human activity

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human activity - something that people do or cause to happenhuman action, act, deedevent - something that happens at a given place and timeaction - something done (usually as opposed to something said); "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions"acquiring, getting - the act of acquiring something; "I envied his talent for acquiring"; "he's much more interested in the getting than in the giving"causation, causing - the act of causing something to happenobstetrical delivery, delivery - the act of delivering a childdeparture, going, going away, leaving - the act of departingdiscovery, find, uncovering - the act of discovering somethingdisposition, disposal - the act or means of getting rid of somethingeffectuation, implementation - the act of implementing (providing a practical means for accomplishing something); carrying into effectegression, egress, emergence - the act of coming (or going) out; becoming apparentequalisation, equalization, leveling - the act of making equal or uniformdigging up, disinterment, exhumation - the act of digging something out of the ground (especially a corpse) where it has been buriedmitsvah, mitzvah - (Judaism) a good deed performed out of religious dutyactuation, propulsion - the act of propellingrecovery, retrieval - the act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost)running away - the act of leaving (without permission) the place you are expected to betouching, touch - the act of putting two things together with no space between them; "at his touch the room filled with lights"nonaccomplishment, nonachievement - an act that does not achieve its intended goalleaning - the act of deviating from a vertical positionmotivating, motivation - the act of motivating; providing incentiveassumption - the act of assuming or taking for granted; "your assumption that I would agree was unwarranted"rejection - the act of rejecting something; "his proposals were met with rejection"sacrifice, forfeit, forfeiture - the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.derivation - the act of deriving something or obtaining something from a source or originactivity - any specific behavior; "they avoided all recreational activity"hire - the act of hiring something or someone; "he signed up for a week's car hire"wearing, wear - the act of having on your person as a covering or adornment; "she bought it for everyday wear"judgment, assessment, judgement - the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event; "they criticized my judgment of the contestants"production - the act or process of producing something; "Shakespeare's production of poetry was enormous"; "the production of white blood cells"stay - continuing or remaining in a place or state; "they had a nice stay in Paris"; "a lengthy hospital stay"; "a four-month stay in bankruptcy court"residency, abidance, residence - the act of dwelling in a placeinactivity - being inactive; being less activeinterference, hinderance, hindrance - the act of hindering or obstructing or impedingstop, stoppage - the act of stopping something; "the third baseman made some remarkable stops"; "his stoppage of the flow resulted in a flood"group action - action taken by a group of peopledistribution - the act of distributing or spreading or apportioninglegitimation - the act of rendering a person legitimate; "he has filial rights because he obtained letters of legitimation from the king"; "his parents' subsequent marriage resulted in his legitimation"permissive waste, waste - (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglectproclamation, promulgation - the formal act of proclaiming; giving public notice; "his promulgation of the policy proved to be premature"communicating, communication - the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information; "they could not act without official communication from Moscow"speech act - the use of language to perform some act