Definitions for act upon
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. influence, act upon, workverb

   have and exert influence or effect

   "The artist's work influenced the young painter"; "She worked on her friends to support the political candidate"

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1. act uponverb

   To act on the basis of information received or deduced.

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1. act upon

   To "act upon" generally means to take action, respond, or make a decision influenced by certain information, situation, circumstances or advice. It signifies influencing, affecting or changing something due to a particular cause.

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1. • Affect

How to pronounce act upon?

1. Alex

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How to say act upon in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of act upon in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of act upon in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of act upon in a Sentence

1. Frans Timmermans:

   I would assume, as a politician myself, that Donald Trump is thinking about the next election and he's looking at American society. And if you see how much support there is in American society to act upon climate change, he's probably doing the math and thinking that if I want to be reelected, I have to take this seriously, that gives me hope because the people want this. Corporations in the U.S. are on the same page as we are. States are. Cities are.

2. Gordana Biernat:

   Act upon your ideas or they will stay in the invisible realm of your mind.

3. Brandon Garic Notch:

   It's not who you are that holds you back, it's the unproductive thoughts you focus on and act upon by ignorance.

4. Greg Burke:

   I think they've already admitted to wrongdoing from decades ago, it's basically what's going on now. They have no control about what went on 40 or 50 years ago, but as long as they can act upon new allegations or anything like that right now and achieve a successful resolution to these problems, that would be fine.

5. Frans Timmermans:

   We've seen over the last couple of years that radical climate-change deniers have changed their position because the facts are so overwhelming. It's an untenable position, i would assume, as a politician myself, that Donald Trump is thinking about the next election and he's looking at American society. And if you see how much support there is in American society to act upon climate change, he's probably doing the math and thinking that if I want to be reelected, I have to take this seriously.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=act upon
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Act_Upon
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com