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actions definition
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Grep of noun actions transactions Grep of noun action abreaction abstraction accord and satisfaction action action at law action mechanism action plant action potential action replay action spectrum addition reaction affirmative action aldol reaction allergic reaction anamnestic reaction angle of refraction anxiety reaction attraction benefaction braxton-hicks contraction calefaction capillary action carrying into action chain reaction chemical action chemical attraction chemical reaction class-action suit class action coaction coming attraction common fraction compaction complex fraction compound fraction conditional reaction conditioned reaction continued fraction contraction conversion reaction counteraction counterattraction course of action decimal fraction decomposition reaction defence reaction defense reaction delayed action detraction diffraction direct action displacement reaction dissatisfaction distraction double decomposition reaction double refraction double replacement reaction electromagnetic interaction elimination reaction endoergic reaction endothermic reaction evasive action exaction exoergic reaction exothermic reaction extraction faction fecal impaction fraction fundamental interaction gravitational attraction gravitational interaction group action human action hypersensitivity reaction immune reaction impaction impossible action improper fraction inaction index of refraction infraction insulin reaction interaction law of action and reaction law of mass action learned reaction legal action light reaction liquefaction magnetic attraction man of action mass-action principle mass action military action molisch reaction muscular contraction natural action neutralisation reaction neutralization reaction nuclear fusion reaction nuclear reaction olfaction overreaction party to the action party to the transaction petrifaction photochemical reaction physical attraction physiological reaction piano action plan of action police action political action committee possible action premature ventricular contraction pro-choice faction pro-life faction proper fraction protraction pump action putrefaction quellung reaction rarefaction reaction redaction refraction retraction satisfaction scene of action self-satisfaction semi-abstraction simple fraction slide action social action startle reaction strong interaction stupefaction subtraction thermonuclear reaction traction transaction transfusion reaction tumefaction type i allergic reaction type iv allergic reaction uterine contraction wasserman reaction weak interaction x-ray diffraction Overview of noun action The noun action has 9 senses (first 9 from tagged texts) 1. (632) action -- (something done (usually as opposed to something said); "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions") 2. (168) action activity, activeness -- (the state of being active; "his sphere of activity"; "he is out of action") 3. (55) legal action action action at law -- (a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong) 4. (49) 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 Union action of emancipating Southern slaves") 5. (49) military action action -- (a military engagement; "he saw action in Korea") 6. (43) natural process, natural action action activity -- (a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings); "the action of natural forces"; "volcanic activity") 7. (33) action -- (the series of events that form a plot; "his novels always have a lot of action") 8. (19) action action mechanism -- (the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism; "the piano had a very stiff action") 9. (7) action -- (the trait of being active and energetic and forceful; "a man of action") Overview of noun action The noun action has 9 senses (first 9 from tagged texts) 1. (632) action -- (something done (usually as opposed to something said); "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions") 2. (168) action activity, activeness -- (the state of being active; "his sphere of activity"; "he is out of action") 3. (55) legal action action action at law -- (a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong) 4. (49) 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 Union action of emancipating Southern slaves") 5. (49) military action action -- (a military engagement; "he saw action in Korea") 6. (43) natural process, natural action action activity -- (a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings); "the action of natural forces"; "volcanic activity") 7. (33) action -- (the series of events that form a plot; "his novels always have a lot of action") 8. (19) action action mechanism -- (the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism; "the piano had a very stiff action") 9. (7) action -- (the trait of being active and energetic and forceful; "a man of action")
actions definition