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

Getty Images The Broncos and Patriots will get the action started in the first game on Sunday, and two rushing props stand out as the most alluring player props from that contest. —Josh Shepardson, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026

Still, the action never slows down enough to allow the protagonist—or the actor—a moment for reflection. —Richard Brody, New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2026

Portofino’s central piazzetta and docks are a 15-minute walk or 5-minute shuttle ride away from Splendido; the shuttle drops off passengers at Splendido Mare, the sister property in the heart of the action. —Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026

More than three hundred businesses and institutions have announced their closure as part of the action, which follows the January 7 killing of American citizen and Minneapolis resident Renée Good, a mother of three, by ICE agent Jonathan Ross. —News Desk, Artforum, 22 Jan. 2026

Rhymes for the action

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