<span class="searchmatch">take</span> <span class="searchmatch">action</span> (third-person singular simple present <span class="searchmatch">takes</span> <span class="searchmatch">action</span>, present participle taking <span class="searchmatch">action</span>, simple past took <span class="searchmatch">action</span>, past participle taken action)...
<span class="searchmatch">takes</span> <span class="searchmatch">action</span> third-person singular simple present indicative of <span class="searchmatch">take</span> <span class="searchmatch">action</span>...
took <span class="searchmatch">action</span> simple past of <span class="searchmatch">take</span> <span class="searchmatch">action</span>...
taken <span class="searchmatch">action</span> past participle of <span class="searchmatch">take</span> <span class="searchmatch">action</span>...
taking <span class="searchmatch">action</span> present participle and gerund of <span class="searchmatch">take</span> <span class="searchmatch">action</span>...
<span class="searchmatch">action</span>-forcing (politics) That compels someone to <span class="searchmatch">take</span> <span class="searchmatch">action</span>. an <span class="searchmatch">action</span>-forcing event an <span class="searchmatch">action</span>-forcing mechanism...
lights, camera, <span class="searchmatch">action</span> (cinematography) The traditional cue to the members of a (silent) film crew at the beginning of a <span class="searchmatch">take</span>. traditional cue at a beginning...
initiative, simple past took the initiative, past participle taken the initiative) (idiomatic) to <span class="searchmatch">take</span> <span class="searchmatch">action</span> first or on one's own; to make the first move...
agents <span class="searchmatch">take</span> <span class="searchmatch">action</span> simultaneously in order to achieve a common goal; their <span class="searchmatch">actions</span> are usually coordinated. a mapping of a mathematical group <span class="searchmatch">action</span> group...
no-<span class="searchmatch">action</span> letter (plural no-<span class="searchmatch">action</span> letters) (law) A letter issued by a government agency indicating that the agency will not <span class="searchmatch">take</span> legal <span class="searchmatch">action</span> against...