action

Roget-categorie 680

5. Words relating to the voluntary powers
› 5.3. Voluntary action
›› 5.3.1. Simple voluntary action

#680. Action

zelfstandig naamwoord

action, performance — doing, etc. v. — perpetration — exercise, excitation — movement, operation, evolution, work — labor etc. (exertion) 686 — praxis, execution — procedure etc. (conduct) 692 — handicraft — business etc. 625 — agency etc. (power at work) 170.
deed, act, overt act, stitch, touch, gest transaction^†, job, doings, dealings, proceeding, measure, step, maneuver, bout, passage, move, stroke, blow — coup, coup de main, coup d'etat [Fr.] — tour de force etc. (display) 882 — feat, exploit — achievement etc. (completion) 729 — handiwork, workmanship — manufacture — stroke of policy etc. (plan) 626.
actor etc. (doer) 690.

werkwoord

do, perform, execute — achieve etc. (complete) 729 — transact, enact — commit, perpetrate, inflict — exercise, prosecute, carry on, work, practice, play.
employ oneself, ply one's task — officiate, have in hand etc. (business) 625 — labor etc. 686 — be at work — pursue a course — shape one's course etc. (conduct) 692.
act, operate — take action, take steps — strike a blow, lift a finger, stretch forth one's hand — take in hand etc. (undertake) 676 — put oneself in motion — put in practice — carry into execution etc. (complete) 729 — act upon.
be an actor etc. 690 — take a part in, act a part in, play a part in, perform a part in — participate in — have a hand in, have a finger in the pie — have to do with — be a party to, be a participator in — bear a hand, lend a hand — pull an oar, run in a race — mix oneself up with etc. (meddle) 682.
be in action — come into operation etc. (power at work) 170.

bijvoeglijk naamwoord

doing etc. v. — acting — in action — in harness — on duty — in operation etc. 170.

bijwoord

in the act, in the midst of, in the thick of — red-handed, in flagrante delicto [Lat.] — while one's hand is in.

uitdrukking

action is eloquence" [Coriolanus]; actions speak louder than words — actum aiunt ne agas [Terence]; awake, arise, or be forever fall'n" [Paradise Lost]; dii pia facta vident [Lat.] [Ovid]; faire sans dire [Fr.] — fare fac [It] — fronte capillata post est occasio calva [Lat.] — our deeds are sometimes better than our our deeds are sometimes better than our thoughts" [Bailey]; the great end of life is not knowledge but the great end of life is not knowledge but action" [Huxley]; thought is the soul of act" [R. Browning]; vivre-ce nest pas respirer c'est agir [Fr.] — we live in deeds not years" [Bailey].

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