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thereupon

[ thair-uh-pon, -pawn, thair-uh-pon, -pawn ]

adverb

  1. immediately following that.
  2. in consequence of that.
  3. upon that or it.
  4. with reference to that.


thereupon

/ ˌðɛəəˈɒ /

adverb

  1. immediately after that; at that point

    thereupon, the whole class applauded

  2. formal.
    upon that thing, point, subject, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of thereupon1

First recorded in 1125–75, thereupon is from Middle English ther uppon. See there, upon
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A steely silence thereupon settled over the dialogue between Quincy and Monticello for the following eight years.

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She took the unicorn's head by the horn and placed it beside the body, on the rock; thereupon she looked with her hard, grey eyes into the red pool she had made.

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Holder will thereupon forfeit all rights to the AAirpass, without refund, and will return the AAirpass card and this Agreement shall terminate.

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“Keerist, close the hall door,” Roy said, going over to it; he slammed it with one blow of his hand, thereupon summarily locking it.

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Russian jets flew their first sorties over Syria on September 30, 2015, and the direction of the war thereupon reversed.

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