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 options clearly aren’t as bountiful as a normal Sunday, since many concert arenas and other fun spots bow to the awe-inspiring draw of the NFL — and those fun TV ads that are shown during the break in the action — and just close their doors each year on this day. —Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2026

Fans are expected to set records for sports wagering for the upcoming Super Bowl, but the Sports Betting Alliance, which represents the legal gambling industry, warns that bookies and betting sites are taking a bigger slice of the action. —Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2026

Music drives the action, with a nine-piece band anchoring the evening as the narrative unfolds around them. —Holly Alvarado, Oc Register, 6 Feb. 2026

Schreiber can now be seen in the Netflix miniseries His & Hers and the action thriller Motor City. —Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 6 Feb. 2026

Rhymes for the action

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