This is not a dictionary! - Search for "action" in The Danish Dictionary
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something done (usually as opposed to something said); "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions"
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the state of being active; "his sphere of activity"; "he is out of action"
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a military engagement; "he saw action in Korea"
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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"
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the series of events that form a plot; "his novels always have a lot of action"
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the trait of being active and energetic and forceful; "a man of action"
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the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism; "the piano had a very stiff 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
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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"
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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"
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institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against; "He was warned that the district attorney would process him"; "She actioned the company for discrimination"
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put in effect; "carry out a task"; "execute the decision of the people"; "He actioned the operation"
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