Definitions for upon
əˈpɒn, əˈpɔnup·on

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1. uponadverb

   Being the target of an action.

   He was set upon by the agitated dogs

2. uponadverb

   Incidental to a specified point in time or order of action; usually combined with here-, there- or where-.

   The clock struck noon, whereupon the students proceeded to lunch.

3. uponpreposition

   Being above and in contact with another.

   Place the book upon the table.

4. uponpreposition

   Being directly supported by another.

5. uponpreposition

   At a prescribed point in time.

   The contract was rendered void upon his death.

6. Etymology: From upon, uppon, uppen, from upon, uppon, uppan, equivalent to. Cognate with up á, upp á, på.

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1. Uponprep.

   Etymology: up and on.

   1. Not under; noting being on the top or outside.

   As I did stand my watch upon the hill,
   I look’d toward Birnam; and anon methought
   The wood began to move. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

   2. Thrown over the body, as cloaths.

   I have seen her rise from her bed, throw her night-gown upon her. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

   3. By way of imprecation or infliction.

   Hard-hearted Clifford! take me from the world;
   My soul to heav’n, my blood upon your heads. William Shakespeare.

   4. It expresses obtestation, or protestation.

   How? that I should murder her?
   Upon the love, and truth, and vows, which I
   Have made to thy command! —— I, her! —— her blood! William Shakespeare.

   5. It is used to express any hardship or mischief.

   If we would neither impose upon ourselves, nor others, we must lay aside that fallacious method of censuring by the lump. Burnet.

   6. In consequence of. Now little in use.

   Let me not find you before me again upon any complaint whatsoever. William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure.

   Then the princes of Germany had but a dull fear of the greatness of Spain, upon a general apprehension of the ambitious designs of that nation. Francis Bacon.

   They were entertained with the greatest magnificence that could be, upon no greater warning. Francis Bacon.

   I wish it may not be concluded, lest, upon second cogitations, there should be cause to alter. Francis Bacon.

   These forces took hold of divers; in some upon discontent, in some upon ambition, in some upon levity, and desire of change, and in some few upon conscience and belief, but in most upon simplicity; and in divers out of dependance upon some of the better sort, who did in secret favour these bruits. Francis Bacon.

   He made a great difference between people that did rebel upon wantonness, and them that did rebel upon want. Francis Bacon.

   Upon pity they were taken away, upon ignorance they are again demanded. John Hayward.

   Promises can be of no force, unless they be believed to be conditional, and unless that duty proposed to be inforced by them, be acknowledged to be part of that condition, upon performance of which those promises do, and upon the neglect of which those promises shall not belong to any. Henry Hammond.

   The earl of Cleveland, a man of signal courage, and an excellent officer upon any bold enterprise, advanced. Edward Hyde.

   The king had no kindness for him upon an old account, as remembering the part he had acted against the earl of Strafford. Edward Hyde, b. viii.

   Though sin offers itself in never so pleasing and alluring a dress at first, yet the remorse and inward regrets of the soul, upon the commission of it, infinitely overbalance those faint and transient gratifications. Robert South, Sermons.

   The common corruption of human nature, upon the bare stock of its original depravation, does not usually proceed so far. Robert South, Sermons.

   When we make judgments upon general presumptions, they are made rather from the temper of our own spirit, than from reason. Burnet.

   ’Tis not the thing that is done, but the intention in doing it, that makes good or evil. There’s a great difference betwixt what we do upon force, and what upon inclination. Roger L'Estrange.

   The determination of the will upon enquiry, is following the direction of that guide. John Locke.

   There broke out an irreparable quarrel between their parents; the one valuing himself too much upon his birth, and the other upon his possessions. Spectator, № 164.

   The design was discovered by a person, as much noted for his skill in gaming, as in politicks, upon the base, mercenary end of getting money by wagers. Jonathan Swift.

   7. In immediate consequence of.

   Waller should not make advantage upon that enterprize, to find the way open to him to march into the west. Edward Hyde.

   A louder kind of sound was produced by the impetuous eruptions of the halituous flames of the salt-petre, upon casting a live coal thereon. Boyle.

   So far from taking little advantages against us for every failing, that he is willing to pardon our most wilful miscarriages, upon our repentance and amendment. John Tillotson.

   Upon lessening interest to four per cent. you fall the price of your native commodities, or lessen your trade. John Locke.

   The mind, upon the suggestion of any new notion, runs immediately after similies, to make it the clearer. John Locke.

   If, upon the perusal of such writings, he does not find himself delighted; or if, upon reading the admired passages in such authors, he finds a coldness and indifference in his thoughts, he ought to conclude, that he wants the faculty of discovering them. Spectator, № 409.

   This advantage we lost upon the invention of fire-arms. Addis.

   8. In a state of view.

   Is it upon record? or else reported
   Successively, from age to age? William Shakespeare, Rich. III.

   The next heroes we meet with upon record were Romulus Numa. William Temple.

   The atheists taken notice of among the antients, are left branded upon the records of history. John Locke.

   9. Supposing a thing granted.

   If you say necessity is the mother of arts and inventions, and there was no necessity before, and therefore these things were slowly invented, this is a good answer upon our supposition. Thomas Burnet, Theory of the Earth.

   10. Relating to a subject.

   Ambitious Constance would not cease,
   ’Till she had kindled France, and all the world,
   Upon the right and party of her son. William Shakespeare, K. John.

   Yet when we can intreat an hour to serve,
   Would spend it in some words upon that business,
   If you would grant the time. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

   Upon this, I remember a strain of refined civility, that when any woman went to see another of equal birth, she worked at her own work in the other’s house. William Temple.

   11. With respect to.

   The king’s servants, who were sent for, were examined upon all questions proposed to them. Dryden.

   12. In consideration of.

   Upon the whole matter, and humanly speaking, I doubt there was a fault somewhere. Dryden.

   Upon the whole, it will be necessary to avoid that perpetual repetition of the same epithets which we find in . Alexander Pope.

   13. In noting a particular day.

   Constantia he looked upon as given away to his rival, upon the day on which their marriage was to be solemnized. Addison.

   14. Noting reliance or trust.

   We now may boldly spend upon the hope
   Of what is to come in. William Shakespeare, Hen. IV.

   God commands us, by our dependance upon his truth and his holy word, to believe a fact that we do not understand: and this is no more than what we do every day in the works of nature, upon the credit of men of learning. Jonathan Swift.

   15. Near to; noting situation.

   The enemy lodged themselves at Aldermaston, and those from Newberry and Reading, in two other villages upon the river Kennet, over which he was to pass. Edward Hyde.

   The Lucquese plead prescription for hunting in one of the duke’s forests, that lies upon their frontiers. Addison.

   16. On pain of.

   To such a ridiculous degree of trusting her she had brought him, that she caused him send us word, that upon our lives we should do whatsoever she commanded us. Philip Sidney, b. ii.

   17. At the time of; on occasion of.

   Impartially examine the merits and conduct of the presbyterians upon these two great events, and the pretensions to favour which they challenge upon them. Jonathan Swift.

   18. By inference from.

   Without it, all discourses of government and obedience, upon his principles, would be to no purpose. John Locke.

   19. Noting attention.

   He presently lost the sight of what he was upon; his mind was filled with disorder and confusion. John Locke.

   20. Noting particular pace.

   Provide ourselves of the virtuoso’s saddle, which will be sure to amble, when the world is upon the hardest trot. Dryden.

   21. Exactly; according to.

   In goodly form comes on the enemy;
   And by the ground they hide, I judge the number
   Upon or near the rate of thirty thousand. William Shakespeare.

   22. By; noting the means of support.

   Upon a closer inspection of these bodies, the shells are affixed to the surfaces of them in such a manner, as bodies, lying on the sea-shores, upon which they live. John Woodward.

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1. upon

   Upon is a preposition that is used to indicate a condition or event happening immediately after another condition or event. It implies close proximity in time or correlation between the two occurrences.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:2.8 / 4 votes

1. Upon

   on; -- used in all the senses of that word, with which it is interchangeable

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1. Upon

   Used to indicate that an event is to immediately follow another event.

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1. Upon

   up-on′, prep. on, in an elevated position.—adv. on.

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. upon

   Denoting assumption; as, he took the office of commander-in-chief upon him. Also, to incur responsibility; as, the general took everything upon himself.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'upon' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #365

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'upon' in Written Corpus Frequency: #954

Anagrams for upon »

1. noup

2. puno

How to pronounce upon?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of upon in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of upon in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of upon in a Sentence

1. John Whitehead:

   The people of the South have rejected the constitutional amendment, and therefore we will march upon them and force them to adopt it at the point of the bayonet, and establish military power over them until they do adopt it.

2. Lord Chesterfield:

   Choose your pleasures for yourself, and do not let them be imposed upon you.

3. Thomas Chandler Haliburton:

   The happiness of every country depends upon the character of its people, rather than the form of its government.

4. Bill Barr:

   Officials who are elected and answer press questions while they're in office, even if those questions relate to their personal activity, and could bear upon their personal fitness, is in fact in the course of federal employment, and can be therefore certified under the Westfall Act, president Trump knows that I told the truth when I said that President Trump had sexually assaulted me in a dressing room at Bergdorf Goodman. President Trump also knows that President Trump was lying when Bill Barr said that President Trump had never met me before and that I' wasn't President Trump type,'.

5. Ray Kilmer:

   The (alloy) powders need to be improved upon, they need to be cost effective, and they need to work better in the additive printing process, what's new now is the machines are getting better, faster and cheaper. Alcoa is stepping into the process so we can get the performance and the cost to where they need to be.

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References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Upon
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=upon
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/upon
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=upon
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=upon
7. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html