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thereon

thereon

4 7.7
About the thing just mentioned
  • adverb
  • /ˈðɛrˌɒn/
  • Formal
translation icon : sobre eso
  • The rest, as we know from thereon in, became history.

Examples

  • The tablet was at last uncovered by a sensitive soul who had no trouble whatsoever translating what the First Writer had written thereon.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • The United States began to focus on environmental quality in the 1960s, when it examined man's relationship to the environment, his effects thereon, and the need to control those effects.

    Academic text (1992)
  • If you want to dislike the show and want to write opinion pieces thereon, go ahead.

    Blog text (20)
  • Next, the participants produce their artwork on the art forms, preferably by drawing directly thereon.

    Blog text (17)
  • After Gunn apologized for his conduct, the House Committee on Privileges ruled that "any further proceedings thereon are unnecessary."

    Academic text (2010)
  • My dear Mr. Hawk, during the past few days, I have been disturbed by rumors that you plan to take possession of our campus and construct a housing tract thereon.

  • Once the palette is generated, one or more of the colors thereon can be selected to customize the textual portion of the postage area.

    Blog text (17)
  • We pay him to send us the news, not his partisan speculations and glosses thereon. (n20)

    Academic text (1999)
  • The CCA shall monitor agency compliance with this chapter and shall report at least annually thereon to the President and to the Committees on the Judiciary of the Senate and House of Representatives, the Select Committee on Small Business of the Senate, and the Committee on Small Business of the House of Representatives. 5 U.S.C. section 612(a).

    Academic text (1995)
  • The contract outlines the terms clearly; please refer to the section thereon for details regarding payment.

Surface Forms

thereon positive

Morphology

thereon = there (transparent) = on + there

The meaning is directly deducible as 'there' + 'on' = 'on that (thing or matter)', though the word is somewhat formal/archaic. [Postprocessing: moved 'on' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

The word thereon is simply there + on, so you can remember it as 'on that'. It is used to point to something already mentioned, meaning 'on that thing' or 'about that matter'.