act on (English, verb)
expansion: act on (third-person singular simple present acts on, present participle acting on, simple past and past participle acted on)
Senses:
glosses: To act decisively on the basis of information received or deduced.
glosses: To act accordingly to a (usually sublimated) desire or impulse.
glosses: To take action against something.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: To affect something.
Forms:
form: acts on
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: acting on
tags: participle
present
form: acted on
tags: participle
past
form: acted on
tags: past