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67 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —

• action n. The effort of performing or doing something.
• action n. Something done, often so as to accomplish a purpose.
• action n. A way of motion or functioning.
• action n. Fast-paced activity.
• action n. The way in which a mechanical device acts when used; especially a firearm.
• action n. (Music) The mechanism, that is the set of moving mechanical parts, of a keyboard instrument, like a…
• action n. (Music, lutherie) The distance separating the strings and the fretboard on a guitar or other string instrument.
• action n. (Slang, typically with a quantifier) Sexual intercourse.
• action n. (Military) Combat.
• action n. (Law) A charge or other process in a law court (also called lawsuit and actio).
• action n. (Mathematics) A mapping from a pairing of mathematical objects to one of them, respecting their individual…
• action n. (Physics) The product of energy and time, especially the product of the Lagrangian and time.
• action n. The event or connected series of events, either real or imaginary, forming the subject of a play, poem…
• action n. (Art, painting and sculpture) The attitude or position of the several parts of the body as expressive…
• action n. (Bowling) spin put on the bowling ball.
• action n. (Obsolete) A share in the capital stock of a joint-stock company, or in the public funds.
• action n. (Religion) A religious performance or solemn function, i.e. action sermon, a sacramental sermon in the…
• action n. (Sciences) a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings).
• action interj. Demanding or signifying the start of something, usually a performance.
• action adj. (Manglish) arrogant.
• action v. (Transitive, management) To act on a request etc, in order to put it into effect.
• action v. (Transitive, chiefly archaic) To initiate a legal action against someone.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Interlingua - Scots
  • action n. Action.
• Middle english
  • action n. Alternative form of accion.
• Middle french
  • action n. Action; act.
• Scots
  • action v. To action.
• Swedish
  • action n. Action (intense activity).

— English words, defined in German —

• action S. Aktion, Handeln, Handlung, Tat.
• action S. Handwerk: Gang, Funktionieren, Mechanismus, Tätigkeit, Werk.
• action S. Handwerklich, Physik: Einfluss, Einwirkung, Prozess, Vorgang, Wirkung.
• action S. Film, Literatur: bezogen auf Dramen: Handlung.
• action S. Benehmen, Verhalten.
• action S. Bewegung, Gangart (zum Beispiel: Pferd).
• action S. Ausdruck, Vortragsweise.
• action S. Kunst: Action, dramatisches Geschehen.
• action S. Recht: Klage, Prozess.
• action S. Einsatz, Gefecht, Kampf.

— English words, defined in Dutch —

• action n. Handeling.
• action n. Actie.

— English words, defined in French —

• action n. Action, acte.
• action n. (Familier) Combat, bataille.
• action n. (Union européenne) Plan, projet, mesure.
• action interj. Action.

— English words, defined in Spanish —

• action s. Acción.
• action s. Actuación.
• action adj. De acción.

— English word, defined in Portuguese —

• action s. Ação.

— English words, defined in Italian —

• action s. Azione.
• action s. (Diritto) procedimento.
• action s. (Fisica) (meccanica) azione.

— In German —

• Action S. Sehr ereignisreicher Vorgang beziehungsweise ein dramatischer…
• Action S. Lebhafter Betrieb.
• Action S. Recht: Klage oder Rechtsstreit.

— In Dutch —

• A.C.␣Tion eig. (Bedrijf) (eufemisme) budget winkelketen.

— In French —

• action n.f. Opération par laquelle se produit un effet ; influence…
• action n.f. Occupation plus ou moins active ; exercice de la faculté d’agir.
• action n.f. Tout ce qu’on fait.
• action n.f. Combat ou engagement entre des troupes.
• action n.f. Véhémence à dire ou à faire quelque chose.
• action n.f. Tout ce qui regarde la contenance, le mouvement du corps…
• action n.f. (Vieilli) Discours public, tel qu’un sermon, une harangue…
• action n.f. (Droit) Demande, poursuite en justice.
• action n.f. Droit qu’on a de former une demande en justice.
• action n.f. Évènement ou série d’événements qui est le sujet d’une…
• action n.f. Titre représentant une participation dans le capital d’une société.
• action n.f. (Physique) Grandeur dont la considération simplifie parfois…
• action n.f. (Football) Percée rapide dans la défense adverse avec le…

170 English words from 27 English definitions

accomplish act action action␣sermon activity act␣on acts against also Alternative and archaic arrogant Art as␣to attitude ball beings body bowling bowling␣ball by␣nature called capital capital␣stock charge chiefly Combat company connected court Demanding device distance doing done effect effort either energy especially etc event events existing expressive Fast Fast-paced firearm form forming fretboard from function functioning funds guitar human human␣beings imaginary individual initiate in␣order in␣order␣to instrument intense intent intercourse into joint joint-stock␣company keyboard keyboard␣instrument Lagrangian law law␣court lawsuit legal legal␣action like lutherie management Manglish mapping mathematical Mathematics mechanical mechanism Military motion moving Music nature objects Obsolete of␣a often one on␣the order other paced painting pairing parts performance performing Physics play poem position process produced product public public␣funds purpose put put␣on quantifier rather rather␣than real Religion religious request respecting sacramental Sciences sculpture separating series sermon set several Sexual Sexual␣intercourse share signifying Slang so␣as so␣as␣to solemn someone something spin start stock stock␣company string string␣instrument strings subject than that that␣is the their them The␣way time Transitive typically used usually way way␣in when which with

47 English words from 40 foreign definitions

Action active adverse auf budget capital chose Combat corps dans des dire dont Droit effet engagement entre est exercice faire fait Film Football former Gang Grandeur Handwerk harangue influence justice Occupation par participation Physique Plan plus projet public regarde sermon Tat tel Titre Tout troupes Union Werk

1 foreign word from 27 English definitions

actio

94 foreign words from 40 foreign definitions

Ação acción acte Actie Actuación agir Aktion Ausdruck avec azione bataille Bedrijf Beispiel Benehmen Betrieb Bewegung beziehungsweise bezogen ce␣qui considération contenance défense de␣la demande Diritto Discours dramatischer dramatisches Dramen ein Einfluss Einsatz Einwirkung ereignisreicher eufemisme européenne Évènement événements faculté Familier Fisica Funktionieren Gangart Gefecht Geschehen Handeling Handeln Handlung Handwerklich Kampf Klage Kunst laquelle Lebhafter Literatur meccanica Mechanismus mesure moins mouvement oder Opération parfois Percée Pferd Physik plus␣ou␣moins poursuite procedimento produit Prozess quelque quelque␣chose qui rapide Recht Rechtsstreit représentant Sehr série simplifie société sujet Tätigkeit une Union␣européenne Véhémence Verhalten Vieilli Vorgang winkelketen Wirkung zum zum␣Beispiel

92 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

actions actiony actional actioned actionee actioner actionary actionees actioners action␣hoe actioning actionism Actionism actionist actionize actionlet action␣man action␣men actionable actionably action␣doll actionfest action␣film action␣hero action␣hoes actionisms actionists action␣item actionized actionizes actionless actionlets actionlike actionness action␣noun action␣plan action␣song action␣star action␣verb action␣word actionalism actionality actionaries action␣dolls actionfests action␣films action␣group action␣house action␣items actionizing +42 words

612 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

factions pactions tactions coactions enactions exactions factional factioner fractions inactions pactional pactioned reactions reäctions tractions bioactions ecoactions factionary factionate factioneer factioners factionist fractional fractioned impactions job␣actions misactions nonactions olfactions pactioning preactions proactions reactional redactions subactions tractional tractioned unactioned abfractions abreactions arefactions attractions backactions bolt-actions bolt␣actions BZ␣reactions compactions detractions effractions extractions +562 words

465 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

faction -faction paction taction abaction coaction enaction exaction fraction Fraction inaction in␣action reaction reäction traction unaction bioaction ecoaction get␣action impaction job␣action misaction nom.␣action. nonaction olfaction preaction pre-action proaction redaction refaction romaction subaction abfraction abreaction arefaction attraction backaction back␣action bolt-action bolt␣action BZ␣reaction compaction contaction detraction effraction extraction geriaction gets␣action id␣reaction infraction +415 words

16 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

act Act ACT act. Act. A.C.T. A.␣C.␣T. acti CTI ion Ion -ion tio Tio tion -tion

6 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ITC NOI noit OIt OIT TCA

4 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

actino- atonic Catino cation

68 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

ace␣into acetoin acinote aconite acontia acontid actinon actions actiony altcoin angioCT angio-CT Aniceto anoetic anticop anticor anticow Antioch antoeci antœci Atencio atonics auction batonic botanic cainito Candiot cantico cantion caption carotin Catinos cations Catonic caution Chatino Cintora coating cognati Comtian contain cortina Cortina costain Costain cotinga Cottian C-ration faction -faction +18 words

32 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

actin actin' actin- acton Acton act␣on Aiton anito antic -ation cain't Caito can␣it canto Canto catio Caton Ciano coati conia cotia INOCA Naito octan ontic Otani Taino Taíno Tiano Ticao Tonia tonic

3 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

Acteon acts␣on aition

7 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

actin actin' actin- acton Acton act␣on -ation

2 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

actinon auction

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