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
Mrs. Westgate hereupon, foreseeing what she mentally called “complications,” immediately got up; and the two ladies, taking leave of their English friend, returned, under conduct of their American, to Jones’s Hotel.
From Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales by James, Henry
The bishop hereupon called together his flock, and, setting before them the example and teaching of their Lord, called on them to act up to it.
From The Cradle of the Christ A Study in Primitive Christianity by Frothingham, Octavius Brooks
Bessie expressed hereupon an earnest disposition to go alone; but in respect to this proposal as well Mrs. Westgate had the cold sense of complications.
From Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales by James, Henry
The old Amtmann hereupon fell into double and treble confusion.
From Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) by Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von
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