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-Ation
- - A suffix forming nouns of action, and often equivalent to the verbal substantive in -ing. It sometimes has the further meanings of state, and that which results from the action. Many of these nouns have verbs in -ate; as, alliterate -ation, narrate -ation; many are derived through the French; as, alteration, visitation; and many are formed on verbs ending in the Greek formative -ize (Fr. -ise); as, civilization, demoralization.
A-Team
- noun - a group of elite soldiers or a leadership group of advisors or workers in an organization
Act As
- verb - function as or act like; "This heap of stones will act as a barrier"
- pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind; "He acted the idiot"; "She plays deaf when the news are bad"
Act On
- verb - carry further or advance; "Can you act on this matter soon?"
- regulate one''s behavior in accordance with certain information, ideas, or advice; "The Founding Fathers acted on certain moral principles"
- regulate one's behavior in accordance with certain information, ideas, or advice; "The Founding Fathers acted on certain moral principles"
Act Up
- verb - make itself felt as a recurring pain; "My arthritis is acting up again"
- misbehave badly; act in a silly or improper way; "The children acted up when they were not bored"
Acting
- verb - be engaged in an activity, often for no particular purpose other than pleasure
- be suitable for theatrical performance; "This scene acts well"
- behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself; "You should act like an adult"; "Don't behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people"
- behave unnaturally or affectedly; "She's just acting"
- discharge one's duties; "She acts as the chair"; "In what capacity are you acting?"
- have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected; "The voting process doesn't work as well as people thought"; "How does your idea work in practice?"; "This method doesn't work"; "The breaks of my new car act quickly"; "The medicine works only if you take it with a lot of water"
- perform an action, or work out or perform (an action); "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the n
Actins
- noun - one of the proteins into which actomyosin can be split; can exist in either a globular or a fibrous form
Action
- noun - a 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 wrong
- a military engagement; "he saw action in Korea"
- a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings); "the action of natural forces"; "volcanic activity"
- an act by a government body or supranational organization; "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"
- institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against; "He was warned that the district attorney would process him"; "She actioned the company for discrimination"
- put in effect; "carry out a task"; "execute the decision of the people"; "He actioned the operation"
- something done (usually as opp