Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb Concerning that matter; upon that.
- adverb Directly following that; forthwith.
- adverb In consequence of that; therefore.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Upon that.
- In consequence of that; by reason of that.
- Immediately after that; without delay; in sequence, but not necessarily in consequence.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb Upon that or this; thereon.
- adverb On account, or in consequence, of that; therefore.
- adverb Immediately; at once; without delay.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb
upon that/it,following that/it
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Examples
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And they of Athens made unto this God an altar, and set this title thereupon: This is the altar of the God unknown.
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They understand admirably that we want a thing that will make a noise, music, in short; thereupon they offer us instruments of every, and of the most unexpected, shape -- squeakers for Punch-and-Judy voices, dog-whistles, trumpets.
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They understand admirably that we want a thing that will make a noise, music in short; thereupon they offer us instruments of every and the most unexpected shape, -- squeakers for Punch-and-Judy voices, dog-whistles, trumpets.
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They understand admirably that we want a thing that will make a noise, music, in short; thereupon they offer us instruments of every, and of the most unexpected, shape -- squeakers for Punch-and-Judy voices, dog-whistles, trumpets.
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The Committee, appointed by the Convention of 1860 (see Journal, page 27) to prepare the legislation that may be requisite in defining the Parish Boundaries, and for forming new Parishes within the limits of other Parishes, respectfully recommend that, in order to this end, there be added to Article XII of the Constitution of the Church in this Diocese, the following words, after the word thereupon, (line 10) viz:
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From the relation between the sinner and the devil, and thereupon from the design and office of the Lord Christ against the devil.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)
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At the signal to go, he writes his full name thereupon and passes it immediately to the one next behind him, who writes his name and passes it on.
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And truly, my lord, to express the real truth without dissimulation, I cannot but say that those petty subtle devices which are found out in the etymologizing of pattens would descend more easily into the river of Seine, to serve for ever at the millers 'bridge upon the said water, as it was heretofore decreed by the king of the Canarians, according to the sentence or judgment given thereupon, which is to be seen in the registry and records within the clerk's office of this house.
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In a book intended for general readers, it would not be well to enter into a discussion as to niceties of language, but even the uninitiated will see that the word "thereupon" has no sense in this connection.
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In a book intended for general readers, it would not be well to enter into a discussion as to niceties of language, but even the uninitiated will see that the word "thereupon" has no sense in this connection.
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