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action


action - noun

  • something done (usually as opposed to something said)
  • the state of being active
  • a military engagement
  • a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)
  • the series of events that form a plot
  • the trait of being active and energetic and forceful
  • the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism
  • 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
  • an act by a government body or supranational organization
  • the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field

    • action - verb

    • institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against
    • put in effect

    action - thesaurus

    accomplish   activeness   activity   execute   fulfil British English spelling   fulfill American English spelling   litigate   process   sue  


    View spelling list ti and ci saying /sh/ and learn about the word action in the Spellzone English spelling course, Unit 5. Spelling the consonant digraphs, Part 2.

    Scrabble score for action

    a is 1 c is 3 t is 1 i is 1 o is 1 n is 1
    Scrabble score = 8

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