Engelsk substantiv: action | |||
1. | action (om handling) something done (usually as opposed to something said) | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | There were stories of murders and other unnatural actions. | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | act, deed, human action, human activity | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | accenting, accentuation, accomplishment, achievement, aggression, alienation, application, arrival, beatification, benignity, bruxism, carrying into action, carrying out, change, choice, civility, consultation, course, course of action, destabilisation, destabilization, economy, emphasizing, employment, engagement, execution, fetch, forbiddance, hostility, inhibition, interaction, jump-start, jumpstart, kindness, opposition, option, performance, pick, pickings, play, playing, politeness, prohibition, reference, res gestae, resistance, reverence, saving, selection, stupefaction, swordplay, taking, thing, transfusion, transgression, vampirism | ||
2. | action (om tilstand) the state of being active | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | His sphere of activity. He is out of action. | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | activeness, activity | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | state | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | agency, behavior, behaviour, busyness, eructation, eruption, extravasation, hum, operation, overdrive, play, swing | ||
Kjennetegner disse uttrykkene | active | ||
Uttrykk med motsatt betydning (antonymer) | inaction, inactiveness, inactivity | ||
3. | action (om handling) a military engagement | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | He saw action in Korea. | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | military action | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | group action | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | amphibious landing, battle, blockade, conflict, defence, defense, defensive measure, electronic warfare, encirclement, engagement, EW, fight, police action, resistance, saber rattling, sabre rattling, sally, sortie, war, warfare | ||
Overordnet kategori | armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine | ||
4. | action (om prosess) a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings) | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The action of natural forces. Volcanic activity. | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | activity, natural action, natural process | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | physical process, process | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | absorption, acidification, adiabatic process, aeration, antiredeposition, capture, capture, cataphoresis, centrifugation, chemical action, chemical change, chemical process, chromatography, clotting, coagulation, concretion, condensation, convection, curdling, curing, decay, demagnetisation, demagnetization, desorption, dielectrolysis, diffusion, disintegration, dissolution, distillation, distillment, drift, ecesis, ecological succession, effervescence, electrophoresis, establishment, extinction, extraction, feedback, filtration, flocculation, flow, formation, fossilisation, fossilization, geologic process, geological process, hardening, inactivation, ion exchange, ionisation, ionization, ionophoresis, leach, leaching, magnetic induction, magnetisation, magnetization, materialisation, materialization, natural selection, nuclear reaction, opacification, oscillation, oxygenation, pair creation, pair formation, pair production, phase change, phase transition, physical change, precession of the equinoxes, radiation, release, rigidification, rigidifying, saltation, scattering, selection, sericulture, set, sink, soak, soakage, soaking, softening, solidification, solidifying, sorption, source, state change, stiffening, stimulation, succession, survival, survival of the fittest, synergism, synergy, temperature change, transduction, transpiration, vitrification | ||
5. | action (om kommunikasjon) the series of events that form a plot | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | His novels always have a lot of action. | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | plot | ||
6. | action (om egenskap) the trait of being active and energetic and forceful | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | A man of action. | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | drive | ||
7. | action (om gjenstand) the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The piano had a very stiff action. | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | action mechanism | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | mechanism | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | firing mechanism, gunlock, movement, piano action, pump action, slide action | ||
Omfatter disse spesifikke uttrykk | key | ||
Omfatter disse overordnede uttrykkene | gun, keyboard | ||
8. | action (om handling) 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 | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | action at law, legal action | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | legal proceeding, proceeding, proceedings | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | antitrust case, civil action, counterclaim, criminal prosecution, custody case, lis pendens, prosecution, test case, test suit | ||
Overordnet kategori | jurisprudence, law | ||
9. | action (om handling) an act by a government body or supranational organization | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | 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. | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | group action | ||
10. | action (om handling) the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The action is no longer in technology stocks but in municipal bonds. Gawkers always try to get as close to the action as possible. | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | work | ||
Engelsk verb: action | |||
1. | action (om adferd) institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | He was warned that the district attorney would process him. She actioned the company for discrimination. | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | litigate, process, sue | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | challenge | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | expedite | ||
Utsagnsord med lignende betydning | litigate | ||
2. | action (om tilblivelse) put in effect | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Carry out a task. Execute the decision of the people. He actioned the operation. | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | accomplish, carry out, carry through, execute, fulfil, fulfill | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s something | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | complete, effect, effectuate, finish, set up | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | complete, consummate, consummate, discharge, dispatch, do, get over, perform, run | ||
Utsagnsord med lignende betydning | carry out, follow out, follow through, follow up, go through, implement, put through | ||