Thereupon
adverb
Immediately after that.
He finished his meal, and thereupon left the room.
Often appears as...
- act thereupon
- comment thereupon
Usage tips
Formal
adverb
Immediately after that.
He finished his meal, and thereupon left the room.
Often appears as...
- act thereupon
- comment thereupon
Usage tips
Formal
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Sequence Marker
Use 'thereupon' to indicate the next action in a sequence of events.
She accepted the award, and thereupon gave a moving speech.
Pro Tip 2/3Quaint Feel
'Thereupon' can give a sentence an old-fashioned or formal tone.
The jury gave their verdict, and thereupon the judge passed sentence.
Pro Tip 3/3Legal Usage
'Thereupon' is often used in legal or official contexts to denote immediate consequence.
The decree was signed, and thereupon it became law.
Pro Tip 1/3Sequence Marker
Use 'thereupon' to indicate the next action in a sequence of events.
She accepted the award, and thereupon gave a moving speech.
Pro Tip 2/3Quaint Feel
'Thereupon' can give a sentence an old-fashioned or formal tone.
The jury gave their verdict, and thereupon the judge passed sentence.
Pro Tip 3/3Legal Usage
'Thereupon' is often used in legal or official contexts to denote immediate consequence.
The decree was signed, and thereupon it became law.
Pro Tip 1/3Sequence Marker
Use 'thereupon' to indicate the next action in a sequence of events.
She accepted the award, and thereupon gave a moving speech.
Pro Tip 2/3Quaint Feel
'Thereupon' can give a sentence an old-fashioned or formal tone.
The jury gave their verdict, and thereupon the judge passed sentence.
Pro Tip 3/3Legal Usage
'Thereupon' is often used in legal or official contexts to denote immediate consequence.
The decree was signed, and thereupon it became law.
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"The Cross-Eyed Beast" PIPE...
stated basically that by woman's behavior ye shall know them that is any woman showing disrespect to northern soldiers could be treated as a prostitute Butler seemed to be legalizing sexual assault President Davis Jefferson Davis thereupon branded
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Quote examples
Laurence Housman
English Playwright
Prosecution I have managed to avoid; but I have been arrested, charged in a police court, have refused to be bound over, and thereupon have been unconditionally released - to my great regret; for I have always wanted to know what going to prison was like.
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Josiah Royce
American Philosopher
Listen to any musical phrase or rhythm, and grasp it as a whole, and you thereupon have present in you the image, so to speak, of the divine knowledge of the temporal order.
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Xun Kuang
Chinese Philosopher
Human nature and deliberate effort must unite, and then the reputation of the sage and the work of unifying all under Heaven are thereupon brought to completion.
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Blaise Pascal
French Philosopher
Our soul is cast into a body, where it finds number, time, dimension. Thereupon it reasons, and calls this nature necessity, and can believe nothing else.
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Thomas P.M. Barnett
American Businessman
Every U.S. president enters office promising stronger ties with our southern neighbors, only to thereupon largely ignore them.
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Laurence Housman
English Playwright
Prosecution I have managed to avoid; but I have been arrested, charged in a police court, have refused to be bound over, and thereupon have been unconditionally released - to my great regret; for I have always wanted to know what going to prison was like.
Quote examples
Josiah Royce
American Philosopher
Listen to any musical phrase or rhythm, and grasp it as a whole, and you thereupon have present in you the image, so to speak, of the divine knowledge of the temporal order.
Quote examples
Xun Kuang
Chinese Philosopher
Human nature and deliberate effort must unite, and then the reputation of the sage and the work of unifying all under Heaven are thereupon brought to completion.
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Blaise Pascal
French Philosopher
Our soul is cast into a body, where it finds number, time, dimension. Thereupon it reasons, and calls this nature necessity, and can believe nothing else.
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Thomas P.M. Barnett
American Businessman
Every U.S. president enters office promising stronger ties with our southern neighbors, only to thereupon largely ignore them.
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