act on
fiil- To act decisively on the basis of information received or deduced. · The policeman decided to act on the tip from his informant.
- To act accordingly to a (usually sublimated) desire or impulse. · He keeps telling me about wanting to make a move, but he hasn't worked up to acting on it yet.
- To take action against something. · World leaders have repeatedly stated that we must act on climate change.
- To affect something. · Different drugs act on different parts of our body in many different ways.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see act, on.
Kütüphaneden
You will not wonder, Watson, that my first act on entering your rooms was to close your shutters, and that I have been compelled to ask your permission to leave the house by some less conspicuous exit than the front door.”
Yet perchance tomorrow deception will so act on me, that I shall, on compulsion, consider such a contemptible possession as the utmost happiness.
“But,” said Andrea, “why do you not act on the advice you gave me?
act on kelimesini gerçek metinlerde öğrenin
Ücretsiz bir hesapla kütüphanedeki herhangi bir kelimenin üzerine gelerek anlamını görün, sesli okunuşunu dinleyin, kelimeleri hafızanıza göre zamanlanan tekrarlar için kaydedin ve her kitabın ne kadarını zaten bildiğinizi görün.