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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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
For something a little more casual, try Tryst for live jazz with half-price bottles of wine and discount charcuterie on Wednesday evenings, and $5 Manhattans — and endless variations thereupon — on Monday evenings.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 20, 2015
A steely silence thereupon settled over the dialogue between Quincy and Monticello for the following eight years.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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