What does act upon mean?

Definitions for act upon
act up·on

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word act upon.

Princeton's WordNet

  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"

Wiktionary

  1. act uponverb

    To act on the basis of information received or deduced.

ChatGPT

  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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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. Brian Turner:

    We continue to urge the public to please remain alert and to report to law enforcement any suspicious activity that is observed either in person or online, with our local partners we gather, share and act upon threat information as it comes to our attention.

  2. Buddha (563 - 483 B.C.):

    However many holy words you read, However many you speak, What good will they do you, If you do not act upon them?

  3. Ramana Pemmaraju:

    Irrespective of your belief system, there are certain forces that act upon us and make us do what we do, ironically human race is the only breed who is more susceptible to it and we keep denying it.

  4. Clarence Mitchell:

    They certainly will be encouraged to know the appeal is yielding results already and hopefully within that, there will be crucial bits of information the police can act upon.

  5. Ramana Pemmaraju:

    Of all the thoughts that hover in your mind, the one you deliberately choose and act upon - changes your LIFE!


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  • العمل علىArabic
  • செயல்படுங்கள்Tamil

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