English > action: 12 senses > noun 1, act| Meaning | Something done (usually as opposed to something said). |
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| Example | "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions" |
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| Narrower | accomplishment, achievement | The action of accomplishing something |
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| aggression, hostility | violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked |
| alienation | The action of alienating |
| application | The action of putting something into operation |
| arrival | The act of arriving at a certain place |
| beatification | The action of rendering supremely blessed / blessed and extremely happy |
| bruxism | involuntarily or unconsciously clenching or grinding the teeth, typically during sleep |
| change | The action of changing something |
| choice, selection, option, pick | The act of choosing or selecting |
| course, course of action | A mode of action |
| destabilization, destabilisation | The action of destabilizing |
| economy, saving | An act of economizing |
| emphasizing, accenting, accentuation | The act of giving special importance or significance to something |
| employment, engagement | The act of giving someone a job |
| exercise | An action, often used negatively and without consequences |
| fetch | The action of fetching |
| interaction | A mutual or reciprocal action |
| jumpstart, jump-start | starting an automobile engine that has a weak battery by means of jumper cables to another car |
| kindness, benignity | A kind act |
| performance, execution, carrying out, carrying into action | The act of performing |
| pickings, taking | The act of someone who picks up or takes something |
| play, swordplay | The act using a sword (or other weapon) vigorously and skillfully |
| playing | The action of taking part in a game / game / game or sport or other recreation |
| politeness, civility | The act of showing regard for others |
| prohibition, inhibition, forbiddance | The action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof) |
| reference, consultation | The act of referring or consulting |
| res gestae | things done |
| resistance, opposition | The action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with |
| reverence | An act showing respect (especially a bow or curtsy) |
| stupefaction | The action of stupefying |
| thing | An action |
| transfusion | The action of pouring a liquid / liquid from one vessel to another |
| transgression | The action of going beyond or overstepping some boundary or limit |
| vampirism | The actions or practices of a vampire |
| Broader | act, deed, human action, human activity | Something that people do or cause to happen |
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| Spanish | acción, acto, hecho |
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| Catalan | acció, acte, fet |
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| Verbs | act | perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) |
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English > action: 12 senses > noun 4, process| Meaning | A process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings). |
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| Example | "the action of natural forces" |
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| Synonyms | natural process, natural action, activity |
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| Narrower | absorption | (physics) the process in which incident radiated energy is retained without reflection or transmission on passing through a medium |
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| acidification | The process of becoming acid or being converted into an acid |
| adiabatic process | (thermodynamics) any process that occurs without gain or loss of heat |
| aeration | The process of exposing to air (so as to purify) |
| antiredeposition | The process of preventing redeposition |
| capture | Any process in which an atomic or nuclear system acquires an additional particle |
| capture | A process whereby a star or planet holds an object in its gravitational field |
| centrifugation | The process of separating substances of different densities by the use of a centrifuge |
| chemical process, chemical change, chemical action | (chemistry) any process determined by the atomic and molecular composition and structure of the substances involved |
| chromatography | A process used for separating mixtures by virtue of differences in absorbency |
| concretion | The formation of stonelike objects within a body organ (e.g., the kidneys) |
| condensation | The process of changing from a gaseous to a liquid or solid state |
| convection | (meteorology) the vertical movement of heat / heat or other properties by massive motion within the atmosphere |
| curdling, clotting, coagulation | The process of forming semisolid lumps in a liquid / liquid |
| decay | The process of gradually becoming inferior |
| demagnetization, demagnetisation | The process of removing magnetization |
| desorption | changing from an adsorbed state on a surface to a gaseous or liquid state |
| diffusion | (physics) the process in which there is movement of a substance from an area of high concentration of that substance to an area of lower concentration |
| dissolution, disintegration | separation into component parts |
| distillation, distillment | The process of purifying a liquid / liquid by boiling it and condensing its vapors |
| drift | The gradual departure from an intended course due to external influences (as a ship or plane) |
| effervescence | The process of bubbling as gas escapes |
| electrophoresis, cataphoresis, dielectrolysis, ionophoresis | The motion of charged particles in a colloid under the influence of an electric field |
| establishment, ecesis | (ecology) the process by which a plant or animal becomes established in a new habitat |
| extinction | The reduction of the intensity of radiation as a consequence of absorption and radiation |
| extraction | The process of obtaining something from a mixture or compound by chemical or physical or mechanical means |
| feedback | The process in which part of the output of a system is returned to its input in order to regulate its further output |
| filtration | The process whereby fluids pass through a filter or a filtering medium |
| flocculation | The process of flocculating |
| flow | Any uninterrupted stream or discharge |
| formation | natural process that causes something to form |
| fossilization, fossilisation | The process of fossilizing a plant or animal that existed in some earlier age |
| geological process, geologic process | (geology) a natural process whereby geological features are modified |
| hardening, solidifying, solidification, set, curing | The process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization |
| inactivation | The process of rendering inactive |
| ion exchange | A process in which ions are exchanged between a solution and an insoluble (usually resinous) solid |
| ionization, ionisation | The process of ionizing / ionizing |
| leach, leaching | The process of leaching / leaching / leaching |
| magnetization, magnetisation, magnetic induction | The process that makes a substance magnetic (temporarily or permanently) |
| materialization, materialisation | The process of coming into being |
| nuclear reaction | (physics) a process that alters the energy or structure or composition of atomic nuclei |
| opacification | The process of becoming cloudy or opaque |
| oscillation | The process of oscillating between states |
| oxygenation | The process of providing or combining or treating with oxygen |
| pair production, pair creation, pair formation | The transformation of a gamma-ray photon into an electron and a positron when the photon passes close to an atomic nucleus |
| phase change, phase transition, state change, physical change | A change from one state (solid or liquid / liquid or gas) to another without a change in chemical composition |
| precession of the equinoxes | A slow westward shift of the equinoxes along the plane of the ecliptic caused by precession of the Earth's axis of rotation |
| radiation | The spread of a group of organisms into new habitats |
| release | A process that liberates or discharges something |
| saltation | (geology) the leaping movement of sand or soil particles as they are transported in a fluid medium over an uneven surface |
| scattering | The physical process in which particles are deflected haphazardly as a result of collisions |
| sericulture | Raising silkworms / silkworms in order to obtain raw silk |
| sink | (technology) a process that acts to absorb or remove energy or a substance from a system |
| soak, soakage, soaking | The process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed / immersed in water (or other liquid / liquid) |
| softening | The process of becoming softer |
| sorption | The process in which one substance takes up or holds another (by either absorption or adsorption) |
| source | (technology) a process by which energy or a substance enters a system |
| stiffening, rigidifying, rigidification | The process of becoming stiff or rigid |
| stimulation | (physiology) the effect of a stimulus (on nerves or organs etc.) |
| succession, ecological succession | (ecology) the gradual and orderly process of change in an ecosystem brought about by the progressive replacement of one community by another until a stable climax is established |
| survival, survival of the fittest, natural selection, selection | A natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment |
| synergy, synergism | The working together of two things (muscles or drugs for example) to produce an effect greater than the sum of their individual effects |
| temperature change | A process whereby the degree of hotness of a body / body (or medium) changes |
| transduction | The process whereby a transducer accepts energy in one form and gives back related energy in a different form |
| transpiration | The passage of gases through fine tubes because of differences in pressure or temperature |
| vitrification | The process of becoming vitreous |
| Broader | process, physical process | A sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states |
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| Spanish | acción, acción natural, proceso natural |
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| Catalan | procés natural |
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