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действие — meaning in English

deystviye

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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.
  • agency noun A business or organization that provides a particular service, often acting on behalf of others.
  • deed noun An action, especially a notable or significant one.
  • doing noun An action or deed, especially one someone is held responsible for.
  • influence noun The power to affect how someone or something develops, behaves, or thinks.
  • operation noun The way something works, or the act of making it work.
  • performance noun A live show, such as music, theatre, or dance, presented to an audience.
  • working adj Currently employed or in paid work.

Senses

действие 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.
  • agency The capacity, condition, or state of acting or of exerting power.

act — full definition

  1. verb To do something; to take action.
  2. verb To perform a role in a play, film, or show.
  3. verb To behave in a particular way.
  4. noun Something done; a deed.
  5. noun A law passed by a legislative body.

action — full definition

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

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