor, operation, practice, work
- similar words:
- effort, endeavor, enterprise, feat, move, movement, process, progress
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| definition 2: |
(usually plural) way of acting or behaving.
As a teacher, her actions are not acceptable.- synonyms:
- behavior, conduct
- similar words:
- bearing, manner, posture
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| definition 3: |
a movement or series of movements.
The language students are learning words for various actions such as jumping, waving, pointing, and skipping.Actions of the body combine with speech to communicate meaning. |
| definition 4: |
lively or intense activity.
I like movies with a lot of action.- synonyms:
- activity, energy, excitement, force
- similar words:
- adventure, dash, intensity, movement, snap, vigor
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| definition 5: |
the manner of a mechanism's moving or operating, or the mechanism itself.
The action of the clock fascinated the little boy.- synonyms:
- functioning, mechanism, motion, movement, operation
- similar words:
- act, apparatus, behavior, engine, gear, performance
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| definition 6: |
fighting that occurs during a war.
The new soldiers saw action soon after they arrived.- synonyms:
- battle, combat, conflict, fighting
- similar words:
- engagement, warfare
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| related words: |
achievement, effect, exercise, exploit, front, invasion, measure, motion, occurrence, turn |
| derivation: |
actionless (adj.) |
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commitments to action |
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agreement, guarantee, pledge, promise |
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postponing actions |
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defer, delay, postpone, procrastinate, stall |
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reasons for actions |
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policy, precedent, principle, purpose |
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some kinds of actions |
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accidental, careful, deft, deliberate, intentional, involuntary, steady |
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some things that cause action |
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command, direction, order, pressure, spur, stimulus |
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some things that hinder action |
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arrest, ban, block, detention, embargo, taboo |
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some things that regulate action |
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law, rule |
The word action
contains the following parts:
act, ag
Latin
root
that means do, drive
  Example words:
action, activate, active, actively, activist, activity, actor, actress, actual, agency, agenda, agent, agile, agitate, enact, hyperactive, interact, interaction, interactive, radioactive, react, reaction, reactor, transaction
-ion
Latin
noun-forming suffix
that means the act, process, or result of
More about this word part:
The suffix -ion
attaches to bases that are Latin verb stems ending in s or t.
Example words:
action, addiction, addition, admission, adoption, affection, affliction, aggression, ambition, attention, audition, commission, commissioner, compassion, conclusion, condition, confusion, construction, direction, dictionary, expedition, fusion, illusion, incision, interaction, mission, nation, passion, passionate, permission, prediction, prescription, question, reaction, reflection, revolution, satisfaction, section, session, solution, television, transaction
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