action

action (Englisch)

Substantiv

Singular

Plural

the action

the actions

Worttrennung:

ac·tion, Plural: ac·tions

Aussprache:

IPA: [ˈækʃn]
Hörbeispiele:  action (US-amerikanisch) (Info)

Bedeutungen:

[1] Aktion, Handeln, Handlung, Tat
[2] Handwerk: Gang, Funktionieren, Mechanismus, Tätigkeit, Werk
[3] Handwerklich, Physik: Einfluss, Einwirkung, Prozess, Vorgang, Wirkung
[4] Film, Literatur: bezogen auf Dramen: Handlung
[5] Benehmen, Verhalten
[6] Bewegung, Gangart (zum Beispiel: Pferd)
[7] Ausdruck, Vortragsweise
[8] Kunst: Action, dramatisches Geschehen
[9] Recht: Klage, Prozess
[10] Einsatz, Gefecht, Kampf

Synonyme:

[4] acting, performing, performance, enacting, representing, representation, putting on the boards, playing
[9] suit, lawsuit, process, case, prosecution
[10] battle, engagement, conflict, contest, combat, rencontre, encounter, skirmish, brush, affair
[?] subject, fable, plot, series of events, activity, spontaneous process, exercise, motion, movement, pay, deed, doing, performance, feat, exploit, achievement, procedure, prodeeding, course, acting, turn, agency, operation, force, energy, influence, instrumentality, process, measure

Beispiele:

[1]

Sprichwörter:

Actions speak louder than words - jemanden nach seinen Taten beurteilen und nicht nach seinen Worten

Charakteristische Wortkombinationen:

[1] man of action, full of action, course of action, for further action,
[2] action of the bowels; action of the heart
[3] the action of acid on metal
[8] to put something into action, to take action; to take action against something; where the action is
[9] to take action; bring an action against someone
[10] someone saw action; put somone/something out of action; wounded in action; killed in action
[?] put something/someone out of action; go into action

Wortbildungen:

[1] action committee
[8] action painting, action station, castor action, scavenging action
[9] action for payment
[?] actionable, act, radius of action

Übersetzungen

Referenzen und weiterführende Informationen:

[1] Englischer Wikipedia-Artikel „action
[1] LEO Englisch-Deutsch, Stichwort: „action
[1] Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary „action
[1] Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus „action
[1] Dictionary.com Englisch-Englisches Wörterbuch, Thesaurus und Enzyklopädie „action
[1] dict.cc Englisch-Deutsch, Stichwort: „action
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