thereupon
Americanadverb
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immediately following that.
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in consequence of that.
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upon that or it.
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with reference to that.
adverb
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immediately after that; at that point
thereupon, the whole class applauded
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formal upon that thing, point, subject, etc
Etymology
Origin of thereupon
First recorded in 1125–75, thereupon is from Middle English ther uppon. See there, upon
Example Sentences
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“The people building AI,” he thereupon reported, “earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Holder will thereupon forfeit all rights to the AAirpass, without refund, and will return the AAirpass card and this Agreement shall terminate.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 20, 2019
Russian jets flew their first sorties over Syria on September 30, 2015, and the direction of the war thereupon reversed.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2018
He first visited with the great man in 1972, as a graduate student, and thereupon Gödel joined his other mentors—Frank Zappa, Robert Crumb, William Burroughs, and Thomas Pynchon.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 29, 2016
And thereupon the door of the Black Gate was thrown open with a great clang, and out of it there came an embassy from the Dark Tower.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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