Action may refer to: *

Action (narrative) In literature, action is the physical movement of the characters. Action as a literary mode "Action is the mode hat fiction writers use to show what is happening at any given moment in the story," states Evan Marshall, who identifies five ficti ...

, a literary mode *

Action fiction Action fiction is a literary genre that focuses on stories that involve high-stakes, high-energy, and fast-paced events. This genre includes a wide range of sub-genres, such as spy novels, adventure stories, tales of terror and intrigue ("cloak a ...

, a type of genre fiction *

Action game An action game is a video game genre that emphasizes physical challenges, including hand–eye coordination and reaction-time. The genre includes a large variety of sub-genres, such as fighting games, beat 'em ups, shooter games, and platform g ...

, a genre of video game

Film

Action film Action film is a film genre in which the protagonist is thrust into a series of events that typically involve violence and physical feats. The genre tends to feature a mostly resourceful hero struggling against incredible odds, which include l ...

, a genre of film * ''Action'' (1921 film), a film by John Ford * ''Action'' (1980 film), a film by Tinto Brass * '' Action 3D'', a 2013 Telugu language film * ''Action'' (2019 film), a Kollywood film.

Music

* Action (music), a characteristic of a stringed instrument * Action (piano), the mechanism which drops the hammer on the string when a key is pressed *

The Action The Action were an English band of the 1960s, formed as the Boys in August 1963, in Kentish Town, North West London. They were part of the mod subculture, and played soul music-influenced pop music. Career The band was formed as the Boys in ...

, a 1960s band

Albums

* ''Action'' (B'z album) (2007) * ''Action!'' (Desmond Dekker album) (1968) * ''

Action Action Action ''Action Action Action'' (aka ''Action'') is an album by American saxophonist Jackie McLean recorded in 1964 and released on the Blue Note label.

'' or ''Action'', a 1965 album by Jackie McLean * ''Action!'' (Oh My God album) (2002) * ''Action'' (Oscar Peterson album) (1968) * ''Action'' (Punchline album) (2004) * ''Action'' (Question Mark & the Mysterians album) (1967) * ''Action'' (Uppermost album) (2011) * ''Action'' (EP), a 2012 EP by NU'EST * ''Action'', a 1984 album by Kiddo

Songs

* "Action" (Freddy Cannon song) (1965), the theme song to the TV series ''Where the Action Is'' * "Action" (Sweet song) (1975), covered by various artists * "Action", a version of "

Feeling This "Feeling This" is a song by American rock band Blink-182 for their eponymously titled fifth studio album (2003). The song is the opening track on the album and was released as its lead single on October 6, 2003, through Geffen Records. It wa ...

" by Blink-182 * "Action", a 1994 song by

Terror Fabulous Cecil Campbell (born 20 December 1974), better known as Terror Fabulous is a Jamaican dancehall deejay, who had success in the 1990s. Biography Campbell was introduced to producer Dave Kelly after completing a course in electrical engineering. ...

featuring Nadine Sutherland * "Action", a 1984 song by

The Fits The Fits were a punk rock band from Blackpool, Lancashire, England, who were active between 1979 and 1985, having several hits on the UK Indie Chart. They reformed in 2011. History The Fits formed in Blackpool in October 1979, with an initia ...

* "Action", a 1960 song by

Lance Fortune Christopher Morris, known by the stage name Lance Fortune (born 4 January 1940, Birkenhead, Cheshire, England),Larkin C 'Virgin Encyclopedia of Sixties Music' (Muze UK Ltd, 1997) p197 is an English pop singer. Morris was classically trained on ...

* "Action", a 1988 song by Pearly Gates * "Action", a 1988 song by Girlschool from ''

Take a Bite ''Take a Bite'' is the seventh studio album by British heavy metal band, Girlschool, released by GWR Records in 1988. It is the first album to feature Tracey Lamb on bass, replacing Gil Weston-Jones. Overview ''Take a Bite'' was recorded at ...

'' * "Action", a 1989 song by Gorky Park from ''

Gorky Park (album) ''Gorky Park'' is the debut album by Russian hard rock band Gorky Park, released in 1989 by Mercury Records, after Jon Bon Jovi & Richie Sambora of Bon Jovi expressed interest in the band (and co-produced the album) and got them signed to Mercur ...

'' * "Action", a 2003 song by Powerman 5000 from '' Transform'' * "Action", a 1972 song by Scorpions from '' Lonesome Crow'' * "Actions", a 1980 song by The Stingrays * "Action Action Action Action Action", a 2008 song by We Are the Physics from ''

We Are the Physics Are OK at Music ''We Are the Physics Are OK at Music'' is the debut full-length album of We Are the Physics, released via This Is Fake DIY Records ''DIY'' is a United Kingdom-based music publication, in print and online. Its free print edition is release ...

Literature

* ''Action'' (comics), a British comic book published in 1976–1977 * ''

Action Comics ''Action Comics'' is an American comic book/ magazine series that introduced Superman, one of the first major superhero characters. The publisher was originally known as National Allied Publications, and later as National Comics Publications ...

'', a DC Comics comic book series *'' Action: A Book about Sex'', a 2016 book by Amy Rose Spiegel * ''Action'' (newspaper), a newspaper of Oswald Mosley's British Union of Fascists

People

* Action Bronson (born 1983), American rapper, reality television star, author, and talk show host

Television and radio

Action (Canadian TV channel) Action (formerly known as Showcase Action) was a Canadian English language specialty channel owned by Corus Entertainment. The channel was established as a spin-off of Showcase focused on action genre films and television series. Following a rebr ...

Action (French TV channel) Action is a French television channel which shows action films. History A TV channel dedicated to films (cinema and telefilm) in the action genre, was commercially launched as part of the AB Sat package in 1996. It is also the name of a cha ...

The Action Channel (US TV channel) Get After It Media, formerly known as Luken Communications and Reach High Media Group, is a privately owned American broadcast holding company, based in Chattanooga, Tennessee, which owns or operates around 80 television stations in the United St ...

, a subsidiary of Luken Communications * ''Action'' (radio), a 1945 radio program * ''Action'' (TV series), a comedy series on Fox in 1999–2000 * CBS Action (2009–2018), now known as CBS Justice *

Sky Sports Sky Sports is a group of British subscription sports channels operated by the satellite pay television company Sky Group (a division of Comcast), and is the dominant subscription television sports brand in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It ...

Action, a TV channel

Theatre

* Action (theatre), a principle in Western theatre practice * ''Action'' (play), a 1975 play by Sam Shepard

Organizations

Businesses

* Action (store), a Dutch discount store chain with branches in many European countries *

Action (supermarkets) Action (formerly Action Food Barns and Action Supermarkets) was an Australian supermarket chain. Based in Perth, Action had 80 supermarkets across Western Australia, Queensland and New South Wales, and was one of the largest supermarket chains i ...

, an Australian supermarket chain *

Actions Semiconductor Actions Semiconductor Co. Ltd. () is a Chinese fabless semiconductor company founded in 2000 and headquartered in Zhuhai, Guangdong province. The company has about 600 employees and designs SoCs for tablets, digital audio players, photo viewers an ...

, a Chinese semiconductor company * ACTION, an Australian public transport company * The Action Network (branded as Action), an American sports betting analytics company

Political parties

Action (Cypriot political party) Action ( el, Δρασυ, ''Drasy''; tr, Eylem) was a Cypriot bi-communal political alliance formed to contest the 2014 elections to the European Parliament, bringing together Greek and Turkish Cypriots in an electoral alliance for the first tim ...

, a Cypriot political alliance *

Action (Greek political party) Drassi (, "Action") was a liberal political party in Greece. The party was founded in 2009 by Stefanos Manos and was led by former New Democracy member Theodoros Skylakakis. The party had no representation in the Hellenic Parliament or European ...

, a Greek political party *

Action (Italian political party) Action ( it, Azione, abbr. A or Az) is a liberal political party in Italy. Its leader is Carlo Calenda, a member of the European Parliament within the group of Renew Europe and former minister of Economic Development. Originally launched as We ...

, an Italian political party

Other organizations

ACTION (U.S. government agency) ACTION was a United States government agency described as "the federal domestic volunteer agency". It was formed July 1, 1971, during President Richard Nixon's first term under the provisions of Reorganization Plan Number One, and Executive Order ...

, a former US government federal domestic volunteer agency

Science, technology, and mathematics

Action (physics) In physics, action is a scalar quantity describing how a physical system has changed over time. Action is significant because the equations of motion of the system can be derived through the principle of stationary action. In the simple case ...

, an attribute of the dynamics of a physical system * Action at a distance, an outdated term for nonlocal interaction in physics *

Group action (mathematics) In mathematics, a group action on a space is a group homomorphism of a given group into the group of transformations of the space. Similarly, a group action on a mathematical structure is a group homomorphism of a group into the automorphism ...

** Continuous group action ** Semigroup action * Ring Action (mathematics) *

Action (firearms) In firearms terminology, an action is the functional mechanism of a breech-loading firearm that handles (loads, locks, fires, extracts and ejects) the ammunition cartridges, or the method by which that mechanism works. Actions are technicall ...

, the mechanism that manipulates cartridges and/or seals the breech *

Action! (programming language) Action! is a procedural programming language and integrated development environment written by Clinton Parker for the Atari 8-bit family. The language, which is similar to ALGOL, compiles to high-performance code for the MOS Technologies 650 ...

, for the Atari 8-bit family of microcomputers *

Action (UML) In the Unified Modeling Language, an action is a named element that is the fundamental unit of executable functionality. The execution of an action represents some transformation or processing in the modeled system. An action execution represents ...

, in the Unified Modeling Language *

Dudek Action The Dudek Action is a Polish single-place, paraglider that was designed and produced by Dudek Paragliding of Bydgoszcz. It is now out of production.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 14. P ...

, a Polish paraglider design * Diia, a brand of e-governance in Ukraine

Other uses

Action (philosophy) An action is an event that an agent performs for a purpose, that is guided by the person's intention. The first question in the philosophy of action is to determine how actions differ from other forms of behavior, like involuntary reflexes. Acc ...

, something which is done by a person *

Lawsuit - A lawsuit is a proceeding by a party or parties against another in the civil court of law. The archaic term "suit in law" is found in only a small number of laws still in effect today. The term "lawsuit" is used in reference to a civil act ...

or action