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

But before the action alights in the location of the latest dispute between adjacent property owners to catch the eye of directors Harrison Fishman and Dylan Redford (yes, grandson of Robert), the shot fills with the telltale red, white and blue of the American flag. —Alison Herman, Variety, 13 Feb. 2026

But a lot of the action is also coming from the private sector. —Diane Brady, Fortune, 13 Feb. 2026

The characters are mostly idealized, the action is predictable, and its core conflicts derivative of those in the minds of most American teenagers in the middle of the 20th century. —Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 12 Feb. 2026

On the ninth season of the show, back in 2009, most of the major characters departed, and the action moved to a new hospital. —Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2026

Rhymes for the action

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