action
nounverified·updated May 9, 2026
The process or fact of doing something; a thing done.
polysemousFFIEC IT Examination Handbook - Audit, April 2012
Senses
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something done, usually as opposed to something said
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the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field
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a military engagement
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a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another
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an act by a government body or supranational organization
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the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism
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the trait of being active and energetic and forceful
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the series of events that form a plot
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a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)
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the state of being active
Classifications
Entity Type
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- action at lawaction mechanismactivenessactivitylegal actionmilitary actionnatural actionnatural process
- alternatephrasing
- Action
- plural
- actions
- possessive
- action's
- pluralpossessive
- actions'