What is another word upon?

What is another word upon?

In this page you can discover 32 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for upon, like: above, affixed to, superimposed, in, next-to, simultaneous, onto, consequent to, located at, beginning with and against.

What word has more than 3 meanings?

Homonyms
Homonyms, or multiple-meaning words, are words that have the same spelling and usually sound alike, but have different meanings (e.g. dog bark, tree bark).

What is the meaning of there upon?

adverb. Thereupon means happening immediately after something else has happened and usually as a result of it. [formal]

Where can I use upon?

Upon is much more formal than on, but it can be used with the same meanings as the preposition on in the following cases:

• on/onto an object or surface: It fell upon the ground.
• supported by a part of your body: She fell down upon her knees.
• looking at something: She fixed her gaze upon me.

Can Upon mean after?

The preposition upon is generally much more formal than on but can be used to replace it in certain situations. It can be used instead of on after several common verbs, such as happen, depend, insist and congratulate. Upon is also used in a small number of phrasal verbs, notably set, put and chance.

What are the different meanings of there?

There means the opposite of here; “at that place.” Their means “belongs to them.” They’re is a contraction of “they are” or “they were.”

What is the function of the word there upon?

1 : on that thing They found the tree and thereupon the tree house. 2 : for that reason I apologized and thereupon we made up. 3 : immediately after that : at once They ate and thereupon left.

What is the meaning of sweep it under the rug?

Definition of sweep (something) under the rug : to hide (something that is illegal, embarrassing, or wrong) He tried to sweep his past mistakes under the rug.