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

Naturally, the conversation in the show is imagined, but blow by blow, the action on screen closely mirrors what photographers captured taking place in real life. —Radhika Seth, Vogue, 27 Feb. 2026

Each team was sequestered in its own area, well out of the eyesight of the others, and each serving a different role set behind a separate nest of monitors, showing nine different camera angles of the action taking place. —Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 27 Feb. 2026

But Duffy has defended the El Paso air closure and the action taken by his department. —Callum Sutherland, Time, 27 Feb. 2026

As Leon, however, it's recommended to play in the third person, which couples nicely with the action-thriller vibe of that storyline. —Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Feb. 2026

Rhymes for the action

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