-sis
-age
-ation
-ism
-ion
-ance
-ade
hereby
agentive nominalisation
-esis
-al
-th
-ure
play
-ment
of
nomen actionis
definition
-er
-ization
course
course of action
processing
-tion
actualistic
initiation
putting
intransitive verb
actiony
action verb
-otic
building
deed
training
congenerous
endoactive
introduction
startup
becoming
move
passive
class suit
representative action
active voice
class action lawsuit
put
performance
prepping
acronymization
thing
functioning
doingness
-kinesis
agentive
actionness
reignition
-ant
plan of action
embedding
afoot
briefening
aspect
word
object
-end
actuate
spark off
execution
arming
ablative case
-atory
touch off
ablative
set off
trigger off
trigger
trip
spark
activate
tracking
clearing
rise
passive voice
oncome
-ee
-lock
set on foot
the pants off
countervailance
trimming
obligatorification
intervention
voice
active
in action
phototesting
actualistic
actiony
congenerous
endoactive
passive
agentive
active
in action
hereby
afoot
agentive nominalisation
nomen actionis
definition
course
course of action
processing
initiation
putting
intransitive verb
action verb
building
deed
training
introduction
startup
becoming
class suit
representative action
active voice
class action lawsuit
put
performance
prepping
acronymization
thing
functioning
doingness
actionness
reignition
plan of action
embedding
briefening
aspect
word
object
execution
arming
ablative case
ablative
tracking
clearing
rise
passive voice
oncome
countervailance
trimming
obligatorification
intervention
voice
phototesting
move
play
move
actuate
spark off
touch off
set off
trigger off
trigger
trip
spark
activate
set on foot
suffix
- forming nouns indicating a process, action, or a result
- forming nouns indicating a rate
- forming nouns indicating a charge, toll, or fee
- forming nouns indicating a place
- forming nouns with the sense of collection or appurtenance.
- forming nouns of a unit of measure.
- forming nouns of a state or relationship
suffix
- Used to form nouns of action or process or result based on the accompanying verb in -ise or -ize.
- Used to form the name of a system, school of thought or theory based on the name of its subject or object or alternatively on the name of its founder (When de-capitalized, these overlap with the generic "doctrines" sense below, e.g. Liberalism vs. liberalism.)
- Used to form names of a tendency of behaviour, action, state, condition or opinion belonging to a class or group of persons, or the result of a doctrine, ideology or principle or lack thereof.
- Used to form countable nouns indicating a peculiarity or characteristic of language
- Used to form names of ideologies expressing belief in the superiority of a certain class within the concept expressed by the root word, or a pattern of behavior or a social norm that benefits members of the group indicated by the root word. (Based on a late 20th-century narrowing of the "terms for a doctrine" sense.)
- Used to form names of conditions or syndromes
verb
- To put in action or motion.
- To act with levity or thoughtlessness; to trifle; to be careless.
- Contrary to fact, to give an appearance of being.
- To be performed; (or of a film) to be shown.
- To manipulate, deceive, or swindle someone.
- To move to and fro.
- To produce music (or a specified song or musical style) using (a specified musical instrument).
- To compete against, in a game.
- To act; to behave; to practice deception.
- To perform in or at; to give performances in or at.
- To produce music using a musical instrument.
- To move in any manner; especially, to move regularly with alternate or reciprocating motion; to operate.
- To take part in amorous activity; to make love.
- To perform in (a sport); to participate in (a game).
- To kid; to joke; say something for amusement.
- (in the scoring of games and sports) To be the opposing score to.
- To gamble.
- To act as the indicated role, especially in a performance.
- To produce music.
- To act or perform (a play).
- To bring into sportive or wanton action; to exhibit in action; to execute.
- To keep in play, as a hooked fish in order to land it.
- To use a device to watch or listen to the indicated recording.
- To act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose of recreation or entertainment.
noun
- A geological formation that contains an accumulation or prospect of hydrocarbons or other resources.
- An instance of watching or listening to digital media.
- The extent to which a part of a mechanism can move freely, as for example lash, backlash, or slack.
- Movement (of a pattern of light etc.)
- An individual's performance in a sport or game.
- A literary composition, intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogue.
- A button that, when pressed, causes media to be played.
- Activity for amusement only, especially among the young.
- Similar activity in young animals, as they explore their environment and learn new skills.
- An attempt to move forward, as in a plan or strategy, for example by a business, investor, or political party.
- Sexual activity or sexual role-playing.
- The conduct, or course, of a game.
- A short sequence of action within a game.
- An action carried out when it is one's turn to play.
- A theatrical performance featuring actors.
prep
- Follows an agent noun, verbal noun or noun of action.
- Indicates quantity, age, price, etc.
- Indicating an ancestral source or origin of descent.
- Indicates a quality or characteristic; "characterized by".
- Often used without the hour
- Links to a genitive noun or possessive pronoun, with partitive effect (though now often merged with possessive senses, below).
- Indicates duration of a state, activity etc.
- Used to indicate the material of the just-mentioned object.
- Indicating removal, absence or separation, with resulting state indicated by an adjective.
- Introduces its subject matter; about, concerning.
- Indicates a given part.
- Links an intransitive verb, or a transitive verb and its subject (especially verbs to do with thinking, feeling, expressing etc.), with its subject-matter; concerning, with regard to.
- Since, from (a given time, earlier state etc.).
- Used to indicate the material or substance used.
- Belonging to, existing in, or taking place in a given location, place or time. Compare "origin" senses, above.}}
- Indicating removal, absence or separation, with the action indicated by a transitive verb and the quality or substance by a grammatical object.
- Denotes the number of minutes before the hour;Before (the hour); to.
- During the course of (a set period of time, day of the week etc.), now specifically with implied repetition or regularity.
- From, away from (a position, number, distance etc.).
- Indicating a (non-physical) source of action or emotion; introducing a cause, instigation; from, out of, as an expression of.
- Indicates the source or cause of the verb.
- Introducing an epithet that indicates a birthplace, residence, dominion, or other place associated with the individual.
- Indicates the agent (for most verbs, now usually expressed with by).
- Used to indicate the agent of something described by the adjective.
- Links two nouns in near-apposition, with the first qualifying the second; "which is also".
- Introduces the whole for which is indicated only the specified part or segment; "from among".
- Belonging to (a place) through having title, ownership or control over it.
- Belonging to (someone or something) as something they possess or have as a characteristic; the "possessive genitive". (With abstract nouns, this intersects with the subjective genitive, above under "agency" senses.)
- Indicating the composition of a given collective or quantitative noun.
- Forming the "objective genitive".
- Used to link a given class of things with a specific example of that class.
- Indicates the subject or cause of the adjective.
- Used to link singular indefinite nouns (preceded by the indefinite article) and attributive adjectives modified by certain common adverbs of degree.
- Introduces its subject matter.
- For (a given length of time).
- Used to introduce the "subjective genitive"; following a noun to form the head of a postmodifying noun phrase (see also 'Possession' senses below).}}
noun
noun
- The action or process of defining.
- The action or power of describing, explaining, or making definite and clear.
- The act of defining; determination of the limits.
- A statement expressing the essential nature of something; formulation
- A clear instance conforming to the dictionary or textbook definition.
- A statement which provides a previous declaration with a value or body of a subroutine (in the case of function).
- A statement that establishes the referent of a term or notation.
- Sharp demarcation of outlines or limits.
- A statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol (dictionary definitions).
- Clarity of visual presentation, distinctness of outline or detail.
- A product of defining.
- Clarity, especially of musical sound in reproduction.
- The degree to which individual muscles are distinct on the body.
suffix
- Instance of (the verbal action); used to form nouns from verbs.
- A person or thing that does an action indicated by the root verb; used to form an agent noun.
- A thing that is related in some way to the root, such as by location or purpose.
- Used to form diminutives.
- Used to form slang or colloquial equivalents of words.
- A person or thing to which the root verb is done or can be done satisfactorily.
- Used to form nouns shorter than more formal synonyms.
- More; used to form the comparative.
- Person or thing connected with.
- Suffix denoting residency in or around a place, district, area, or region.
- A person who is associated with, or supports a particular theory, doctrine, or political movement.
- A suffix creating adjectives from verbs, indicating aptitude, proneness, or tendency toward a specified action
- Junior, child, younger person. (Attached to a name, usually a portion of the given name.)
- Suffix denoting a resident or inhabitant of (the place denoted by the proper noun); used to form a demonym.
- Frequently; used to form frequentative verbs.
- A person whose occupation is the root noun; (more broadly, occasionally with adjectives) a person characterized by the root.
- A person or thing to which a certain number or measurement applies.
noun
- a mode of action
- education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
- a connected series of events or actions or developments
- general line of orientation
- a line or route along which something travels or moves
- a body of students who are taught together
- part of a meal served at one time
- (construction) a layer of masonry
- facility consisting of a circumscribed area of land or water laid out for a sport
verb
adv
noun
noun
- The act of initiating, or the process of being initiated or introduced
- The first step of transcription or of transduction.
- The form or ceremony by which a person is introduced into any society; mode of entrance into an organized body; especially, the rite of admission into a secret society or order.
verb
- To act; to take action; to begin to act
- To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another
- To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion, to excite (for example, an emotion).
- To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion, or appeal; to influence.
- To change residence, for example from one house, town, or state, to another; to go and live at another place. See also move out and move in.
- To request an action from the court.
- To transfer (a piece) from one space or position on the board to another.
- To sell or market (especially physical inventory or illicit drugs).
- To change place or posture; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another.
- To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration and determination, in a deliberative assembly; to submit
noun
- The act of moving; a movement.
- The event of changing one's residence.
- A change in strategy.
- A round, in which each player has a turn.
- The act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules of the game.
- An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.
- A transfer, a change from one employer to another.
- A formalized or practiced action used in athletics, dance, physical exercise, self-defense, hand-to-hand combat, etc.
noun
- The act of putting; an action; a movement; a thrust; a push.
- A right to sell something at a predetermined price.
- An old card game.
verb
- To convey coal in the mine, as for example from the working to the tramway.
- To play a card or a hand in the game called put.
- To bring or set into a certain relation, state or condition.
- To express something in a certain manner.
- To set before one for judgment, acceptance, or rejection; to bring to the attention.
- To place something somewhere.
- To attach or attribute; to assign.
- To exercise a put option.
- To throw a heavy iron ball, as a sport. (See shot put. Do not confuse with putt.)
- To steer; to direct one's course; to go.
noun
- The act of performing; carrying into execution or action; execution; achievement; accomplishment; representation by action.
- That which is performed or accomplished; a thing done or carried through; an achievement; a deed; an act; a feat; especially, an action of an elaborate or public character.
- The amount of useful work accomplished estimated in terms of time needed, resources used, etc.
- The actual use of language in concrete situations by native speakers of a language, as opposed to the system of linguistic knowledge they possess (competence), cf. linguistic performance.
- A live show or concert.
noun
- an action
- a special situation
- a special abstraction
- an artifact
- an event
- a vaguely specified concern
- a statement regarded as an object
- an entity that is not named specifically
- any attribute or quality considered as having its own existence
- a special objective
- a persistent illogical feeling of desire or aversion
- a separate and self-contained entity
suffix
suffix
- The agent noun derived from verb.
- An adjective corresponding to a noun in -ance, having the sense of "exhibiting (the condition or process described by the noun)".
- An adjective derived from a verb, having the senses of: (a) "doing (the verbal action)", and/or (b) "prone/tending to do (the verbal action)".
noun
- The noun phrase which is an internal complement of a verb phrase or a prepositional phrase. In a verb phrase with a transitive action verb, it is typically the receiver of the action.
- A person or thing toward which an emotion is directed.
- An instantiation of a class or structure.
- An instance of one of the two kinds of entities that form a category, the other kind being the arrows (also called morphisms).
- Objective; goal, end or purpose of something.
- A thing that has physical existence but is not alive.
verb
noun
- The act, manner or style of executing (actions, maneuvers, performances).
- The carrying out of an instruction, program or program segment by a computer.
- The act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty, or actions so associated.
- The carrying into effect of a court judgment, or of a will.
- The formal process by which a contract is made valid and put into binding effect.
- The state of being accomplished.
noun
- The act of preparing a tool or a weapon for action; activation.
- The act of supplying (oneself or others) with armor and (now especially) arms and ammunition in preparation for a conflict; the act of providing with the means of defense and attack.
- A piece of tallow or soap put in the cavity and over the bottom of a sounding lead to pick up samples of the bottom of the sea.
- The affixing and securing on of armor.
- The act of supplying with the equipment, knowledge, authority, or other tools needed for a particular task.
- One of the red dress cloths formerly hung fore and aft outside of a ship's upper works on holidays, or used as a visual screen during times of action.
verb
noun
- a momentary flash of light
- merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance
- electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field
- a small but noticeable trace of some quality that might become stronger
- a small fragment of a burning substance thrown out by burning material or by friction
noun
- The act or process of making or becoming clear.
- An area of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees.
- A sequence of events used to disconnect a call, and return to the ready state.
- The period in which remaining university places are allocated to remaining students.
- A process of exchanging transaction information and authorisation through a central institution or system to complete and settle those transactions.
- The act of removing the ball from one's own goal area by kicking it.
- An open space in the fog etc.
noun
- The process of or an action or instance of coming to prominence.
- An area of terrain that tends upward away from the viewer, such that it conceals the region behind it; a slope.
- The amount of material extending from waist to crotch in a pair of trousers or shorts.
- A small hill; used chiefly in place names.
- A very noticeable visible or audible reaction of a person or group.
- An increase in a quantity, price, etc.
- The process of or an action or instance of moving upwards or becoming greater.
- The height of an arch or a step.
verb
- To become active, effective or operational, especially in response to an external or internal stimulus.
- To leave one's bed; to get up.
- To attain a higher status.
- To terminate an official sitting; to adjourn.
- To have its source (in a particular place).
- Of a quantity, price, etc., to increase.
- To develop.
- To become erect; to assume an upright position.
- To become more and more dignified or forcible; to increase in interest or power; said of style, thought, or discourse.
- To ascend on a musical scale; to take a higher pitch.
- To be resurrected.
- To swell or puff up in the process of fermentation; to become light.
- To slope upward.
- To become perceptible to the senses, other than sight.
- To come to mind; to be suggested; to occur.
- To go up; to ascend; to climb.
- To appear to move upwards from behind the horizon of a planet as a result of the planet's rotation.
- To come; to offer itself.
- To move upwards.
- To grow upward; to attain a certain height.
- To become agitated, opposed, or hostile; to go to war; to take up arms; to rebel.
- To cause to go up or ascend.
noun
- The setting about of an action; development; progress.
- The commencement or initial stages of a business, especially of one which requires great exertion.
- A heavy fall of rain or snow; cloudburst.
- The lower edge of a fire-clay lining piece.
- An attack; an attack or onset of a disease, fit, or episode.
- A mysterious disease or ailment.
- Advent, arrival, approach; onset
verb
suffix
- Added to transitive verbs to form words meaning a person or thing that is the object of that verb (i.e., to whom or to which an action is done).
- Used to form words meaning a person who has undergone a particular medical procedure.
- Used to form diminutives.
- Less commonly added to intransitive verbs to form words meaning a person or thing that is the subject of that verb (that is, who or that does an action).
- Irregularly added to nouns to mean a person somehow associated with the object denoted by the noun.
- Used in mimicking English as stereotypically spoken by the Chinese.
- Used to form words meaning a person who is the other party to a contract or other transaction involving a person described by the corresponding word ending in -or.
noun
- An action taken or procedure performed; an operation.
- An orchestrated attempt to convince somebody with an addiction or other psychological problem to seek professional help and/or change their behavior.
- The action of intervening; interfering in some course of events.
- A legal motion through which a person or entity who has not been named as a party to a case seeks to have the court order that they be made a party.
noun
- (linguistics) the grammatical relation (active or passive) of the grammatical subject of a verb to the action that the verb denotes
- the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
- the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract
- a sound suggestive of a vocal utterance
- expressing in coherent verbal form
- a means or agency by which something is expressed or communicated
- something suggestive of speech in being a medium of expression
- (metonymy) a singer
- an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose
- the ability to speak
- the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music
- A term used in phonetics and phonology to characterize speech sounds, with sounds described as either voiceless (unvoiced) or voiced.
verb
adj
- Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting;—opposed to passive, that receives.
- In action; actually proceeding; working; in force
- Given to action rather than contemplation; practical; operative
- Brisk; lively.
- Applied to a form of the verb; — opposed to passive. See active voice.
- Applied to verbs which assert that the subject acts upon or affects something else; transitive.
- (of a homosexual man) enjoying a role in anal sex in which he penetrates, rather than being penetrated by his partner.
- Requiring or implying action or exertion
- Not passive.
- Eligible to be processed by a compiler or interpreter.
- Emitting hot materials, such as lava, smoke, or steam, or producing tremors.
- Implying or producing rapid action.
- Given to action; constantly engaged in action; energetic; diligent; busy
- Quick in physical movement; of an agile and vigorous body; nimble.
- Applied to all verbs that express action as distinct from mere existence or state.
noun
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