(n): something that people do or cause to happen
(n): the state of being active
(n): the way something is with respect to its main attributes
(n): a military engagement
(n): action taken by a group of people
(n): a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)
(n): a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states
(n): the series of events that form a plot
(n): the story that is told in a novel or play or movie etc.
(n): the trait of being active and energetic and forceful
(n): the trait of being highly motivated
(n): the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism
(n): device consisting of a piece of machinery; has moving parts that perform some function
(n): a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong
(n): (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked
(n): an act by a government body or supranational organization
(n): action taken by a group of people
(n): the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field
(n): activity directed toward making or doing something
(v): institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against
(v): issue a challenge to
(v): put in effect
(v): come or bring to a finish or an end
(v): produce