Action

  • 41action — ac|tion [ ækʃən ] noun *** ▸ 1 process of doing something ▸ 2 something someone does ▸ 3 movement ▸ 4 effect of drug/chemical ▸ 5 fighting in war ▸ 6 exciting events ▸ 7 events in play/movie ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) uncount the process of doing something …

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  • 42action */*/*/ — UK [ˈækʃ(ə)n] / US noun Word forms action : singular action plural actions 1) [uncountable] the process of doing something, especially in order to stop a bad situation from developing or continuing Officials are not planning any drastic action.… …

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  • 43action — [[t]æ̱kʃ(ə)n[/t]] ♦ actions 1) N UNCOUNT: usu with supp Action is doing something for a particular purpose. The government is taking emergency action to deal with a housing crisis... What was needed, he said, was decisive action to halt what he… …

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  • 44action — n. & v. n. 1 the fact or process of doing or acting (demanded action; put ideas into action). 2 forcefulness or energy as a characteristic (a woman of action). 3 the exertion of energy or influence (the action of acid on metal). 4 something done; …

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  • 45action — /ˈækʃən / (say akshuhn) noun 1. the process or state of acting or of being active: *He never tired of watching these, whether they were in action or at rest. –xavier herbert, 1938. 2. something done; an act; deed: *Her eyes held his, as though… …

  • 46ACTION — /ak sheuhn/, n. U.S. Govt. an independent agency created in 1971 to administer domestic volunteer programs. [named by analogy with the acronymic names of other agencies, but itself not an acronym] * * * (as used in expressions) Action Française… …

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  • 47Action T4 — This poster (from around 1938) reads: 60,000 Reichsmarks is what this person suffering from a hereditary defect costs the People s community during his lifetime. Fellow citizen, that is your money too. Read [A] New People , the monthly magazine… …

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  • 48Action N — The Action N ( pl. Akcja N , where N derived from Polish word Niemcy = Germans or Germany ) was a sequence of sabotage, subversion and black propaganda activities carried on by Polish resistance against occupation forces of Nazi Germany during… …

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  • 49Action — Das Wort Action (vom Englischen action für „das Handeln“ und (to) act für „handeln“) steht für: Action (Film), Situation oder Handlung mit viel Spannung Action (Heftroman), eine Romanserie aus dem Martin Kelter Verlag 1980/81 Action… …

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  • 50action — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Performance Nouns 1. (act of doing) action, performance, operation, execution, enactment, production; process, procedure, proceeding, transaction; behavior, conduct; work, exertion. See activity. 2.… …

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