action
nounverified·updated May 9, 2026
The process or fact of doing something; a thing done.
Framework senses
- §1
- The process or fact of doing something; a thing done.
- §1
- something done, usually as opposed to something said
- §2
- the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field
- §3
- a military engagement
- §4
- a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another
- §5
- an act by a government body or supranational organization
- §6
- the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism
- §7
- the trait of being active and energetic and forceful
- §8
- the series of events that form a plot
- §9
- a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)
- §10
- the state of being active