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1. action
noun.
(ˈækʃən)
Something
done
(usually
as
opposed
to
something
said).
Synonyms
act
inhibition
interaction
playing
consultation
deed
application
civility
jumpstart
destabilization
achievement
benignity
swordplay
jump-start
carrying out
reverence
bruxism
accomplishment
performance
human action
beatification
transfusion
transgression
kindness
play
employment
prohibition
hostility
saving
arrival
accentuation
economy
resistance
opposition
alienation
forbiddance
stupefaction
option
vampirism
reference
aggression
fetch
taking
emphasizing
accenting
course
engagement
selection
pickings
thing
choice
change
carrying into action
destabilisation
res gestae
execution
politeness
pick
course of action
human activity
Antonyms
stabilisation
stabilization
repel
deglycerolize
disarrange
Etymology
action (English)
accion (Middle English (1100-1500))
action (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
actio (Latin)
-tio (Latin)
actum (Latin)
ago (Latin)
actus (Latin)
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2. action
noun.
(ˈækʃən)
A
military
engagement.
Synonyms
defensive measure
fight
military action
saber rattling
sortie
warfare
conflict
group action
amphibious landing
blockade
resistance
battle
sabre rattling
war
encirclement
engagement
defense
sally
EW
police action
electronic warfare
defence
Antonyms
depressurize
pressurize
pressurise
desynchronise
blur
Etymology
action (English)
accion (Middle English (1100-1500))
action (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
actio (Latin)
-tio (Latin)
actum (Latin)
ago (Latin)
actus (Latin)
3. action
noun.
(ˈækʃən)
The
state
of
being
active.
Synonyms
activity
eructation
state
operation
overdrive
behavior
active
activeness
behaviour
swing
agency
play
busyness
extravasation
hum
eruption
Antonyms
inactiveness
dormant
inaction
inactivity
increment
Etymology
action (English)
accion (Middle English (1100-1500))
action (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
actio (Latin)
-tio (Latin)
actum (Latin)
ago (Latin)
actus (Latin)
4. action
noun.
(ˈækʃən)
A
process
existing
in
or
produced
by
nature
(rather
than
by
the
intent
of
human
beings).
Synonyms
state change
vitrification
sorption
saltation
capture
rigidifying
succession
transduction
effervescence
synergy
natural action
oxygenation
convection
set
opacification
clotting
feedback
soak
distillation
physical process
diffusion
drift
geological process
absorption
scattering
extinction
pair production
solidification
filtration
flow
soakage
magnetization
activity
disintegration
curing
chromatography
rigidification
transpiration
nuclear reaction
phase transition
extraction
precession of the equinoxes
distillment
stimulation
survival
magnetisation
geologic process
sericulture
cataphoresis
acidification
oscillation
hardening
decay
ecological succession
release
survival of the fittest
synergism
antiredeposition
chemical action
formation
concretion
radiation
curdling
sink
chemical process
desorption
physical change
materialisation
fossilization
adiabatic process
phase change
dielectrolysis
stiffening
magnetic induction
solidifying
electrophoresis
ecesis
aeration
soaking
fossilisation
materialization
demagnetisation
ionisation
temperature change
softening
pair creation
leaching
dissolution
ion exchange
chemical change
demagnetization
leach
flocculation
natural selection
coagulation
pair formation
inactivation
natural process
selection
establishment
source
condensation
centrifugation
ionization
process
ionophoresis
Antonyms
activation
sink
source
increase
devolution
Etymology
action (English)
accion (Middle English (1100-1500))
action (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
actio (Latin)
-tio (Latin)
actum (Latin)
ago (Latin)
actus (Latin)
5. action
noun.
(ˈækʃən)
The
operating
part
that
transmits
power
to
a
mechanism.
Synonyms
key
firing mechanism
gunlock
slide action
pump action
action mechanism
keyboard
gun
piano action
mechanism
movement
Antonyms
unready
disarranged
soft
up
undercharge
Etymology
action (English)
accion (Middle English (1100-1500))
action (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
actio (Latin)
-tio (Latin)
actum (Latin)
ago (Latin)
actus (Latin)
6. action
noun.
(ˈækʃən)
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.
Synonyms
counterclaim
criminal prosecution
test suit
proceedings
antitrust case
civil action
custody case
proceeding
lis pendens
test case
prosecution
action at law
legal action
legal proceeding
Antonyms
defense
winterize
summerize
rise
ascend
Etymology
action (English)
accion (Middle English (1100-1500))
action (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
actio (Latin)
-tio (Latin)
actum (Latin)
ago (Latin)
actus (Latin)
7. plant
noun.
(ˈplænt)
Buildings
for
carrying
on
industrial
labor.
Synonyms
smelter
refinery
disposal plant
sewage disposal plant
packinghouse
building complex
bottling plant
packing plant
still
distillery
smeltery
manufacturing plant
complex
works
brewery
mint
industrial plant
factory
recycling plant
mill
manufactory
saltworks
Antonyms
evergreen plant
cultivated plant
weed
uncover
lend oneself
Etymology
plant (English)
planta (Latin)
planten (Middle English (1100-1500))
plantian (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
plantare (Latin)
8. plant
noun.
(ˈplænt)
(botany)
a
living
organism
lacking
the
power
of
locomotion.
Synonyms
plant kingdom
autophyte
plant structure
houseplant
flora
myrmecophyte
vascular plant
phytoplankton
tracheophyte
garden plant
acrogen
hood
plantlet
Plantae
escape
endemic
rock plant
biennial
aquatic
poisonous plant
sporophyte
gametophyte
cap
monocarpic plant
pot plant
air plant
kingdom Plantae
organism
embryo
being
crop
hygrophyte
ornamental
apomict
autotrophic organism
aerophyte
annual
microflora
epiphyte
non-flowering plant
neophyte
monocarp
monocarpous plant
wilding
autotroph
plant life
plant part
epiphytic plant
autophytic plant
perennial
cryptogam
holophyte
Antonyms
Phanerogamae
Cryptogamia
artifact
fauna
deciduous plant
Etymology
plant (English)
planta (Latin)
planten (Middle English (1100-1500))
plantian (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
plantare (Latin)
9. plant
verb.
(ˈplænt)
Put
or
set
(seeds,
seedlings,
or
plants)
into
the
ground.
Synonyms
bed
put
afforest
dibble
pose
checkrow
place
root
lay
replant
forest
set
tree
position
puddle
Antonyms
biennial
sporadic
short
agitate
worry
Etymology
plant (English)
planta (Latin)
planten (Middle English (1100-1500))
plantian (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
plantare (Latin)
10. plant
verb.
(ˈplænt)
Fix
or
set
securely
or
deeply.
Synonyms
introduce
insert
enter
embed
engraft
pot
infix
bury
sink
implant
nest
imbed
Antonyms
nonexistence
impossibility
absence
starve
functional
Etymology
plant (English)
planta (Latin)
planten (Middle English (1100-1500))
plantian (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
plantare (Latin)
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