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If you a_____ something that needs to be done, you deal with it.If you action something that needs to be done, you deal with it.
Documents can be actioned, or filed immediately.
word action
full-definition
noun
Action is doing something for a particular purpose.
The government is taking emergency action to deal with a housing crisis.
What was needed, he said, was decisive action to halt what he called these savage crimes.
An action is something that you do on a particular occasion .
As always, Peter had a reason for his action.
Jack was the sort of man who did not like his actions questioned.
To bring a legal action against someone means to bring a case against them in a court of law.
Two leading law firms are to prepare legal actions against tobacco companies.
...a libel action brought by one of France's bureaucrats.
The action of a chemical is the way in which it works, or the effects that it has.
Her description of the nature and action of poisons is amazingly accurate.
The action is all the important and exciting things that are happening in a situation.
Hollywood is where the action is now.
The fighting which takes place in a war can be referred to as action .
...a murderous war that would see millions die, as a result of direct military action.
13 soldiers were killed and 10 wounded in action.
adjective
An action movie is a film in which a lot of dangerous and exciting things happen . An action hero is the main character in one of these films.
verb
If you action something that needs to be done, you deal with it.
Documents can be actioned, or filed immediately.
inflections actionsactioningactioned
cefr-level A1

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