That can be acted on; that can be used as the basis for taking action. / (law) Affording grounds for legal action.

(sociology) Describes the theory of sociologist Alain Touraine that aims to replace sociology's focus from society to actors. Here, they emphasise the importance of individuals as agents of social systems, rather than passive observers.

Of, pertaining to, or depicting action, especially physical action. / (grammar, of a verb) Depicting an action having an agent and a patient.

The characteristic of being actionable.

(informal) An action movie.

An excessive emphasis on action, activity, or change in lieu of continuity, stability, and permanence. / Belief in or advocacy of taking action; activism.

simple past tense and past participle of action

(possessional) Having a specified kind of action. / (of a task or assignment) Having been subject to intent progress.

Viennese Actionism, a school of art which started in Vienna, Austria. / The ideology of 1960s Radicals.

present participle of action