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Definition: TO ACT ON |
TO ACT ON1. To regulate one's conduct according to. |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | If you have a durable power of attorney for health care, give a copy to the person you've chosen to act on your behalf. (references) | |
Each hormone is secreted from a particular gland and distributed throughout the body to act on tissues at different sites. (references) | ||
Business | So it seems that a willingness to pay exists, but the proper authorities are reluctant to act on this fully. (references) | |
Often times, the agencies and officers mandated to enforce the laws have insufficient power to act on their mandate because of Thailand's cumbersome legal system. (references) | ||
Other "directorates" ("directions") of France Telecom define the specifications of the products and services they wish to purchase and then charge the BRX - DAL to act on their behalf. (references) | ||
Children | Spain | The 1995 Law of the Child gives legal rights of testimony to minors in child abuse cases; it also obliges all citizens to act on cases of suspected child abuse. (references) |
Civil Liberties | Uganda | There were no developments in the case of Rukungiri Assistant Resident District Commissioner (ARDC) Reverend Francis Mutazindwa who was arrested in March 2000 for failing to act on information about the activities of the Kanungu cult while he was ARDC; he was released on bail in 2000. In December 2000, the Government appointed a commission of inquiry to investigate the Kanungu killings and the operation of other religious-based NGO's; however, due to the Ministry of Internal Affairs' lack of funds, the Commission's investigation has been delayed. (references) |
Economic History | Belgium | A commercial agent is independent and free to act on the behalf of any other firm. (references) |
Human Rights | Guyana | Although precinct jails are intended to serve only as pretrial holding areas, some suspects have been detained there as long as 4 years, waiting for the overburdened judicial system to act on their cases. (references) |
Political Economy | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Police commonly failed to act on complaints of police brutality and rarely were held accountable for their actions. (references) |
Political Rights | Burma | The committee was empowered by those members-elect to act on behalf of the parliament until the parliament was convened. (references) |
Women | Ecuador | The Government addresses such problems through its Women's Bureau; however, although the Bureau can accept complaints about abuse of women, it has no authority to act on the complaints but refers cases to the prosecutor's office. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | I shall also urge the Congress to act on several other vital pending bills-especially the civil rights measures-fair jury trials, protection of Federal rights, enforcement of equal employment opportunity, and fair housing. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Expression using "TO ACT ON": To act on the offensive. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "TO ACT ON"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 批 (to ascertain, to criticize, to pass on). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | handle for regning af (to act on behalf of). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | handelen voor rekening van (to act on behalf of). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | traiter pour le compte de (to act on behalf of), au-del de cette approche régionale, l'Europe des Neuf s'est fixé pour objectif, dans le cadre d'une politique plus globale, de mettre en oeuvre une coopération avec l'ensemble des pays en développement (in addition to this regional approach, the Nine intend to act on a more global scale by co-operating with all developing nations), agir pour son propre compte (to act on his own behalf). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | einwirken auf (impact on). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | ενεργούν για λογαρισμό (to act on behalf of). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | igazodik vmihez (to act upon), hatással van vmire (have an effect on sg, to act upon, to affect), hat vmire (to act upon, to work on, to work upon), eljár vmi szerint (to act upon). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | trattare per conto di (to act on behalf of). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 承知尽く (to act on mutual agreement). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | しょうちづく (to act on mutual agreement). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | otay actay onay actuar por conta de (to act on behalf of). (various references) handla för ngns räkning (to act on behalf of). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-n-o-o-t-t" | |
-1 letter: cotton, octant. | |
-2 letters: canto, conto, cotan, cotta, octan, tanto. | |
-3 letters: cant, coat, coon, coot, nota, onto, otto, taco, tact, toon, toot. | |
-4 letters: act, ant, att, can, cat, con, coo, cot, noo, not, oat, oca, oot, tan, tao, tat, ton, too, tot. | |
-5 letters: an, at, na, no, on, ta, to. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-n-o-o-t-t" | |
+2 letters: contralto. | |
+3 letters: autochthon, cartoonist, coaptation, cogitation, contractor, contraltos, corotating, corotation, cottontail, noncontact. | |
+4 letters: anastomotic, antiboycott, antitobacco, autochthons, cartoonists, coaptations, coarctation, cogitations, commentator, commutation, computation, concomitant, confutation, connotation, connotative, continuator, contraction, contractors, contraption, corotations, cotoneaster, cotransport, cottontails, gerontocrat, nonconstant, noncontacts, noncontract, occultation, phonotactic, protraction, retroaction, tobacconist. | |
+5 letters: anorthositic, antiboycotts, autochthones, autohypnotic, coadaptation, coalitionist, coarctations, cohabitation, commentators, commutations, computations, concentrator, concomitants, confutations, connotations, constipation, consultation, contaminator, contemplator, contestation, continuation, continuators, contractions, contradictor, contraoctave, contraptions, cotoneasters, cotransports, cytotaxonomy, detoxication, excogitation, fractionator, gerontocrats, intoxication, nonautomatic, noncombatant, noncommittal, nonconstants, notification, occultations, phonotactics, pontificator, postromantic, protractions, quattrocento, ratiocinator, retroactions, solicitation, sternocostal, tobacconists. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 4F 41 43 54 4F 4E |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01001111 00100000 01000001 01000011 01010100 00100000 01001111 01001110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T O   A C T   O N |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 004F 0041 0043 0054 004F 004E |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5449235375424948 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Chinese | 字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译 | 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , kineser, Chinois, Chinesisch, Κινέζος, κινέζικα, κινέζικοσ, κινέζοσ, σινικόσ, kínai, cinese, チフス菌 , チャイニーズ , chinês, kinesisk |
Danish | ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse | 丹麦语, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, dán, danese, dinamarquês, dansk |
Dutch | woordenboek, definitie, translatie | 菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, hollandsk, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, holland, olandese, holandês, holländsk |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francia, francese, フレコン化 , 仏文 , フランス" , 仏 , ふつぶ", ふつ, フレンチ , フランセ , francês, fransk, franska |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | 德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , tysker, Duitse, allemand, "ερμανός, német, tedesco, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , alemão, tysk |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | 希腊语, 希臘語 , græker, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, görög, greco, ギリシア語 , ギリシア", grego, grek |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | 匈牙利语, 匈牙利語 , ungarer, Hongaarse, hongrois, Ungar, Ούγγρος, magyar, ungherese, ungrare |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italiener, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, olasz, italiano, italiensk, italienska, italienare |
Japanese Kanji | 辭典 , 辞典 , 字引 , 辞林 , 字書 , ディーゼル電気車 , 言海 , 辞彙 , 辞書 , 確定 , ディーゼル電気車 , デ'ドロ酢酸 , 翻訳 | 日語 , 日语, 日本 , 日文 , 倭 , Japonais, japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, japán, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", japonês, japansk |
Japanese Katakana | じい, じびき, じて", ディクショナリー , じり", じしょ, '"かい, ディクショナリ , デフィニション , ディフィニション , ていぎ, かくてい, へい"ういどう, やくじゅつ, トランスレーション , やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, ほ"やくしょ | 日語 , 日语, 日本 , 日文 , 倭 , Japonais, japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, japán, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", japonês, japansk |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | 葡萄牙語 , 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙语, portugiser, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, portoghese, ポルトガル語 , ポルトガル", português, portugis |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, översättning | 瑞典語 , 瑞典语, Zweeds, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, svedese, スウェーデン語 , スウェーデン", svensk |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, angol, inglese, inglês, engelsk |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Quotations: Speeches 6. Expressions 7. Translations: Modern 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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