What is the meaning of action?

noun

• Something done (usually as opposed to something said. )
  • usage: "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions"
• The state of being active.
  • usage: "his sphere of activity"; "he is out of action"
  • synonyms: activity, activeness
• A military engagement.
  • usage: "he saw action in Korea"
  • synonyms: military action
• A process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings. )
  • usage: "the action of natural forces"; "volcanic activity"
  • synonyms: natural process, natural action, activity
• The series of events that form a plot.
  • usage: "his novels always have a lot of action"
• The trait of being active and energetic and forceful.
  • usage: "a man of action"
• The operating part that transmits power to a mechanism.
  • usage: "the piano had a very stiff action"
  • synonyms: action mechanism
• 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.
  • synonyms: legal action, action at law
• An act by a government body or supranational organization.
  • usage: "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 most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field.
  • usage: "the action is no longer in technology stocks but in municipal bonds"; "gawkers always try to get as close to the action as possible"

verb

• Institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against.
  • usage: "He was warned that the district attorney would process him"; "She actioned the company for discrimination"
  • synonyms: sue, litigate, process
• Put in effect.
  • usage: "carry out a task"; "execute the decision of the people"; "He actioned the operation"
  • synonyms: carry through, accomplish, execute, carry out, fulfill, fulfil