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Action (philosophy) In philosophy, an action is something an Agency (philosophy), agent does. Actions contrast with events which merely happen to someone and are typically performed for a Goal, purpose and guided by an intention. The first question in the Action th ...

, something which is done by a person * Action principles the heart of fundamental physics *

Action (narrative) In literature, action is the physical movement of the characters. Action as a literary mode "Action is the mode hatfiction 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, genre in literature that focuses on stories involving high-stakes, high-energy, and fast-paced events. This genre includes a wide range of subgenres, such as Spy fiction, spy novels, Adventure fiction, adventu ...

, 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, rhythm games and ...

, a genre of video game

Film

Action film The action film is a film genre that predominantly features chase sequences, fights, shootouts, explosions, and stunt work. The specifics of what constitutes an action film has been in scholarly debate since the 1980s. While some scholars such as D ...

, 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, a 1960s band

Albums

* ''Action'' (B'z album) (2007) * ''Action!'' (Desmond Dekker album) (1968) * '' Action Action Action'' 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 Kiddo was a P-Funk offspring group at A&M Records, formed by Parliament-Funkadelic guitarist Michael Hampton and writer Donnie Sterling, in the early 1980s. History In 1978, one of Kiddo's founding members, Donnie Sterling, was a member of ...

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 music, rock band Blink-182 for their untitled Blink-182 (album), 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 Geff ...

" 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 engineeri ...

featuring Nadine Sutherland * "Action", a 2020 song by Black Eyed Peas from ''Translation'' * "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 initial ...

* "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 o ...

* "Action", a 1988 song by Pearly Gates * "Action", a 1988 song by Girlschool from '' Take a Bite'' * "Action", a 1989 song by Gorky Park from ''Gorky Park'' (album) * "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''

Literature

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

Action Comics ''Action Comics'' is an American comic book/Comic anthology, magazine series that introduced Superman, one of the first major superhero characters. The publisher was originally known as Detective Comics Inc., which later merged into National ...

'', 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 * '' Hareket'', conservative magazine in Turkish which was named after action theory

People

Action Bronson Ariyan Arslani (born December 2, 1983), professionally known as Action Bronson, is an American rapper and television presenter. Born and raised in Queens, he released his debut mixtape ''Bon Appetit ..... Bitch!!!!!'' in January 2011 and indepe ...

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

Television and radio

Action television The action television genre is a style of film that emerged in the 1960s. As with the action film genre, the action television is at term applied flexibly to present itself in conjunction with various tropes of multiple other genre narratives. This ...

a genre of television programming *

Action (Canadian TV channel) Adult Swim is a Television in Canada, Canadian English language Discretionary service, discretionary specialty channel owned by Showcase (Canadian TV channel), Showcase Television, Inc., a subsidiary of Corus Entertainment. The channel primaril ...

* Action (French TV channel) * The Action Channel (US TV channel), 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 CBS Justice, formerly CBS Action, is a television channel specializing in factual programming ranging from action films to drama and murder-mysteries. Currently available only in Africa since 21 November 2019 via DStv and Ireland, it was previo ...

Sky Sports Sky Sports is a group of British broadcasting of sports events, subscription sports channels operated by the satellite television, satellite pay television company Sky Group (a division of Comcast), and is the dominant subscription television ...

Action, a TV channel * Action Chugger, a locomotive in ''

Chuggington ''Chuggington'', also known as ''Chuggington: Tales from the Rails'' in series 6, is a British animated television series aimed at pre-school children, produced by Ludorum plc and Herschend Entertainment Studios. It is broadcast on the BBC's ...

Theatre

Action (theatre) Action as a term in Western theatre practice refers to a principle from actor training first developed by Russian actor and theatre director Konstantin Stanislavski in the first half of the 20th century at the Moscow Art Theatre. It forms part of h ...

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

Organizations

Businesses

Action (store) Action is a Dutch international discount store chain with a majority ownership held by British private equity firm 3i, with more than 80% of the shares. It sells low budget, non-food and some food products with long shelf lives. Action operate ...

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

Actions Semiconductor Actions Semiconductor Co. Ltd. () is a Chinese Fabless manufacturing, fabless semiconductor industry, semiconductor company founded in 2000 and headquartered in Zhuhai, Guangdong province and has offices in both Shanghai and Shenzhen. The company ...

, 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), a Cypriot political alliance * Action (Greek political party), a Greek political party *

Action (Italian political party) Action (, abbr. A or Az) is a Liberalism, liberal political party in Italy, political party in Italy. Its founder and leader is Carlo Calenda. Originally launched as We Are Europeans (, SE), it adopted its current name in November 2019 upon bec ...

, an Italian political party

Other organizations

* ACTION (U.S. government agency), a former US government federal domestic volunteer agency

Science, technology, and mathematics

Action (physics) In physics, action is a scalar quantity that describes how the balance of kinetic versus potential energy of a physical system changes with trajectory. Action is significant because it is an input to the principle of stationary action, an appr ...

, an attribute of the dynamics of a physical system *

Action at a distance Action at a distance is the concept in physics that an object's motion (physics), motion can be affected by another object without the two being in Contact mechanics, physical contact; that is, it is the concept of the non-local interaction of ob ...

, nonlocal interaction in physics *

Group action (mathematics) In mathematics, a group action of a group G on a set (mathematics), set S is a group homomorphism from G to some group (under function composition) of functions from S to itself. It is said that G acts on S. Many sets of transformation (functi ...

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

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

, the mechanism that manipulates cartridges and/or seals the breech * Action! (programming language), for Atari 8-bit computers * Action (UML), in the Unified Modeling Language * Diia, a brand of e-governance in Ukraine

Other uses

Lawsuit A lawsuit is a proceeding by one or more parties (the plaintiff or claimant) against one or more parties (the defendant) in a civil court of law. The archaic term "suit in law" is found in only a small number of laws still in effect today ...

or action