A process or condition of acting or moving, as opposed to rest; the doing of something; exertion of power or force, as when one body acts on another; the effect of power exerted on one body by another; agency; activity; operation; as, the action of heat; a man of action
A verb which refers to something the subject does, eg: Ann went to the shops The action is usually considered 'instantaneous' Compare with state, activity
Any one of the active processes going on in an organism; the performance of a function; as, the action of the heart, the muscles, or the gastric juice
The fighting which takes place in a war can be referred to as action. Leaders in America have generally supported military action 13 soldiers were killed and 10 wounded in action
all activities or programs of any kind authorized, funded, or carried out, in whole or in part, by Federal agencies in the United States or upon the high seas Examples include, but are not limited to: (a) actions intended to conserve listed species or their habitat; (b) the promulgation of regulations;( c ) the granting of licenses, contracts, leases, easements, rights-of- way, permits, or grants-in-aid; or (d) actions directly or indirectly causing modifications to the land, water, or air [50 CFR §402 02]
The attitude or position of the several parts of the body as expressive of the sentiment or passion depicted
Spin on the ball and the movement of the pins caused by that spin A relatively slow ball with a lot of action can be much more effective than a very fast ball with little action
an act by a government body or supranational organization; "recent federal action undermined the segregationist position"; "the United Nations must have the power to propose and organize action without being hobbled by irrelevant issues"; "the Unionaction of emancipating Southern slaves"
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
(1) Opportunity to act If a player appears not to realize it's his turn, the dealer will say "Your action, sir " (2) Bets and raises "If a third heart hits the board and there's a lot of action, you have to assume that somebody has made the flush "
A court proceeding when one party prosecutes another for the protection or enforcement of a right, the prevention or correction of a wrong, or the punishment of an offense
something done (usually as opposed to something said); "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions"
Motion of the pins caused by the bowler's technique; generally, the combination of accuracy, rotation (also see), and other factors, causing pin motion which is horizontal, rather than vertical, since a horizontally spinning pin covers more of the lane
Action is doing something for a particular purpose. The government is taking emergency action to deal with a housing crisis
(n ) A desktop construct used to provide a user interface for running applications, executing commands, and other activities such as printing, removing files, and changing directories See also action icon
The basic building block of a macro; a self-contained instruction that can be combined with other actions to automate tasks This is sometimes called a command in other macro languages