actions (Meaning)

combat in war, a judicial proceeding for the enforcement or protection of a right, the redress or prevention of a wrong, or the punishment of a public offense compare special proceeding at proceeding, the right to bring or maintain such a legal or judicial proceeding, financial gain or an opportunity for financial gain, the process of betting including the offering and acceptance of a bet and determination of a winner, an operating mechanism, behavior, spin or rotation given to a ball or puck by throwing or hitting it in a particular way, the working of one thing on another so as to produce a change, the initiating of a proceeding in a court of justice by which one demands or enforces one's right, the proceeding itself, the manner in which a mechanism or instrument operates, a function or the performance of a function of the body (as defecation) or of one of its parts, the response or resistance of keys in a keyboard-operated instrument to the player's or operator's fingers, behavior, conduct, the accomplishment of a thing usually over a period of time, in stages, or with the possibility of repetition, a voluntary act of will that manifests itself externally, the unfolding of the events of a drama or work of fiction, the style of movement of the feet and legs (as of a horse), an engagement between troops or ships, the manner or method of performing, the process of exerting a force or bringing about an effect that results from the inherent capacity of an agent, the combination of circumstances that constitute the subject matter of a painting or sculpture, sexual activity, the plot of a drama or work of fiction, the most vigorous, productive, or exciting activity in a particular field, area, or group, initiative, enterprise, an actor's or speaker's deportment or expression by means of attitude, voice, and gesture, the bringing about of an alteration by force or through a natural agency, the price movement and trading volume of a commodity, security, or market, a legal proceeding in a court by which one demands one's right or the correction of a wrong, an act of will, the process or manner of acting or functioning, a thing done, the movement of incidents in a plot, such an action expressed by a verb, a function of the body or one of its parts, an event or series of events forming a literary composition, the degree of resistance of a musical instrument to being played, an act or decision by an executive or legislative body of a government (as an administrative agency) or of an organization (as a Board of Directors)