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| [[Image:Explosion.jpg|thumb|right|200px|An [[explosion]] is a [[violent]] release of [[energy]] (sometimes [[mechanical]], [[nuclear]], or [[chemical]].) Metaphorically, also used to denote a sudden [[increase]] or [[emotion]]al [[outburst]]]] | [[Image:Explosion.jpg|thumb|right|200px|An [[explosion]] is a [[violent]] release of [[energy]] (sometimes [[mechanical]], [[nuclear]], or [[chemical]].) Metaphorically, also used to denote a sudden [[increase]] or [[emotion]]al [[outburst]]]] | ||
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| - | :''[[Human behavior]]'' | + | An '''action''' is [[something]] [[done]] so as to accomplish a [[purpose]]; a way of [[motion]] or functioning; a fast-paced [[activity]]; a [[mechanism]]; a moving [[part]] or [[assembly]]. |
| - | An '''action''' is something [[done]] so as to accomplish a [[purpose]]; a way of [[motion]] or functioning; a fast-paced [[activity]]; a [[mechanism]]; a moving [[part]] or [[assembly]]. | + | |
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| From Middle English ''accion'', from Old French ''action'', from Latin ''āctiō'' (“act of doing or making”), from ''āctus'', perfect passive participle of ''agō'' (“do, act”), + action suffix ''-iō;'' see ''[[act]]''. | From Middle English ''accion'', from Old French ''action'', from Latin ''āctiō'' (“act of doing or making”), from ''āctus'', perfect passive participle of ''agō'' (“do, act”), + action suffix ''-iō;'' see ''[[act]]''. | ||
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An action is something done so as to accomplish a purpose; a way of motion or functioning; a fast-paced activity; a mechanism; a moving part or assembly.
Etymology
From Middle English accion, from Old French action, from Latin āctiō (“act of doing or making”), from āctus, perfect passive participle of agō (“do, act”), + action suffix -iō; see act.
See also
Action may refer to:
- Action (physics), an attribute of the development of a system over a period of time
- Action (fiction), a genre in various formats, specifically:
- Human behavior
See also
- Action! (disambiguation)
- Action theory (philosophy), concerning the processes causing intentional (willful) human bodily movements
- Group action, in mathematics a relation between an algebraic group and a set
- Social actions, person taking account of others
- Action game, a type of game
- Action painting, a style of painting
- Firearm action, the mechanism that manipulates cartridges and/or seals the breech
- Collective action, the provision of public goods through collaboration
- Direct action, an instance of political activism
- Action Ambulance, an emergency care and ambulance service
- Lawsuit, sometimes called a civil action and actio
- Military action (combat), a scale of combat within the hierarchy of combat
- Social actions, which take into account actions and reactions of other individuals
- Strike action, a deliberate absence from work
- Action Comics, a DC Comics comic book series
- Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), a liberal Nigerian political party
- Action Committee for Renewal, a political party in Togo
- Mutant Action, a 1993 Spanish science-fiction film
- Action Jackson, a 1988 action film
- Action Jackson (toy), a 1970s line of action figures and accessories by Mego Corporation
- Action Joe, the initial action figures by Hasbro, later named G.I. Joe
- Action Man, a British licensed copy of G.I. Joe
- Action Force, a 1980s G.I. Joe line for the European market
- Action Force (Marvel), a Marvel UK weekly comic book
- Action Man (disambiguation)
- Action Force (disambiguation)
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