To act on a request etc, in order to put it into effect. The distance separating the strings and the fretboard on the guitar.Ī charge or other process in a law court (also called lawsuit and actio). The mechanism, that is the set of moving mechanical parts, of a keyboard instrument, like a piano, which transfers the motion of the key to the sound-making device. Something done so as to accomplish a purpose. Wiktionary (5.00 / 1 vote) Rate this definition: 'carry out a task' 'execute the decision of the people' 'He actioned the operation' 'He was warned that the district attorney would process him' 'She actioned the company for discrimination'Ĭarry through, accomplish, execute, carry out, action, fulfill, fulfil verb Institute legal proceedings against file a suit against 'the action is no longer in technology stocks but in municipal bonds' 'gawkers always try to get as close to the action as possible' The most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field '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' The operating part that transmits power to a mechanismĪ 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 wrongĪn act by a government body or supranational organization The trait of being active and energetic and forceful 'the action of natural forces' 'volcanic activity' Natural process, natural action, action, activity nounĪ process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings) 'his sphere of activity' 'he is out of action' 'there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions' Something done (usually as opposed to something said) Princeton's WordNet (3.67 / 3 votes) Rate this definition:

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