Word
Action
How many syllables?
2 Syllables
How it's divided?
ac-tion
Definition
- n. - A process or condition of acting or moving, as opposed to
rest; the doing of something; exertion of power or force, as when one
body acts on another; the effect of power exerted on one body by
another; agency; activity; operation; as, the action of heat; a man of
action.
- n. - An act; a thing done; a deed; an enterprise. (pl.):
Habitual deeds; hence, conduct; behavior; demeanor.
- n. - The event or connected series of events, either real or
imaginary, forming the subject of a play, poem, or other composition;
the unfolding of the drama of events.
- n. - Movement; as, the horse has a spirited action.
- n. - Effective motion; also, mechanism; as, the breech action of
a gun.
- n. - Any one of the active processes going on in an organism;
the performance of a function; as, the action of the heart, the
muscles, or the gastric juice.
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