ACTION

Something done (usually as opposed to something said)

Example: "There were stories of murders and other unnatural actions"

The state of being active

Example: "His sphere of activity"

A military engagement

Example: "He saw action in korea"

A process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)

Example: "The action of natural forces"

The series of events that form a plot

Example: "His novels always have a lot of action"

The trait of being active and energetic and forceful

Example: "A man of action"

The operating part that transmits power to a mechanism

Example: "The piano had a very stiff action"

A judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong

An act by a government body or supranational organization

Example: "Recent federal action undermined the segregationist position"

The most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field

Example: "The action is no longer in technology stocks but in municipal bonds"

In firearms terminology, the mechanism that handles the ammunition (loads, locks, fires, and extracts the cartridges).

Example: "Actions can be categorized in several ways, including single action versus double action, break action versus bolt action, and others."