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

Both Earley and Kellner spoke to a moment in the fall when Kellner was a bit hesitant to jump into the action at shortstop among the upperclassmen. —Tony Catalina, Austin American Statesman, 20 Mar. 2026

Some of Hollywood’s biggest stars in the action blockbuster world are paying their respects to Chuck Norris, the actor and onetime martial arts champion who died Thursday. —Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2026

Schwarzenegger appeared in the action-hero Expendables franchise with Norris, specifically in The Expendables 2 in 2012. —Denise Petski, Deadline, 20 Mar. 2026

The Diesel version of the joke leaned into the absurdity of casting the action star of the Fast and Furious franchise in a family comedy. —Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 20 Mar. 2026

Rhymes for the action

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