the action

noun

: the most exciting or interesting activities that are happening in a particular place

The new theater places the audience closer to the center/middle of the action.

I moved to New York City to be (a) part of the action.

Examples of the action in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The county argued the action didn't violate First Amendment rights because the books were still available to all library users — a point Lesko, Brophy McGee and Stewart stressed for Maricopa County's action. —Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 8 Sep. 2025

YouTube’s game broadcast was largely traditional, with Rich Eisen and Kurt Warner commentating, though the web giant added its own fingerprint to moments around the action. —Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 8 Sep. 2025

As the action gets started at the UBS Arena in New York, see all the stars arriving on the MTV VMAs 2025 red carpet. —Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025

The result is a refreshingly old-school concert experience where people actually watch the action on the stage and live in the moment. —Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025

Rhymes for the action

• abstraction
• attraction
• compaction
• contraction
• detraction
• diffraction
• distraction
• exaction
• extraction
• impaction
• inaction
• infraction