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ACTION

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action I. substantiv

1. acţiune, faptă; lucrare; muncă; intreprindere;

he suited the action to the word îşi potrivea fapta cu vorba;

ready for action gata de acţiune;

to take prompt action a porni imediat la acţiune, a lua măsuri de rigoare;

actions speak louder than words faptele sunt mai grăitoare decât vorbele.

2. acţiune, activitate; funcţionare; uz;

a man of action un om de acţiune, un om activ;

action of the heart activitatea inimii;

to be in action a fi în acţiune, a funcţiona;

to put out of action a scoate din acţiune.

3. acţiune, influenţă, înrâurire; efect;

action of heat acţiunea căldurii.

4. (teatru, lit.) acţiune, desfăşurarea conflictului; (arte) mişcare, dinamism.

5. (mil.) acţiune, luptă;

in action în acţiune, în luptă;

to go into action a intra în acţiune / luptă;

to come out of action a ieşi din luptă.

6. (jur.) acţiune judiciară; urmărire, plângere, reclamaţie; proces; judecată;

to bring / to take an action against smb., to enter / to lay an action against smb. a deschide acţiune împotriva cuiva, a intenta cuiva un proces.

7. (tehn.) mecanism.

action II. verb tranzitiv

(jur.) a acţiona, a da în judecată.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

With Mars in your sign, you will be in control and ready to announce a big decision and to subsequently take bold action.

(AstrologyZone.com, de Susan Miller)

As long as she was on the scene he could not take any action without a horrible exposure of the woman whom he loved.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

So far I could follow their actions as if I had actually seen them.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I must take some definite action to-night.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Dimerization is part of the mechanism of MAP kinase family action.

(Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase, NCI Thesaurus)

Methotrexate also exhibits potent immunosuppressant activity although the mechanism(s) of actions is unclear.

(Methotrexate, NCI Thesaurus)

This idea made me shudder and recalled me to action.

(Frankenstein, de Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

Our investigation has been independent, and our action shall be so also.

(His Last Bow, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A device designed to automate an action.

(Actuator Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)

A drug or substance that binds to a receptor inside a cell or on its surface and causes the same action as the substance that normally binds to the receptor.

(Agonist, NCI Dictionary)

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