Noun

Singular action

Plural actions

action (plural actions)

  1. Something done so as to accomplish a purpose.
  2. A way of motion or functioning.
    Knead bread with a rocking action.
  3. A fast-paced activity.
    an action movie
  4. A mechanism; a moving part or assembly.
    a rifle action
  5. (music): The set of moving mechanical parts in a keyboard instrument which transfer the motion of the key to the sound-making device.
  6. (slang) Sexual activity; intercourse.
    She gave him some action.
  7. The distance separating the strings and the fretboard on the guitar.
  8. (military) Combat.
    He saw some action in the Korean War.
  9. (law) A charge or other process in a law court.

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Mon Jul 6 04:45:48 2009

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Tue Jul 7 10:44:11 2009

What action should I take when my landlord tries to conceal information?
Q. A fire that started on the first floor of my apartment building two months ago caused damage to my second floor unit that has still not been repaired. One week after the fire I called my landlord for information about the fire, but she claimed she didn't know the cause. Yesterday I found out that the fire was caused by the first floor neighbors cigarette and that she was fully aware of this. What action should I take?
Asked by Trip D - Wed May 27 12:28:09 2009 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Take all your information to small claims court.*
Answered by firewomen - Wed May 27 12:32:36 2009

What is the corrective action if excess salary is paid by consulting company?
Q. What corrective action is needed if someone was paid excess salary by a consulting company and said person has also filed taxes with the W2 received, without noticing the error. Does the person file for an ammended tax return for the prior year or does this need to be done for next tax year? If excess is reclaimed by consulting company, what happens to taxes already paid and to social security taxes already paid? Has anyone faced this situation of reporting Gross Amount in a year and returning money and having to report lesser Gross for past year via ammended tax returns?
Asked by SensitiveQ - Wed Mar 12 14:46:09 2008 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. They can do it for the next tax year. If excess taxes are paid then they file amended returns to get them back.
Answered by Lets Go Magic! - Thu Mar 20 04:57:28 2008

Can I apply for early action to some schools, but apply regular decision to others?
Q. i'm curious about this because there are a few schools i would like to apply to now, but I would like to apply to my two reach schools once my mid-term grades come in. can i do this? or are the deadlines to respond to early action earlier than regular decision?
Asked by Aaron - Sun Sep 9 14:48:28 2007 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. first of all, they don't take mid-term grades into consideration so that is useless. Second, there is always a deadline on early decision which is usually sometime in either september or october... so apply now!
Answered by burgler09 - Sun Sep 9 15:02:23 2007

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Thu Jul 16 07:38:25 2009

Action is the tendency towards making a concerted effort to accomplish a goal.

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Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895).

  • Existence was given us for action, rather than indolent and aimless contemplation; our worth is determined by the good deeds we do, rather than by the fine emotions we feel. They greatly mistake, who suppose that God cares for no other pursuit than devotion.
    • Elias Lyman Magoon, p. 2.
  • It is well to think well; it is divine to act well.
  • Man, being essentially active, must find in activity his joy, as well as his beauty and glory; and labor, like every thing else that is good, is its own reward.
    • Bishop Whipple, p. 3.
  • Tempests may shake our dwellings and dissipate our commerce, but they scourge before them the lazy elements, which otherwise would stagnate into pestilence. Be thy best thoughts to work divine addressed; Do something, — do it soon — with all thy might; An angel's wing would droop if long at rest, And God Himself inactive were no longer blessed.
    • Carlos Wilcox, p. 3.
  • When I read the life of such a man as Paul, how I blush to think how sickly and dwarfed Christianity is at the present time, and how many hundreds there are who never think of working for the Son of God and honoring Christ.
    • Dwight L. Moody, p. 3.
  • I have lived to know that the secret of happiness is never to allow your energies to stagnate.
    • Adam Clarke, p. 3.
  • I have never heard any thing about the resolutions of the disciples, but a great deal about the Acts of the Apostles.
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