ACTON

Acton

Acton was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, created for the 1918 general election. It elected one Member of Parliament by the first-past-the-post system of election.

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acton

Noun

  1. An aketon.


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act on

Verb

  1. To act decisively on the basis of information received or deduced.
    The policeman decided to act on the tip from his informant.
  2. To take action against something.
    World leaders have repeatedly stated that we must act on climate change.
  3. To affect something.
    Different drugs act on different parts of our body in many different ways.


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