action

n.

activity

act

1) to initiate; take action; to go into action

2) to put smt. into action (we put our plan into action)

3) to prod, spur smb. into action

4) concerted, united; decisive; direct; disciplinary; drastic; emergency; hasty, rash; immediate, prompt; remedial; vigorous action (we must take immediate action)

5) (AE) affirmative action ('giving preference to members of minority groups')

6) industrial (BE), (a) job (AE) action ('a protest by workers')

7) congressional; political action

8) a reflex action

combat; military or police activity

9) to go into action

10) to see action ('to participate in combat')

11) to break off action

12) to take evasive action ('to maneuver in order to escape enemy fire')

13) enemy action; a delaying, holding; police; punitive; rearguard action

14) in action (killed in action)

15) out of action (two tanks were put out of action)

lawsuit

16) to bring, institute, take action against smb. for smt. (he brought legal action against his neighbor)

17) to dismiss an action (the judge dismissed the action)

18) a civil; class; legal action

initiative

enterprise

19) a man, woman of action

plot of a play, novel

20) the action drags; picks up (the action picks up in the third act)

misc.

21) (colloq.) a piece of the action ('participation in an activity') (he wants a piece of the action)

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['ækʃ(ə)n]

a delaying

class

decisive

direct

disciplinary

drastic

emergency

hasty

holding

immediate

institute

legal action

police

political action

prompt

punitive

rash

rearguard action

remedial

spur smb. into action

take action

to go into action

united

woman of action

(a) job (AE) action ('a protest by workers')

take action against smb. for smt. (he brought legal action against his neighbor)

picks up (the action picks up in the third act)

vigorous action (we must take immediate action)

['activity'] ['act'] to initiate

['initiative'] ['enterprise'] a man

['lawsuit'] to bring

['plot of a play, novel'] the action drags

a civil

a reflex action

concerted

congressional

enemy action

to break off action

to prod

(AE) affirmative action ('giving preference to members of minority groups')

to take evasive action ('to maneuver in order to escape enemy fire')

to see action ('to participate in combat')

industrial (BE)

['misc. '] (colloq.) a piece of the action (he wants a piece of the action; 'participation in an activity')

in action (killed in action)

to dismiss an action (the judge dismissed the action)

out of action (two tanks were put out of action)

to put smt. into action (we put our plan into action)