action

action (http://definr.com/action)

     n 1: something done (usually as opposed to something said);
          "there were stories of murders and other unnatural
          actions"
     2: the state of being active; "his sphere of activity"; "he is
        out of action" [syn: activity, activeness] [ant: inaction,
         inaction, inaction]
     3: 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 [syn: {legal
        action}, action at law]
     4: an act by a government body or supranational organization;
        "recent federal action undermined the segregationist
        position"; "the United Nations must have the power to
        propose and organize action without being hobbled by
        irrelevant issues"; "the Union action of emancipating
        Southern slaves"
     5: a military engagement; "he saw action in Korea" [syn: {military
        action}]
     6: a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by
        the intent of human beings); "the action of natural
        forces"; "volcanic activity" [syn: natural process, {natural
        action}, activity]
     7: the series of events that form a plot; "his novels always
        have a lot of action"
     8: the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism; "the
        piano had a very stiff action" [syn: action mechanism]
     9: the trait of being active and energetic and forceful; "a man
        of action"