practical activity usu directed towards a particular aim
the state of functioning actively
in action
energetic activity, initiative, or enterprise
the process of acting or working, esp to produce alteration by force or through a natural agency
a voluntary act; a deed
the events in a play or work of fiction
armed combat in war, or an occurrence of this
the operating part of a mechanism or device
the manner in which itsomething operates or moves
a movement of the body, or the manner of this
a civil legal proceeding
(the action) informal lively or productive activity
out of action
not working or functioning actively
take action
to begin to act; to do something
to begin legal proceedings
[Middle English accioun via French from Latin action-, actio, from agere to drive, do]