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act on

ækt ɔn
WordNet
The ice has broken and the couple kiss, an intimate act in Japanese culture.
The ice has broken and the couple kiss, an intimate act in Japanese culture.
  1. (v) act on
    carry further or advance "Can you act on this matter soon?"
  2. (v) act on
    regulate one's behavior in accordance with certain information, ideas, or advice "The Founding Fathers acted on certain moral principles"
Illustrations
Stage performance of the tragedy Demophontes (act 4, stage 3) for Stadtholder Willem V and Princess Wilhelmina of Prussia in the new Amsterdamse Schouwburg on Keizersgracht, 1 June 1768.
Stage performance of the tragedy Demophontes (act 4, stage 3) for Stadtholder Willem V and Princess Wilhelmina of Prussia in the new Amsterdamse Schouwburg on Keizersgracht, 1 June 1768.
Macbeth's first meeting with the three witch sisters in the bog (Shakespeare, Macbeth act 1, scene 3). Spurred on by their predictions, Macbeth will give free rein to his ambitions. The skulls and bones on his feet point forward to his gruesome future.
Macbeth's first meeting with the three witch sisters in the bog (Shakespeare, Macbeth act 1, scene 3). Spurred on by their predictions, Macbeth will give free rein to his ambitions. The skulls and bones on his feet point forward to his gruesome future.
Monument to the Nassau War, 1625. Monument with scenes divided into four acts numbered AP of episodes from the start of the Dutch Revolt with leading roles for William of Orange, Maurits and Frederik Hendrik and the Spanish governors. In the bottom layer Maurits on his deathbed with Fame and representatives of the continents, the Dutch Virgin in the Dutch Garden and members of the States General on the throne with Frederik Hendrik. At the bottom of the funeral procession of Prince Maurits in Delft on September 16, 1625. The procession winds in three rows to the entrance of the Nieuwe Kerk. A text sheet belongs to the plate.
Monument to the Nassau War, 1625. Monument with scenes divided into four acts numbered AP of episodes from the start of the Dutch Revolt with leading roles for William of Orange, Maurits and Frederik Hendrik and the Spanish governors. In the bottom layer Maurits on his deathbed with Fame and representatives of the continents, the Dutch Virgin in the Dutch Garden and members of the States General on the throne with Frederik Hendrik. At the bottom of the funeral procession of Prince Maurits in Delft on September 16, 1625. The procession winds in three rows to the entrance of the Nieuwe Kerk. A text sheet belongs to the plate.
A young draftsman draws a map showing the places that play a role in the acts of the apostles. Two apostles show him the places to mark on the map.
A young draftsman draws a map showing the places that play a role in the acts of the apostles. Two apostles show him the places to mark on the map.
A folk festival where a number of ladies act as a tandak. A tandak is a dancer who dances with a lot of arm and head movements.
A folk festival where a number of ladies act as a tandak. A tandak is a dancer who dances with a lot of arm and head movements.
Act 3, scene 1, from the play written by William Shakespeare entitled 'Much ado about nothing'.
Act 3, scene 1, from the play written by William Shakespeare entitled 'Much ado about nothing'.
Heroic act of Aart van Groningen during the siege of Steenwijk, October 31, 1580. He extinguishes the burned Gasthuispoort in front of the besiegers.
Heroic act of Aart van Groningen during the siege of Steenwijk, October 31, 1580. He extinguishes the burned Gasthuispoort in front of the besiegers.
The bribery scene from the second act of the comedy 'Hopman Ulrich or deceived avarice' by Johan van Paffenrode (1661). Standing in front of a house, a man in a chest harness threatens another man. In the doorway, a young woman with a candlestick in her hand is watching. Part of the pastels collection.
The bribery scene from the second act of the comedy 'Hopman Ulrich or deceived avarice' by Johan van Paffenrode (1661). Standing in front of a house, a man in a chest harness threatens another man. In the doorway, a young woman with a candlestick in her hand is watching. Part of the pastels collection.
Quotations
Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principles which direct them.
Napoleon Bonaparte
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Beauty is the mark God sets on virtue. Every natural action is graceful; every heroic act is also decent, and causes the place and the bystanders to shine.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
There was a time when the world acted on books; now books act on the world.
Joseph Joubert
Change your life today. Don't gamble on the future, act now, without delay.
Simone De Beauvoir
Edmund Burke
All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter.
Edmund Burke
There is no spectacle on earth more appealing than that of a beautiful woman in the act of cooking dinner for someone she loves.
Thomas Wolfe
Idioms

Get in on the act - If people want to get in on the act, they want to participate in something that is currently profitable or popular.

Usage in the news

But when passengers gripe about the security process, the TSA doesn't have a consistent way to collect and act on those complaints. latimes.com

But, barring something like a natural disaster, they believe that government is not the best and certainly not the first resort for acting on one's compassion . goerie.com

But attendees and senior lawmakers who heard Corbett 's remarks said they sent a clear signal that the administration finally intended to act on a key issue that has languished on the legislative backburner for months. themorningcall.com

Requires DoD to adopt policies and procedures for detecting and avoiding counterfeit parts in its direct purchases, and for assessing and acting on reports of counterfeits . federalnewsradio.com

In the case in which Moore and Antonelli were originally sentenced, the boy told police that sometimes he was locked out of a residence when it was cold and rainy, and he was forced by Antonelli to perform a sex act on Moore. timesleader.com

Meridian artist William Myles and his choir were the opening act on Friday. tok.com

Is Pennsylvania failing to act on thousands of suspected child predators. timesleader.com

US didn't have sufficient intelligence to quickly act on Libya consulate attack. freep.com

The Community and Economic Development Committee voted 4-1 to delay acting on a proposal to create a neighborhood improvement district, a public agency, which needs approval from the full council and Mayor Tom Barrett. jsonline.com

ATLANTA A former female employee has filed a police complaint alleging the CEO of Waffle House demanded she perform sexual acts on him in exchange for keeping her job. cbsnews.com

Current police chief didn't act on harassment claim. spotlightnews.com

A deposition from ex-Guilderland Police Chief James Murley's secretary Linda Dygert alleges current police Chief Carol Lawlor did not act on sexual harassment claims Dygert made while Lawlor was Murley's subordinate. spotlightnews.com

That includes taking his standup act on the road. theday.com

P&Z acts on a few outstanding construction issues. acorn-online.com

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – As midday prayers came to an end at the Grand Anwar mosque in Ethiopia's capital, worshippers continued on to what has become a regular second act on Fridays — shouting anti-government slogans. foxnews.com

Usage in scientific papers

In Section 3 we extend the standard notion of measurability for a family of operators acting on a fixed Hilbert space [KM82] to operators acting on varying Hilbert spaces.
Integrated density of states for random metrics on manifolds

The interest of the set of finite covers of C0 is emphasizes by the fact that the Galois group Gal( ¯IQ/IQ) acts naturally on it by acting on coefficients of algebraic polynomials.
Geometric structures on fields

The group R acts by timeshift on the set of solutions connecting two critical points on the same level ˜M0 (c1 , c2 ) and the group Rm acts on ˜Mm(c1 , c2 ) by timeshift on each cascade, i.e. xk (s) 7→ xk (s + sk ).
The Arnold-Givental conjecture and moment Floer homology

M ), with Sn acting on values, despite the fact that the Eulerian idempotents act on positions.
A Hodge decomposition for the complex of injective words

For our purposes, the distinction between acts on track 1 and 2 is a useful one, since acts on track 2 can be viewed as mere decorations of the acts which further the purpose of the conversation on track 1.
Dialogue as Discourse: Controlling Global Properties of Scripted Dialogue

Usage in literature

Sure, it gives the joint kind of a swell look, havin' him on the door, and if it didn't act the same on Swifty's head I wouldn't kick. "Shorty McCabe" by Sewell Ford

The same teacher afterwards acted on a very different principle. "The Teacher" by Jacob Abbott

Yet, in practice, he did not act on this principle. "A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3" by DeAlva Stanwood Alexander

Further adjustment to meet load conditions is possible by a change in the oil pressure acting on all burners at once. "Steam, Its Generation and Use" by Babcock & Wilcox Co.

Mr Sudberry's first act on gaining the land was to look into his basket, where, to his great relief, the trout was still reposing. "Freaks on the Fells" by R.M. Ballantyne

He was a man who acted as if priding himself on his brusqueness of language. "The U-boat hunters" by James B. Connolly

Missions and antagonistic mores.+ Missionaries always have to try to act on the mores. "Folkways" by William Graham Sumner

It was found that the first counsel in England often acted against a retaining client, and sometimes drew pleas on both sides. "The History of Tasmania, Volume I (of 2)" by John West

Here was a hint to be acted on by the Elder Brethren. "Fragments of science, V. 1-2" by John Tyndall

The French Governor acted on the defensive. "The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation" by Charles Roger

Usage in poetry
When first SIR BERKELY came aboard
He read a speech to all,
And told them how he'd made a vow
To act on duty's call.
"The Martinet" by William Schwenck Gilbert Author object (717)
So humbly done, I'd turn this keen
Steel on myself before profit
By such a rogue's
Act, but —- How those feathers shine!
"Rhyme" by Sylvia Plath
Thine eye is never closed:
The present, future, past,
But act the parts Thou hast proposed,
All leading on to bliss at last.
""Whether living or dying, we are Thine"" by John Bowring Author object (359)
Every day is Judgment Day,
Count on no to-morrow.
He who will not, when he may,
Act to-day, to-day, to-day,
Doth but borrow
Sorrow.
"Judgment Day" by John Oxenham
Sae let us keep min' o' auld Simon Gaw,
An' act that there may be
Nae bell ringin' on at oor ain bed heid
When we lay us doon to dee.
"The Weary Weird" by Alexander Anderson
Your classmates have their eyes on you,
Your kindred watch your motion,
Your friends have all your acts in view,
Your ship is on the ocean.
"Class Valedictorian" by Frank Barbour Coffin