action

action: n.
1.

Activity, spontaneous process, exercise, motion, movement, play.

2.

Deed (viewed as requiring a continued exertion of power), performance, feat, exploit, achievement, procedure, proceeding, acting, turn.

3.

Agency, operation, force, energy, influence, instrumentality, process.

4.

Battle, engagement, conflict, contest, combat, rencontre, encounter, skirmish, brush, affair.

5.

Gesticulation, gesture.

6.

Acting, performing, performance, enacting, representing, representation, putting on the boards, playing.

7.

Subject, fable, plot, series of events.

8.

(Law.) Suit, lawsuit, process, case, prosecution.

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Synonyms:

Activity, spontaneous process, exercise, motion, movement, play / Deed (viewed as requiring a continued exertion of power), performance, feat, exploit, achievement, procedure, proceeding, acting, turn / Agency, operation, force, energy, influence, instrumentality, process / Battle, engagement, conflict, contest, combat, rencontre, encounter, skirmish, brush, affair / Gesticulation, gesture / Acting, performing, performance, enacting, representing, representation, putting on the boards, playing / Subject, fable, plot, series of events / Suit, lawsuit, process, case, prosecution

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Action 52 — Desarrolladora(s) Active Enterprises (NES) FarSight Studios (Genesis) Distribuidora(s) Active Enterprises Plataforma(s) NES Fecha … Wikipedia Español
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Action [1] — Action (v. lat.), 1) Handlung; 2) Verrichtung, so A en des lebenden Körpers; 3) Gefecht, bes. wenn es etwas bedeutend ist; 4) (kath. Liturg.), die Handlung, die bei der Messe die Wandlung bewirkt, s. Messe; 5) (Theatw.), die Handlung auf der… … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

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