action

• "file a suit against"
• "He was warned that the district attorney would process him"
• "She actioned the company for discrimination"

Synonyms

• sueinstitute legal proceedings against; French writer whose novels described the sordid side of city life (1804-1857)
• litigateengage in legal proceedings ; institute legal proceedings against
• processa particular course of action intended to achieve a result; (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; a writ issued by authority of law; a mental process that you are not directly aware of; a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant; a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states; subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition; deal with in a routine way; perform mathematical and logical operations on (data) according to programmed instructions in order to obtain the required information; institute legal proceedings against; march in a procession; shape, form, or improve a material; deliver a warrant or summons to someone

• "carry out a task"
• "execute the decision of the people"
• "He actioned the operation"

Synonyms

• carry throughput in effect; bring into safety
• accomplishput in effect; to gain with effort
• executekill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment; murder in a planned fashion; put in effect; carry out the legalities of; carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine; carry out or perform an action; sign in the presence of witnesses
• carry output in effect; pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue
• fulfillput in effect; meet the requirements or expectations of ; fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condtion ro restriction
• fulfilput in effect; fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condtion ro restriction; meet the requirements or expectations of

• "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions"

• "his sphere of activity"
• "he is out of action"

Synonyms

• activityany specific behavior; the state of being active; an organic process that takes place in the body; (chemistry) the capacity of a substance to take part in a chemical reaction; a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings); the trait of being active
• activenessthe state of being active; the trait of being active

• "he saw action in Korea"

Synonyms

• military actiona military engagement

• "the action of natural forces"
• "volcanic activity"

Synonyms

• natural processa process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)
• natural actiona process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)
• activityany specific behavior; the state of being active; an organic process that takes place in the body; (chemistry) the capacity of a substance to take part in a chemical reaction; a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings); the trait of being active

• "his novels always have a lot of action"

• "a man of action"

• "the piano had a very stiff action"

Synonyms

• action mechanismthe operating part that transmits power to a mechanism

• "one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong"

Synonyms

• legal actiona judicial proceeding brought by one party against another
• action at lawa judicial proceeding brought by one party against another

• "recent federal action undermined the segregationist position"
• "the United Nations must have the power to propose and organize action without being hobbled by irrelevant issues"
• "the Union action of emancipating Southern slaves"

• "the action is no longer in technology stocks but in municipal bonds"
• "gawkers always try to get as close to the action as possible"