hereon

[ heer-on, -awn ]

/ hɪərˈɒn, -ˈɔn /

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Origin of hereon

before 1000; Middle English her on,Old English hēron.See here, on

Words nearby hereon

hereinafter, hereinbefore, hereinto, herem, hereof, hereon, Herero, heres, heresiarch, heresimach, heresiography

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How to use hereon in a sentence

Instead, LaFrieda, Hanna-Korpi, and Dawson all see a general back-to-basics approach from hereon in.
Have We Reached ‘Peak Burger’? The Crazy Fetishization of Our Most Basic Comfort Food|Brandon Presser|July 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But he said to himself, “I will wait till I hear her desire hereon.”
The Story of the Glittering Plain|William Morris
But the deductive character of the miscreant is another thing; and hereon there is a war between the philosophers.
The Verbalist|Thomas Embly Osmun, (AKA Alfred Ayres)
A letter will not admit of the details, which I have communicated hereon to the Ambassador of France.
The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. IX|Various

What she said or did hereon is strictly a family question, and can in no way concern the public, since I hauled my flag down.
The Maid of Sker|Richard Doddridge Blackmore
Hereon stand the houses of our officials, in particular that of the Chief Justice.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25)|Robert Louis Stevenson

British Dictionary definitions for hereon

hereon

/ (ˌhɪərˈɒn) /

adverb

an archaic word for hereupon

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