whereon

English

Etymology

Fromwhere+‎on.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

whereon(notcomparable)

1. (archaic)Onwhich,onwhat.
   • 1611,The Holy Bible,[…](King James Version), London:[…]Robert Barker,[…],→OCLC,Joshua14:9:

     And Moses sware on that day, saying, Surely the landwhereonthy feet haue troden, shall be thine inheritance, and thy childrens for euer, because thou hast wholly followed the Lord my God.

   • 1816,Robert Southey,Roderick: The Last of the Goths,page119:

     Florinda sate / Beholding Roderick with fixed eyes intent, / Yet unregardant of the countenance /Whereonthey dwelt; in other thoughts absorbed,[…]

   • c. 19th century,author unknown,Black Is the Color (of My True Love's Hair)

     But Black is the colour of my true love's hair.
     His face is like some rosy fair,
     The prettiest face and the neatest hands,
     I love the groundwhereonhe stands.

Synonyms

• whereupon

Translations

translation

• Bulgarian:на който(na kojto),на каквото(na kakvoto)
• Dutch:waarop(nl)
• Finnish:mille(fi),mihin(fi)
• French:au dessus de quoi
• Hungarian:amelyen,melyen,(whereonto)amelyre,melyre
• Spanish:en donde
• Swedish:varpå(sv)

See also

Here-,there-,andwhere- words

• (about):hereabout,thereabout,whereabout
• (abouts):hereabouts,thereabouts,whereabouts
• (after):hereafter,thereafter,whereafter
• (again):thereagain
• (against):hereagainst,thereagainst,whereagainst
• (among):hereamong,thereamong,whereamong
• (amongst):thereamongst,whereamongst
• (around):therearound,wherearound
• (as):thereas,whereas
• (at):hereat,thereat,whereat
• (before):herebefore,therebefore
• (beside):therebeside
• (between):therebetween,wherebetween
• (by):hereby,thereby,whereby
• (for):herefor,therefor,wherefor
• (fore):herefore,therefore,wherefore
• (from):herefrom,therefrom,wherefrom
• (hence):herehence,therehence
• (in):herein,therein,wherein
• (inafter):hereinafter,thereinafter,whereinafter
• (inbefore):hereinbefore,thereinbefore,whereinbefore
• (into):hereinto,thereinto,whereinto
• (of):hereof,thereof,whereof
• (on):hereon,thereon,whereon
• (out):hereout,thereout,whereout
• (to):hereto,thereto,whereto
• (tofore):heretofore,theretofore,wheretofore
• (under):hereunder,thereunder,whereunder
• (unto):hereunto,thereunto,whereunto
• (upon):hereupon,thereupon,whereupon
• (with):herewith,therewith,wherewith
• (withal):herewithal,therewithal,wherewithal

Anagrams

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