action
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～ the state of being active; "his sphere of activity"; "he is out of action"
action
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～ the trait of being active and energetic and forceful; "a man of action"
action
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～ 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
action
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～ 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"
action
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～ a military engagement; "he saw action in Korea"
action
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～ the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism; "the piano had a very stiff action"
action
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～ the series of events that form a plot; "his novels always have a lot of action"
action
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～ the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field; "the action is no longer in technology stocks but in municipal bonds"; "gawkers always try to get as close to the action as possible"
action
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～ a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings); "the action of natural forces"; "volcanic activity"
Actitis
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～ a genus of Scolopacidae
actium
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～ an ancient town on a promontory in western Greece
Actium
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～ the naval battle in which Antony and Cleopatra were defeated by Octavian's fleet under Agrippa in 31 BC
Activase
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～ a thrombolytic agent (trade name Activase) that causes fibrinolysis at the site of a blood clot; used in treating acute myocardial infarction
activating
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～ the activity of causing to have energy and be active
activation
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～ making active and effective (as a bomb)
activation
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～ the activity of causing to have energy and be active
activation
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～ stimulation of activity in an organism or chemical
activator
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～ (biology) any agency bringing about activation; a molecule that increases the activity of an enzyme or a protein that increases the production of a gene product in DNA transcription
active
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～ chemical agent capable of activity
active
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～ the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb; "`The boy threw the ball' uses the active voice"