Upon
preposition
On, over, or above.
Once upon a time there was a princess.
Often appears as...
- once upon a time
- happen upon
preposition
Immediately following the arrival of something.
Upon receiving the news, he quickly left the room.
Often appears as...
- upon arrival
- upon discovery
preposition
Used to indicate dependency or reliance on someone or something.
The success of the project depends upon your participation.
Often appears as...
- depend upon
- rely upon
preposition
Used to indicate something happening in a repeated or frequent way.
Upon seeing him, she would always smile.
Often appears as...
- smile upon
- gaze upon
preposition
On, over, or above.
Once upon a time there was a princess.
Often appears as...
- once upon a time
- happen upon
preposition
Immediately following the arrival of something.
Upon receiving the news, he quickly left the room.
Often appears as...
- upon arrival
- upon discovery
preposition
Used to indicate dependency or reliance on someone or something.
The success of the project depends upon your participation.
Often appears as...
- depend upon
- rely upon
preposition
Used to indicate something happening in a repeated or frequent way.
Upon seeing him, she would always smile.
Often appears as...
- smile upon
- gaze upon
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Pro Tip 1/2Story Beginnings
Used to start fairy tales, implying a timeless, magical setting.
Once upon a time, in a land far away, there was a talking frog.
Pro Tip 2/2Idiomatic Expressions
Often found in set expressions that signal something unexpected or accidental.
I happened upon an old friend at the market today.
Pro Tip 1/2Story Beginnings
Used to start fairy tales, implying a timeless, magical setting.
Once upon a time, in a land far away, there was a talking frog.
Pro Tip 2/2Idiomatic Expressions
Often found in set expressions that signal something unexpected or accidental.
I happened upon an old friend at the market today.
Pro Tip 1/2Story Beginnings
Used to start fairy tales, implying a timeless, magical setting.
Once upon a time, in a land far away, there was a talking frog.
Pro Tip 2/2Idiomatic Expressions
Often found in set expressions that signal something unexpected or accidental.
I happened upon an old friend at the market today.
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A brief history of...
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How we think complex...
but their existence became linked. If you stumbled upon this living arrangement, you might just think that the whole thing was one organism, that the green photosynthetic bacteria were just a part of the blob that performed one of its life functions, just like your heart is a part of you
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What causes antibiotic...
passing along only the mutated genes that help them do so. Reproduction isn't the only way to do this. Some can release their DNA upon death to be picked up by other bacteria, while others use a method called conjugation, connecting through pili to share their genes.
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How to understand power...
Law number power is never static. It's always either accumulating or decaying in a civic arena. So if you aren't taking action, you're being acted upon. Law number power is like water. It flows like a current through everyday life.
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Chimps have feelings and...
are the rights to autonomy and self-determination. So they are so powerful that in a common law country, if you go to a hospital and you refuse life-saving medical treatment, a judge will not order it forced upon you,
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How to rebuild the world...
the most important scientific discoveries and technologies and so accelerate the rebooting of civilization well before we go any further let me be absolutely clear I do not actually believe doomsday is upon us I'm not
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means that simply observing distant stars can tell us more about the universe than we ever thought possible. But there are other mysteries, like the nature of dark energy upon which we have yet to shed light.
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roll back in his head whenever he has an attack his reaction changes his eyes become vicious he shakes some things sometimes I'm afraid Elena believes evil has descended upon her son he claims not
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