action - Meaning in Sanskrit

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action - Meaning in Sanskrit

action Word Forms & Inflections

Definitions and Meaning of action in English

action noun

1. something done (usually as opposed to something said)

   Example

   • "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions"
2. the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field

   Examples

   • "gawkers always try to get as close to the action as possible"
   • "the action is no longer in technology stocks but in municipal bonds"
3. a military engagement

   Synonyms

   military action

   Example

   • "he saw action in Korea"
4. 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

   Synonyms

   action at law, legal action

5. an act by a government body or supranational organization

   Examples

   • "recent federal action undermined the segregationist position"
   • "the Union action of emancipating Southern slaves"
   • "the United Nations must have the power to propose and organize action without being hobbled by irrelevant issues"
6. the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism

   Synonyms

   action mechanism

   Example

   • "the piano had a very stiff action"
7. the trait of being active and energetic and forceful

   Example

   • "a man of action"
8. the series of events that form a plot

   Example

   • "his novels always have a lot of action"
9. a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)

   Synonyms

   activity, natural action, natural process

   Examples

   • "the action of natural forces"
   • "volcanic activity"
10. the state of being active

    Synonyms

    activeness, activity

    Examples

    • "he is out of action"
    • "his sphere of activity"

action verb

1. put in effect

   Synonyms

   accomplish, carry out, carry through, execute, fulfil, fulfill

   Examples

   • "carry out a task"
   • "execute the decision of the people"
   • "He actioned the operation"
2. institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against

   Synonyms

   litigate, process, sue, sue

   Examples

   • "He was warned that the district attorney would process him"
   • "She actioned the company for discrimination"

Synonyms of action

• military action
• action at law, legal action
• action mechanism
• activity, natural action, natural process
• activeness, activity
• accomplish, carry out, carry through, execute, fulfil, fulfill
• litigate, process, sue

Antonyms of action

inaction, inactiveness, inactivity

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