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Meaning of WHEREUPON

Pronunciation:  `wehru'pân

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 Definition: 
  1. [adv]  in consequence of which; "this is a statement whereat the listeners may get angry"
  2. [adv]  upon which; "the rock whereupon she stood"
  3. [adv]  closely following and in consequence of which; "the Japanese refused to import U.S. made cellular phones whereupon the U.S. imposed strict tariffs on Japanese exports"
 
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 Synonyms: whereat
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Where`up*on"\, adv.
Upon which; in consequence of which; after which.
      The townsmen mutinied and sent to Essex; whereupon he
      came thither.                            --Clarendon.
 
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