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Word entry · 6 letters

action

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"Something done"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈækʃən̩/Part of speech noun, verbSorted acinotStarts with AEnds with N1 cluesVery common crossword word
1A2C3T4I5O6N

Definitions

  1. Something done; movement, activity, or legal proceedings.

Word origin

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.

Used in a sentence

  • Knead bread with a rocking action.
  • a movie full of exciting action
  • Pressing a piano key causes the action of the hammer on the string.

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