to act upon
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3.5
- phrasal verb
- /ækt əˈpɒn/
:
actuar sobre
- And the idea here is that you provide people with information and displays that they can act upon to change their behaviour.
- understand and act upon
- act upon and transform
- act upon the world
We're more likely to act upon it in a constructive way.
- We're more likely to act upon it in a constructive way.
- What they all mean is acting upon what you have understood to be true.
- So can you please bring me a thought I can act upon, OK.
- Good things come to those who act upon what they know through consistency and repetition.
- And I think, like, the urges and things are OK until you act upon it.
- Everything is categorised, analysed and acted upon.
- And sometimes if I have a goal for next month that I'm focusing on, like I just don't act upon it because it's such a big goal.
- That I did like doing the hostages because I felt like I was really I felt like my information was acted upon to help them.
- And you and I both know this, that an object that is resting will stay resting unless there is a force that acts upon it to get it to move.
- But can you really represent or, or act upon the world through language in the way that they're they're portraying?
Examples
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After the meeting, the team decided to act upon the suggestions from the feedback they received.
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Consequently, some Mexican-American moderates began to make efforts to acknowledge and act upon the militants' demands.
Academic text (1991) -
So can you please bring me a thought I can act upon, OK.
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We're more likely to act upon it in a constructive way.
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Now I'm calm enough to actually act upon something that can change this.
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It is up to us to force our leaders to act upon what we know.
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There is little opportunity, beyond memorization, to create and act upon new knowledge.
Academic text (1995) -
Good things come to those who act upon what they know through consistency and repetition.
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The team meets monthly to ensure the psychological needs of the child are understood and acted upon.
Academic text (2011) -
Yet immediately they acted upon this idea, unanimously approving it and forming an organizing committee.
Academic text (1990)
Synonyms
∞
3.0
To cause a change in a person or thing
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2.2
To change how people and things think, act, or develop
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3.4
To have a strong effect on someone or something
To make someone act because of a feeling or reason
Antonyms
How Influential
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to have an influence on / take action affecting' is directly derivable from combining 'act' (to do something) with 'upon' (on/affecting something); the construction maps clearly to the more common 'act on'. Although 'upon' is slightly formal, the compositional logic is straightforward and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents should understand the MWE.
Etymology
Act upon comes from the simple image of doing something that pushes or works on another thing, literally to act directly upon it. So, it means 'to influence' or 'to cause a change' in someone or something.