Action
Nouns
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action, performance
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doing, c. v.
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perpetration
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exercise, excitation
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movement, operation, evolution, work
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labor etc. (exertion) Exertion
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praxis, execution
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procedure etc. (conduct) Conduct
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handicraft
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business etc. Business
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agency etc. (power at work) Agency. deed, act, overt act, stitch, touch, gest transaction, job, doings, dealings, proceeding, measure, step, maneuver, bout, passage, move, stroke, blow
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coup, coup de main
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tour de force etc. (display) Ostentation
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feat, exploit
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achievement etc. (completion) Completion
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handiwork, workmanship
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manufacture
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stroke of policy etc. (plan) Plan. actor etc. (doer) Agent.
Verbs
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do, perform, execute
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achieve etc. (complete) Completion
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transact, enact
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commit, perpetrate, inflict
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exercise, prosecute, carry on, work, practice, play. employ oneself, ply one's task
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officiate, have in hand etc. (business) Business
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labor etc. Exertion
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be at work
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pursue a course
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shape one's course etc. (conduct) Conduct. act, operate
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take action, take steps
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strike a blow, lift a finger, stretch forth one's hand
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take in hand etc. (undertake) Undertaking
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put oneself in motion
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put in practice
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carry into execution etc. (complete) Completion
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act upon. be an actor etc. Agent
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take a part in, act a part in, play a part in, perform a part in
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participate in
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have a hand in, have a finger in the pie
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have to do with
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be a party to, be a participator in
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bear a hand, lend a hand
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pull an oar, run in a race
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mix oneself up with etc. (meddle) Activity. be in action
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come into operation etc. (power at work) Agency.
Adjectives
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doing etc. v.
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acting
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in action
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in harness
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on duty
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in operation etc. Agency.
Adverbs
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in the act, in the midst of, in the thick of
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red-handed
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while one's hand is in.
Phrases
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action is eloquence" [Coriolanus]
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actions speak louder than words
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actum aiunt ne agas [Terence]
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awake, arise, or be forever fall'n" [Paradise Lost]
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our deeds are sometimes better than our our deeds are sometimes better than our thoughts" [Bailey]
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the great end of life is not knowledge but the great end of life is not knowledge but action" [Huxley]
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thought is the soul of act" [R. Browning]
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we live in deeds not years" [Bailey].