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- pronunciation:
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An action is something people do, usually to solve a problem or make things better.
The doctor's quick action saved the child's life.- synonyms:
- act, activity, deed, labor, operation, practice, work
- similar words:
- effort, feat, move, movement, process, progress
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An action is a movement or a set of movements. Walking, pointing, kicking, and waving are all actions.
When Claire's throat hurt, even the action of swallowing was painful. |
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The word "action" can mean a lot of things happening quickly or at the same time.
Kyle likes movies with a lot of action. He gets bored when people are just talking.- synonyms:
- energy, excitement, force
- similar words:
- adventure, dash, intensity, movement, snap, vigor
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Action is the way something moves or works.
Jason took the old clock apart so he could study the action of its moving parts.- synonyms:
- functioning, movement, operation
- similar words:
- act, apparatus, behavior, engine, gear, performance
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Action is fighting that occurs during a war.
Action was heavy during the first day of battle.- synonyms:
- battle, combat, fighting
- similar words:
- warfare
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| related words: |
achievement, campaign, effect, exercise, front, invasion, measure, motion, occurrence |
| 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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delay |
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reasons for actions |
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policy, principle, purpose |
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some kinds of actions |
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accidental, careful, deliberate, steady |
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some things that cause action |
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command, direction, order, pressure |
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some things that hinder action |
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ban |
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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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