definition of the word action

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Action

< Middle English accion < Old French action < Latin actio (“‘doing or making’”) < perfect passive participle actus (“‘deed’”) < verb agere (“‘to do, act’”) + action suffix -io; see act.

Singular
action

Plural
actions

action (plural actions)

Something done so as to accomplish a purpose.
A way of motion or functioning.

Knead bread with a rocking action.
A fast-paced activity.

an action movie
A mechanism; a moving part or assembly.

a rifle action
(music): The set of moving mechanical parts in a keyboard instrument which transfer the motion of the key to the sound-making device.
(slang) Sexual activity; intercourse.

She gave him some action.
The distance separating the strings and the fretboard on the guitar.
(military) Combat.

He saw some action in the Korean War.
(law) A charge or other process in a law court.

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