hereupon
Americanadverb
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upon or on this.
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immediately following this.
adverb
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following immediately after this; at this stage
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formal upon this thing, point, subject, etc
Etymology
Origin of hereupon
First recorded in 1125–75, hereupon is from the Middle English word herupon. See here, upon
Example Sentences
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Johnson hereupon summoned management and labor negotiators to the White House.
From Time Magazine Archive
Contention enough hereupon; but now dimly arises, or reproduces itself, the question.
From The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852 by Various
And hereupon he enumerated some who acted in this manner by name.
From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us
The last canon hereupon passes into a general exhortation to right living, which forms a sixth part of the whole book.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" by Various
“Take a good look at that bracelet, so you’ll know it when you see it,” was hereupon Miss Sophy’s form of farewell to me.
From Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales by Henry James
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