User Contributed Dictionary
Preposition
uponTranslations
being above and in contact with another
- Dutch: op
being directly supported by another
- Dutch: op
at a prescribed point in time
- Dutch: op het moment van (also op het moment dat, but this needs a verb etc.)
- ttbc Ancient Greek: ἐπί
- ttbc Czech: na (1,2)
- ttbc German: auf (1), von (2), seit (3)
- ttbc Norwegian: oppå, på
- ttbc Portuguese: sobre
Adverb
upon- Being the target of an action.
- He was set upon by the agitated dogs
- 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.
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
about,
above, after which,
against, anent, apropos of, as for, as
regards, as respects, as to, atop, by, by dint of, by means of, by use
of, by virtue of, by way of, concerning, en route to,
headed for, hereby,
hereinafter,
herewith, in connection
with, in contact with, in passage to, in point of, in re, in
reference to, in regard to, in relation to, in relation with, in
respect to, in transit to, in virtue of, of, on, on route to, on top of, opposite, over, over against, per, pertaining to, pertinent to,
re, referring to, regarding, relating to,
relative to, respecting, speaking of,
thanks to, thereby,
therewith, through, to, touching, toward, towards, up, up against, upon which, versus, vis-a-vis, whereat, whereby, wherefore, whereon, whereto, whereunto, whereupon, wherewith, wherewithal, with, with regard to, with respect
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