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Dictionary: where·up·on   (hwâr'ə-pŏn', -pôn', wâr'-) pronunciation
conj.
  1. On which.
  2. In close consequence of which: The instructor entered the room, whereupon we got to our feet.

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The adverb has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: closely following and in consequence of which

Meaning #2: upon which

Meaning #3: in consequence of which
  Synonym: whereat


Translations: Whereupon
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Dansk (Danish)
conj. - hvorefter, hvorpå

Nederlands (Dutch)
waarna

Français (French)
conj. - sur quoi

Deutsch (German)
conj. - worauf

Ελληνική (Greek)
conj. - κατά τον οποίο, κατόπιν του οποίου
adv. - επί τίνος;

Italiano (Italian)
dopo di che

Português (Portuguese)
conj. - a respeito de que?
adv. - depois do que

Русский (Russian)
после чего, вследствие чего, на чем, где

Español (Spanish)
conj. - después de lo cual, con lo cual, sobre lo cual, entonces, en que, sobre que

Svenska (Swedish)
conj. - varpå, varefter
adv. - varpå, varefter, varför

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
在什么上面

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
conj. - 在什麼上面

한국어 (Korean)
conj. - 무엇의 위에, 그래서, 게다가

日本語 (Japanese)
conj. - その後で

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(حرف عطف) الذي عليه أو فوقه, من ثم, لذلك, التي عليها أو فوقها (ظرف) إذ ذاك, وعندئذ, ومن ثم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
conj. - ‮אשר על כן, ומיד אחר כך, ואז, על מה, שעליו, כתוצאה מ-‬


 
 
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