The effort of performing or doing something.
Something done, often so as to accomplish a purpose.
A way of motion or functioning.
Knead bread with a rocking action.
Demanding or signifying the start of something, usually a performance.
The director yelled ‘Action!’ after the cameras started rolling.
arrogant
From Middle English accioun, accion, from Old French aucion, acciun, from Latin āctiō(n) (“act of doing or making”), from āct(us) + action suffix -iō(n), perfect passive participle of agere (“do, act”...
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To initiate a legal action against someone.
‘I have no business to settle with you—arrest me, Sir, at your peril and I’ll action you in law for false imprisonment.’