thereupon
Syllables: there·upon/ˌðɛəɹəˈpɒn/US/ˌðɛɹəˈpɑn/
thereupon adverb: upon that; thereon.
Adverb
thereupon (not comparable)
- Upon that; thereon.
- Once John, being overtaken in drink on the roadside by the cottage, and dreaming that he was burning in hell, awoke and saw the old wife hobbling toward him. Thereupon he fled soberly to the hills, and from that day became a quiet-living, humble-minded Christian.1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide
- In consequence, or by reason, of that; therefore.
- Following that; forthwith; in sequence, but not necessarily in consequence.
thereupon meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada
thereupon in Tamil
- வினையுரிச்சொல், அதன் மேல்
thereupon in Urdu
- چنانچہ
thereupon in Malayalam
- തദനന്തരം, താമസംവിനാ, അത്രയുമായപ്പോൾ, ഉടനെതന്നെ
thereupon in Kannada
- ಅನಂತರ, ಪರಿಣಾಮವಾಗಿ, ಅದಾದ ಮೇಲೆ
More languagesFewer languages
- thereupon in Sanskrit
- अनु anu
Examples of thereupon in a sentence
- Child co-authored, and thereupon pronounced themselves ready and able to master the most monumental mousse.
- My boats were thereupon accepted, and coin of the realm was handed me.
- Signor Agresta thereupon read up some spiritistic works, and then began experimenting with Gilda.
Origin of thereupon
From Middle English therupon, theruppon. Equivalent to there + upon. Compare German darauf.
Words that rhyme with thereupon
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- foregone
- mon
- qanon
- scone
- swan
- tick on
- wan
- a ton
- chignon
- con
- electron
- got it going on
- jupon
- ron
- soupçon
- thereon
- Toulon
- whereupon
- Yonne
- -hon
- -plon
- agone
- begone
- bent on
- build on
- build upon
- c'mon
- catch oneself on
- chron
- cock on
- Comecon
- conn
- cop oneself on
- Gabon
- garçon
- hither and yon
- hon
- macron
- microraion
- mont
- Perpignan
- phon
- pon
- raion
- shone
- sine qua non
- sine quibus non
- Sir John
Questions about thereupon
- What does thereupon mean?
- Thereupon means upon that; thereon.
- What is thereupon in Tamil?
- Thereupon in Tamil is வினையுரிச்சொல், அதன் மேல். See Thereupon meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is thereupon?
- Thereupon is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce thereupon?
- Thereupon is pronounced /ˌðɛɹəˈpɑn/ (US).
Words near thereupon in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: thereupon (page history and authors); thereupon (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); thereupon (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); thereupon (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); thereupon (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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