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there·on
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ˌðɛərˈɒn, -ˈɔn
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adverb
1.
on or upon that or it.
2.
immediately after that; thereupon.
Origin:
before 900;
Middle English
ther on,
Old English
thǣron.
See
there
,
on
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thereon
(ˌðɛərˈɒn)
—
adv
an archaic word for
thereupon
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
thereon
O.E. þæron; see
there
+
on
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
And she so endured the wronging of her bed as never to have any quarrel with
her husband
thereon
.
He was now dressed in white, and carried a little tray with some coffee and
boiled vegetables
thereon
.
Those routes and the conditions encountered
thereon
will affect how the engine
works, but one only needs to know the generalities.
Each participant's account is credited with contributions and earnings
thereon
and charged with withdrawals and losses.
So as he thought
thereon
this seemed to him the better way.
Surveying is the art and science of measuring the land to locate the limits of an owner's interest
thereon
.
Participants are immediately vested in their voluntary contributions plus actual earnings or losses
thereon
.
Thereon
the other sat him down again on his polished settle.
If they were at a perfect understanding in any part, no words would be necessary
thereon
.
Now a huge swath of west-facing slope-and the pesky stone structures
thereon
-have been cleared to make way for a small farm.
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"Good as is discourse, silence is better, and shames it. The length of the discourse indicates the distance of thought betwixt the speaker and the hearer. If they were at a perfect understanding in any part, no words would be necessary
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