thereat
Americanadverb
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at that place or time; there.
Seeing the gate, they entered thereat.
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because of that; thereupon.
adverb
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at that point or time
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for that reason
Usage
What does thereat mean?
Thereat means at the place or time that was just mentioned, as in After the completion of the new auditorium, all meetings will be held thereat (translation: After the completion of the new auditorium, all meetings will be held there).
Thereat is formal and is often used in legal language.
Thereat can also mean because of the thing just mentioned or for that reason, as in I can no longer effectively fulfil my duties, and thereat I resign. A synonym for this sense of the word is thereupon.
Example: They calculated the exact time of the eclipse and decided to meet thereat.
Etymology
Origin of thereat
before 900; Middle English ther at, Old English thǣr æt. See there, at 1
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
“But the more we can continue to get opportunities to be a thereat is when things will start to go our way. We’ve got to keep that mentality and things will start happening.”
From Seattle Times
The bulk of the sketch is a parody of Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Raven,” a poem so famously dedicated to its relentless rhythm that the narrator says, “Let me see then, what thereat is,” instead of “What’s that?”
From Slate
According to the Duke of Suffolk, when Henry realized “the great charges and profusion of money” that Charles V, as he now was, had spent “for the obtent of that dignity, his grace did wonder thereat and said he was right glad he obtained not the same.”
From The New Yorker
The very idea provoked Cuddy to raise the cup to his mouth, and with one hearty pull thereat he finished its contents.
From Project Gutenberg
The maidens in the convent deemed then that her words were of God and marvelled thereat: “Let Jesus our beloved lord stay with us for ever, for all who are in this convent have vowed themselves to him.”
From Project Gutenberg
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