"act upon" meaning in All languages combined

See act upon on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: acts upon [present, singular, third-person], acting upon [participle, present], acted upon [participle, past], acted upon [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} act upon (third-person singular simple present acts upon, present participle acting upon, simple past and past participle acted upon)
  1. To take action on the basis of information received or deduced.
    Sense id: en-act_upon-en-verb-IYHvnD8V Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "upon"

Inflected forms

Download JSONL data for act upon meaning in All languages combined (1.6kB)

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