action

• put in effect
• something done (usually as opposed to something said)
• the state of being active
• a military engagement
• a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)
• the series of events that form a plot
• the trait of being active and energetic and forceful
• the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism
• a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another
• an act by a government body or supranational organization
• the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field
• institute legal proceedings against
• A process or condition of acting or moving, as opposed to rest
• An act
• The event or connected series of events, either real or imaginary, forming the subject of a play, poem, or other composition
• Movement
• Effective motion
• Any one of the active processes going on in an organism
• Gesticulation
• The attitude or position of the several parts of the body as expressive of the sentiment or passion depicted
• A suit or process, by which a demand is made of a right in a court of justice
• A right of action
• A share in the capital stock of a joint-stock company, or in the public funds
• An engagement between troops in war, whether on land or water
• The mechanical contrivance by means of which the impulse of the player´s finger is transmitted to the strings of a pianoforte or to the valve of an organ pipe

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