Action
(n.) A process or condition of acting or moving, as opposed to rest |
Action
(n.) An act |
Action
(n.) The event or connected series of events, either real or imaginary, forming the subject of a play, poem, or other composition |
Action
(n.) Movement |
Action
(n.) Effective motion |
Action
(n.) Any one of the active processes going on in an organism |
Action
(n.) Gesticulation |
Action
(n.) The attitude or position of the several parts of the body as expressive of the sentiment or passion depicted. |
Action
(n.) A suit or process, by which a demand is made of a right in a court of justice |
Action
(n.) A right of action |
Action
(n.) A share in the capital stock of a joint-stock company, or in the public funds |
Action
(n.) An engagement between troops in war, whether on land or water |
Action
(n.) The mechanical contrivance by means of which the impulse of the player's finger is transmitted to the strings of a pianoforte or to the valve of an organ pipe. |
Civil
(a.) Pertaining to a city or state, or to a citizen in his relations to his fellow citizens or to the state |
Civil
(a.) Subject to government |
Civil
(a.) Performing the duties of a citizen |
Civil
(a.) Having the manners of one dwelling in a city, as opposed to those of savages or rustics |
Civil
(a.) Pertaining to civic life and affairs, in distinction from military, ecclesiastical, or official state. |
Civil
(a.) Relating to rights and remedies sought by action or suit distinct from criminal proceedings. |
Claim
(v./.) To ask for, or seek to obtain, by virtue of authority, right, or supposed right |
Claim
(v./.) To proclaim. |
Claim
(v./.) To call or name. |
Claim
(v./.) To assert |
Claim
(v. i.) To be entitled to anything |
Claim
(n.) A demand of a right or supposed right |
Claim
(n.) A right to claim or demand something |
Claim
(n.) The thing claimed or demanded |
Claim
(n.) A loud call. |
Defendant
(a.) Serving, or suitable, for defense |
Defendant
(a.) Making defense. |
Defendant
(n.) One who defends |
Defendant
(n.) A person required to make answer in an action or suit |
Proper
(a.) Belonging to one |
Proper
(a.) Belonging to the natural or essential constitution |
Proper
(a.) Befitting one's nature, qualities, etc. |
Proper
(a.) Becoming in appearance |
Proper
(a.) Pertaining to one of a species, but not common to the whole |
Proper
(a.) Rightly so called |
Proper
(a.) Represented in its natural color |
Proper
(adv.) Properly |
Self-action
(n.) Action by, or originating in, one's self or itself. |
Standing
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stand |
Standing
(a.) Remaining erect |
Standing
(a.) Not flowing |
Standing
(a.) Not transitory |
Standing
(a.) Established by law, custom, or the like |
Standing
(a.) Not movable |
Standing
(n.) The act of stopping, or coming to a stand |
Standing
(n.) Maintenance of position |
Standing
(n.) Place to stand in |
act
deed
human action
human activity | something that people do or cause to happen |
| action | something done (usually as opposed to something said), there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions |
course
course of action | a mode of action, if you persist in that course you will surely fail, once a nation is embarked on a course of action it becomes extremely difficult for any retraction to take place |
| maneuver manoeuvre evasive action | an action aimed at evading an opponent |
assumption
laying claim | the act of taking possession of or power over something, his assumption of office coincided with the trouble in Cuba, the Nazi assumption of power in , he acquired all the company's assets for ten million dollars and the assumption of the company's debts |
performance
execution carrying out carrying into action | the act of performing, of doing something successfully, using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it, they criticised his performance as mayor, experience generally improves performance |
attainder
civil death | cancellation of civil rights |
| standing | the act of assuming or maintaining an erect upright position |
| action | the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field, the action is no longer in technology stocks but in municipal bonds, gawkers always try to get as close to the action as possible |
tort
civil wrong | (law) any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought |
| civil censorship | military censorship of civilian communications (correspondence or printed matter of films) entering or leaving of circulating within territories controlled by armed forces |
reflex
reflex response
reflex action
instinctive reflex
innate reflex
inborn reflex
unconditioned reflex
physiological reaction | an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus |
military action
action | a military engagement, he saw action in Korea |
| police action | a local military action without declaration of war, against violators of international peace and order |
| civil defense | activities organized by civilians for their own protection in time of war or disaster |
| civil war | a war between factions in the same country |
replay
instant replay
action replay | the immediate rebroadcast of some action (especially sports action) that has been recorded on videotape |
standing operating procedure
standard operating procedure
SOP
standard procedure | a prescribed procedure to be followed routinely, rote memorization has been the educator's standard operating procedure for centuries |
| civil marriage | a marriage performed by a government official rather than by a clergyman |
| claim | demand for something as rightful or due, they struck in support of their claim for a shorter work day |
| insurance claim | demand for payment in accordance with an insurance policy |
| group action | action taken by a group of people |
| direct action | a protest action by labor or minority groups to obtain their demands |
| civil disobedience | a group's refusal to obey a law because they believe the law is immoral (as in protest against discrimination), Thoreau wrote a famous essay justifying civil disobedience |
| civil contempt | a failure to follow a court order that benefits someone else |
legal action
action action at law | 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 |
| action | an act by a government body or supranational organization, 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 |
| civil suit | a lawsuit alleging violations of civil law by the defendant |
class action
class-action suit | a lawsuit brought by a representative member of a large group of people on behalf of all members of the group |
| civil action | legal action to protect a private civil right or to compel a civil remedy (as distinguished from criminal prosecution) |
| job action | a temporary action by workers to protest management decision or to make demands |
American Civil War
United States Civil War
War between the States | civil war in the United States between the North and the South, - |
| English Civil War | civil war in England between the Parliamentarians and the Royalists under Charles I, - |
| Spanish Civil War | civil war in Spain in which Franco succeeded in overthrowing the republican government, during the war Spain became a battleground for fascists and socialists from all countries, - |
Abstract Expressionism
action painting | a New York school of painting characterized by freely created abstractions, the first important school of American painting to develop independently of European styles |
action
action mechanism | the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism, the piano had a very stiff action |
arena
scene of action | a playing field where sports events take place |
| baggage claim | an area in an airport where arriving passengers can collect the luggage that has been carried in the hold of the aircraft |
| delayed action | a mechanism that automatically delays the release of a camera shutter for a fixed period of time so that the photographer can appear in the picture |
menhir
standing stone | a tall upright megalith, found primarily in England and northern France |
| piano action | action consisting of a system of levers that move a felt hammer to strike the strings when a key is depressed |
pump action
slide action | action mechanism in a modern rifle or shotgun, a back and forward motion of a sliding lever ejects the empty shell case and cocks the firearm and loads a new round |
| standing press | a large printing press that exerts pressure vertically |
| standing room | room for passengers or spectators to stand, there was standing room for thousands more people |
| action | the trait of being active and energetic and forceful, a man of action |
| claim title | an informal right to something, his claim on her attentions, his title to fame |
title
claim | an established or recognized right, a strong legal claim to the property, he had no documents confirming his title to his father's estate, he staked his claim |
| civil right | right or rights belonging to a person by reason of citizenship including especially the fundamental freedoms and privileges guaranteed by the th and th amendments and subsequent acts of Congress including the right to legal and social and economic equality |
| civil liberty | fundamental individual right protected by law and expressed as immunity from unwarranted governmental interference |
| right of action | the legal right to sue |