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thereupon

thereupon

2 6.5
Right after something happens as a direct result
  • adverb
  • /ðɛrˈjuːpɒn/
  • Formal
translation icon : inmediatamente después
  • Though the debate over its meaning continues to rage around it, tying inexorably the legacies and aspirations of nations past and present, the stone can be confident in the completion of its ancient charge: Thereupon, a monument was erected and the king's achievements were inscribed on it so that they might be handed down to posterity.

Examples

  • After finishing her homework, she thereupon decided to watch her favorite movie.

  • Thereupon, Barak ran his scouting unit ahead while the brigade started to move again.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • Lot's wife looked back, and she thereupon turned into a pillar of salt.

    Academic text (2008)

  • Thereupon, he was fired upon and badly wounded, from which wound he subsequently died.

    Blog text (6)

  • And thereupon thou shalt see a knight on a pure black horse...

    Fiction book (1996)

  • Thereupon, Toyotaka produced a feed bowl and water container and ceremoniously placed these in front of me.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • Thereupon, she came across an article describing a new computer chip called the EC-909 from Ecraf Technologies.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • Legend had it that a saint appeared one day on the outskirts of colonial San Antonio, calling upon a young man who thereupon promised to build a chapel at that spot.

    Academic text (1997)

  • Thoroughly disenchanted, Charles thereupon resolved to rule without recourse to parliaments.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Locke announced that "whenever the legislators endeavor to take away and destroy the property of the people, or to reduce them to slavery under arbitrary power, they put themselves into a state of war with the people, who are thereupon absolved from any further obedience."

    Academic text (2009)

Synonyms

afterward
vsthereupon
  • US
204 1.1

At a later time

focuses on immediate or direct result rather than later timing
subsequently
vsthereupon
  • Formal
113 4.8

After something else happens

implies a closer, immediate following or direct result instead
thereafter
vsthereupon
  • Formal
88 4.1

From that time on

highlights a single immediate result instead of ongoing time
consequently
vsthereupon
  • Formal
83 3.4

Shows that one thing happens because of another

adds immediacy, meaning the result follows right after
therewith
vsthereupon
  • Formal
2 9.9

At the same time as or immediately after something just mentioned

is used for an immediate result rather than joint occurrence
hereupon
vsthereupon
  • Archaic
1 9.9

Immediately after something happens, a result follows

is used for immediate result following a previous event

Surface Forms

thereupon positive

Morphology

thereupon = there (transparent) = upon + there

The meaning is a direct combination of 'there' + 'upon' meaning 'on/after that', so the structure and sense are recoverable from the components. [Postprocessing: moved 'upon' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

Thereupon is made of two plain words, there and upon, where upon means 'on' and there points to that time or thing, so together they mean 'on that' or 'right after that'. So, thereupon is used when something happens 'immediately after that' or because of it.