Action

Action may refer to:

• Action theory (philosophy), concerning the processes causing intentional (willful) human bodily movements
• Social actions, person taking account of others
• Action (music), a characteristic of a stringed instrument
• Action (fiction), a genre in various formats, specifically:
• Action film
• Action (physics), an attribute of the dynamics of a physical system.
• Action (piano), the mechanism which drops the hammer on the string when a key is pressed
• Firearm action, the mechanism that manipulates cartridges and/or seals the breech.
• Action (theatre), a princple in Western theatre practice first developed by Konstantin Stanislavski as part of his System of acting training.

Contents

• 1 Music
• 2 Dramatic works
• 3 Businesses and organizations
• 4 Science and technology
• 5 Other
• 6 See also

Noun

action f. (plural actions)

1. Action, act.
2. Campaign.

   une action promotionnelle

   a promotional campaign

3. Stock, share.

   une action de capitalisation

   a capitalisation share

• cation, contai

Action is the tendency towards making a concerted effort to accomplish a goal.

Sourced

• Fate quello che noi diciamo e non quello che noi facciamo.
  • Translation: Do as we say, not as we do.
  • Giovanni Boccaccio, The Decameron, or Ten Days' Entertainment (c, 1350 [1820 reprint]), Third Day, Seventh Story, p. 207.

• We cannot think first and act afterwards. From the moment of birth we are immersed in action and can only fitfully guide it by taking thought.
  • Alfred North Whitehead, Science and the Modern World (1925), p. 187.

• Action is transitory—a step, a blow— The motion of a muscle—this way or that— 'Tis done; and in the after-vacancy We wonder at ourselves like men betrayed.
  • William Wordsworth,The White Doe of Rylstone, l. 1 (1807)

• Letting I dare not wait upon I would is a mug’s game, and those who play it usually get mugged.
  • Robert Heller, British management journalist and author. ‘The Truth About Decisions’, ch.3, The Decision Makers (1989)