What are some opposite words for act on?
Antonyms for act onact on
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term act on.
Princeton's WordNet
pursue, follow up on, act onverb
carry further or advance
"Can you act on this matter soon?"
Synonyms:
engage, pursue, quest for, prosecute, quest after, follow up on, follow, go afteract onverb
regulate one's behavior in accordance with certain information, ideas, or advice
"The Founding Fathers acted on certain moral principles"
Synonyms:
follow up on, pursue
How to use act on in a sentence?
I have personally tried to reach government officials to agree on how to act on this menace but I don’t get appointments. I make calls that are unanswered, we even tried to convince senior government officials to attend these meetings, but they instead delegate to junior officers.
Swedish Defence Minister Peter Hultqvist:
In that case, it is their problem. We have a completely defensive agenda. We cannot act on what other countries may feel and think.
Most people think of robots as made of metals and ceramics but it's not so much what a robot is made from but what it does, which is act on its own on behalf of people, in that way it's a robot but it's also clearly an organism made from genetically unmodified frog cell.
The whole thing is a real-time study in what we pay attention to and what we act on.
Act on awareness, not on thought
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