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acts upon

acts upon is the third-person singular simple present indicative of act upon.

Meaning of act upon

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.
    • The policeman decided to act upon the informant's phone call.

Questions about acts upon

What is acts upon the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Acts upon is the third-person singular simple present indicative of act upon.

Words near acts upon in the dictionary

  1. acts the hypocrite
  2. acts the jennet
  3. acts the jinnet
  4. acts the maggot
  5. acts up
  6. acts upon
  7. ACTT
  8. ACTU
  9. actuability
  10. actual
  11. actual argument

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