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action
English
Etymology
From Middle English accion, from Old French aucion,acciun, from Latin ?cti? (“act of doing or making”), from ?ctus, perfect passive participle of ag? (“do, act”), + action suffix -i?; see act.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?æk.??n/
- Rhymes: -æk??n
- Hyphenation: ac?tion
Noun
action (countable and uncountable, plural actions)
- Something done, often so as to accomplish a purpose.
- A way of motion or functioning.
- Fast-paced activity.
- A mechanism; a moving part or assembly.
- (music) The mechanism, that is the set of moving mechanical parts, of a keyboard instrument, like a piano, which transfers the motion of the key to the sound-making device.
- (music) The distance separating the strings and the fretboard on a guitar.
- (slang) Sexual intercourse.
- (military) Combat.
- (law) A charge or other process in a law court (also called lawsuit and actio).
- (mathematics) A mapping from a pairing of mathematical objects to one of them, respecting their individual structures. The pairing is typically a Cartesian product or a tensor product. The object that is not part of the output is said to act on the other object. In any given context, action is used as an abbreviation for a more fully named notion, like group action or left group action.
- (physics) The product of energy and time, especially the product of the Lagrangian and time.
- 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.
- (art, painting and sculpture) The attitude or position of the several parts of the body as expressive of the sentiment or passion depicted.
- (bowling) spin put on the bowling ball.
- (obsolete) A share in the capital stock of a joint-stock company, or in the public funds.
- 1751, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, vol. IV, ch. 106:
- So saying he presented him with two actions of above two thousand livres each.
- 1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France
- the Euripus of funds and actions
- 1751, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, vol. IV, ch. 106:
Synonyms
- (something done): deed; see also Thesaurus:action
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- ? German: Action
- ? Russian: ???? (ekšn)
Translations
See also
- deed
- Appendix:Collocations of do, have, make, and take
References
- action on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Interjection
action!
- Demanding or signifying the start of something, usually a performance.
- Antonym: cut
Translations
Verb
action (third-person singular simple present actions, present participle actioning, simple past and past participle actioned)
- (transitive, management) To act on a request etc, in order to put it into effect.
- (transitive, chiefly archaic) To initiate a legal action against someone.
Usage notes
- The verb sense action is rejected by some usage authorities.
References
- OED 2nd edition 1989
- Notes:
Further reading
- action in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- action in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- Catino, actino-, atonic, cation, cation-?
French
Etymology
From Old French acciun, aucion, etymologically reconstructed in Middle French to resemble the Latin acti?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ak.sj??/
- Homophone: axion
Noun
action f (plural actions)
- action, act, deed
- campaign
- stock, share
- (Switzerland) a special offer
Derived terms
Further reading
- “action” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- cation, contai
Interlingua
Noun
action (plural actiones)
- action
Related terms
- active
- activitate
Middle English
Noun
action
- Alternative form of accion
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French acciun, aucion, etymologically reconstructed to resemble the Latin acti?.
Noun
action f (plural actions)
- action; act
Descendants
- French: action
Scots
Etymology
From Middle English accion.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ak???n/
Noun
action (plural actions)
- action
Verb
action (third-person singular present actions, present participle actionin, past actiont, past participle actiont)
- to action
References
- Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.
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running
English
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /???n??/
- Rhymes: -?n??
Adjective
running (not comparable)
- Moving or advancing at a run.
- Of a horse, having a running gait; not a trotter or pacer.
- Present, current.
- Flowing; easy; cursive.
- Continuous; ongoing; keeping along step by step.
- 1826, Julius Hare, Guesses at Truth by Two Brothers
- What are art and science if not a running commentary on Nature?
- 1826, Julius Hare, Guesses at Truth by Two Brothers
- Having a continuous design or pattern.
- running bond; running ornament
- Consecutive.
- (botany) Extending by a slender climbing or trailing stem.
- (medicine) Discharging pus.
- (of a nose) Discharging snot or mucus.
Synonyms
- (nose): runny
Derived terms
- free-running
- long-running
Translations
Adverb
running (not comparable)
- (informal) consecutively; in a row
Translations
Noun
running (countable and uncountable, plural runnings)
- The action of the verb to run.
- The activity of running as a form of exercise, as a sport, or for any other reason
- That which runs or flows; the quantity of a liquid which flows in a certain time or during a certain operation.
- The discharge from an ulcer or other sore.
Derived terms
- free running, freerunning
Translations
Verb
running
- present participle of run
Preposition
running
- (colloquial) Approaching; about; roughly.
Derived terms
Spanish
Noun
running m (uncountable)
- running, jogging
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