Handlung meaning in English — act, action, activity

English meaning

act verb To do something; to take action.
action noun The process of doing something, especially to achieve a purpose.
activity noun The state of being busy or full of movement and action.
plot noun The sequence of events that make up a story, especially the way they are connected.
storyline noun The plot of a story, film, or show.

Handlung is used for these senses in English:

act (countable) Something done, a deed.
act The process of doing something.
act (countable, drama) A division of a theatrical performance.
action Something done, often so as to accomplish a purpose.
action (mathematics) A way in which each element of some algebraic structure transforms some other structure or set, in a way which respects the structure of the first. Formally, this may be seen as a morphism from the first structure into some structure of endomorphisms of the second; for example, a group action of a group G on a set S can be seen as a group homomorphism from G into the set of bijections on S (which form a group under function composition), while a module M over a ring R can be defined as an abelian group together with a ring homomorphism from R into the ring of group endomorphisms of M (which is also called the action of R on M).
activity (countable) Something done as an action or a movement.
activity (countable) Something done for pleasure or entertainment, especially one involving movement or an excursion.
plot (narratology) The course of a story, comprising a series of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means. [from 1640s]

noun The process of doing something, especially to achieve a purpose.
noun Exciting or fast-paced activity, especially in a film or story.
noun A formal legal proceeding; a lawsuit.
noun The mechanism of a device, such as a firearm or musical instrument, that makes it work.

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