Meaning
1 sensesDemanding or signifying the start of something, usually a performance.
The director yelled ‘Action!’ after the cameras started rolling.
Examples
1006 sentencesNow is the time for action.
Зараз час дiяти. — rmdas
deJetzt ist es Zeit, zu handeln. — MUIRIEL
He is a man of action.
Він людина дії. — rmdas
ruОн - человек действия. — shanghainese
deEr ist ein Mann der Tat. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I'm very sorry for my actions.
Перепрошую за мої дії. — deniko
Everyone is responsible for his own actions.
Кожен відповідає за свої власні дії. — deniko
ruКаждый сам отвечает за свои поступки. — marafon
We need an aggressive plan of action.
Нам потрібний агресивний план дій. — deniko
Translations
5 languagesOrigin
From Middle English accioun, accion, from Old French aucion, acciun, from Latin āctiō(n) (From Middle English accioun, accion, from Old French aucion, acciun, from Latin āctiō(n) (“act of doing or making”), from āct(us) + action suffix -iō(n), perfect passive participle of agere (“do, act”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti. See also act, active. By surface analysis, act + -ion.
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Antonyms
1 antonymsCollocations
7 patterns- actions speak louder
- action movies
- take action
- for his actions
- for my actions
- to take action
- actions speak
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.