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| -ability |
capacity or fitness for (such) a state, use, or action. |
| -able |
capable or worthy of being the object of (such) an action. [2/3 definitions] |
| -ably |
in a manner that indicates the capability of or tendency toward performing, or being the object of, (such) an action. |
| account |
a statement of the causes or reasons behind some action, event, or phenomenon. [2/16 definitions] |
| achievement |
something successfully carried through, esp. through bold or brave action or thought. [1/2 definitions] |
| actionable |
providing legitimate grounds for legal action. |
| action-adventure |
of or pertaining to the genre of action-adventure. [1/2 definitions] |
| actionless |
combined form of action. |
| action-packed |
of a film, video, story, or the like, filled with scenes depicting action, danger, and exciting events. |
| activate |
to initiate action in; make active. [1/6 definitions] |
| active |
in grammar, designating the voice or form of a verb whose subject acts through the verb, rather than being the object of the verb's action, such as "signed" in "Five petitioners signed the document". (Cf. passive.) [1/7 definitions] |
| actively |
in a way that involves making an effort, taking action, or participating; not passively. |
| activity |
energetic action. [1/4 definitions] |
| actuate |
to put into action or set in motion; cause to operate. [2 definitions] |
| adduction |
the action of a muscle that adducts. [2/3 definitions] |
| -ade1 |
action or process. [3/4 definitions] |
| advertising |
the business, profession, or action of creating and distributing notices to the public for the purpose of stimulating sales of a product or service. [1/2 definitions] |
| advice |
remarks or an opinion offered as help in making a decision or in choosing a course of action; counsel. |
| aerate |
to expose to the circulation or chemical action of air in order to ventilate or cleanse. [1/3 definitions] |
| -age |
action; process; the result of such. [1/5 definitions] |
| aggravation |
action that makes something worse or greater in intensity. [1/4 definitions] |
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