noun#666 by frequency

action

/ˈækʃən̩/

The effort of performing or doing something; Something done, often so as to accomplish a purpose; A way of motion or functioning; Fast-paced activity

Meanings

1
The effort of performing or doing something
- Is it an action film?
  Tatoeba · sundown · CC BY 2.0 FR
- We need action, not words.
  Tatoeba · CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
2
Something done, often so as to accomplish a purpose
3
A way of motion or functioning
4
Fast-paced activity
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The way in which a mechanical device acts when used; especially a firearm
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Purposeful behavior
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The way in which a mechanical device acts when used; especially a firearm.; The way in which cartridges are loaded, locked, and extracted from the mechanismrare
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A physical mechanism of a firearm or other devicerare
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The mechanism, that is the set of moving mechanical parts, of a keyboard instrument, like a piano, which transfers the motion of the key to the sound-making devicerare
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The distance separating the strings and the fingerboard on a string instrumentrare