act upon

Verb

Meaning

have and exert influence or effect

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

work influence make move act follow perform accept achieve operate affect agree answer respond implement
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Antonyms

hibernate argue idle stall omit stand still
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Hypernyms

impact affect touch bear on touch on bear upon

Hyponyms

form pressure color carry colour dominate

Examples

Man knows so little about his fellows. In his eyes all men or women act upon what he believes would motivate him if he were mad enough to do what that other man or woman is doing. William Faulkner

At this point we find ourselves confronted by a very disquieting question: Do we really wish to act upon our knowledge? Aldous Huxley

Do not Bodies act upon Light at a distance, and by their action bend its Rays; and is not this action (caeteris paribus) [all else being equal] strongest at the least distance? Isaac Newton

Who are you now? Who have you decided to become? Make this decision consciously. Make it carefully. Make it powerfully. Then act upon it. Anthony Robbins

It is always important in matters of high politics to know what you do not know. Those who think they know, but are mistaken, and act upon their mistakes, are the most dangerous people to have in charge. Margaret Thatcher

Communism is a proposition to structure the world more reasonably, a proposition for changing the world. As such, we have to analyze it and, if we deem it reasonable, act upon it. Friedrich Dürrenmatt

Close letter words and terms

act unsatisfactorily act up act up to a promise act virtuously act weird act while an opportunity exists