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thereat

thereat

9.9
Something happens because of that earlier thing
  • adverb
  • Archaic
translation icon : por eso
  • The committee reached a unanimous decision, and all members were pleased thereat.

Examples

  • The witnesses were shocked by the news, and thereat, they began to discuss what had happened.

  • That this sight should make so deep a wound, and yet detested life not shrink thereat!

    Titus (1999)

  • After receiving the unexpected award, she felt immense pride thereat.

Synonyms

therefore
vsthereat
  • Formal
∞ 3.2

For that reason

is the same meaning but more formal or archaic in tone
thus
vsthereat
  • Formal
752 3.2

As a result

is similar but tends to be more formal or archaic
hence
vsthereat
  • Formal
286 3.2

For that reason

is the same result idea but more archaic in use
thereupon
vsthereat
  • Formal
2 6.5

Right after something happens as a direct result

expresses cause or consequence rather than time sequence
therewith
vsthereat
  • Formal
2 9.9

At the same time as or immediately after something just mentioned

focuses on reason or result rather than accompaniment

How Formal

hereby
  • Formal
153 5.7
thereat
  • Archaic
9.9
thereby
  • Formal
141 3.9
so
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

thereat positive

Morphology

thereat = there (semi-transparent) = at + there

Built from the clear locative elements 'there' + 'at', but the sense 'as a result of that' is an idiomatic/discourse extension rather than a purely locational meaning. [Postprocessing: moved 'at' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

Thereat comes from the simple parts there and at, which together pointed to 'at that thing'. Over time people used it to mean 'because of that' or 'as a result', so thereat can mean 'as a result of that'.