action
The effort of performing or doing something.
Noun 4 meanings
The effort of performing or doing something.
Something done, often so as to accomplish a purpose.
A way of motion or functioning.
“Knead bread with a rocking action.”
Fast-paced activity.
“a movie full of exciting action”
Interjection 1 meaning
Demanding or signifying the start of something, usually a performance.
“The director yelled ‘Action!’ after the cameras started rolling.”
Adjective 1 meaning
arrogant
Verb 1 meaning
To act on a request etc, in order to put it into effect.
Etymology
From Middle English accioun, accion, from Old French aucion, acciun, from Latin āctiō(n) (“act of doing or making”), from āct(us) + action suffix -iō(n), perfect passive participle of agere (“do, act”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti. See also act, active. By surface analysis, act + -ion.
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ACTION at a glance
ACTION has 6 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (A 1 + C 3 + T 1 + I 1 + O 1 + N 1) and 10 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #528 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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