"whereon" meaning in English

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Adverb

Audio: en-us-whereon.ogg
Etymology: From where + on. Etymology templates: {{af|en|where|on}} where + on Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} whereon (not comparable)
  1. (archaic) On which, on what. Tags: archaic, not-comparable Synonyms: whereupon Translations (translation): на който (na kojto) (Bulgarian), на каквото (na kakvoto) (Bulgarian), waarop (Dutch), mille (Finnish), mihin (Finnish), au dessus de quoi (French), amelyen (Hungarian), melyen (Hungarian), (whereonto) amelyre (Hungarian), melyre (Hungarian), en donde (Spanish), varpå (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-whereon-en-adv-aJhuq39o Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Middle English links with manual fragments, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Related terms: thereabout, whereabout, thereabouts, whereabouts, thereafter, whereafter, thereagainst, whereagainst, thereamong, whereamong, thereamongst, whereamongst, hereanent (alt: anent), thereanent, whereanent, wherearound, whereas, thereat, whereat, therebefore, wherebetween, thereby, whereby, therefore, wherefore, therefor, wherefor, therefrom, wherefrom, therehence, thereinafter, whereinafter, thereinbefore, whereinbefore, therein, wherein, whereinsoever (alt: in soever), thereinto, whereinto, thereof, whereof, thereon, thereout, whereout, wheresomever (alt: somever), theretofore, wheretofore, thereto, whereto, thereunder, whereunder, thereunto, whereunto, thereupon, whereupon, therewithal, wherewithal, therewith, wherewith, , henceafter, henceforth, henceforward, henceforwards, hencefrom, hereabout, hereabouts, hereafter, hereagainst, hereamong, hereamongst, hereanent, hereat, hereby, herefor, herefore, hereforth, hereforward, hereforwards, herefrom, herehence, hereinabove, hereinafter, hereinbefore, hereinbelow, hereinelsewhere, hereinsoever, hereinto, hereinunder, heremid, hereof, hereon, hereout, hereover, herethrough, herethroughout, hereto, heretofore, hereunto, hereupon, herewith, herewithal, herewithin, hitherto, hitherunto, hitherward, hitherwards, howbeit, however, howso, howsoever, howsomedever, howsomever, thenceafter, thenceforth, thenceforward, thenceforwards, thencefrom, thenceout, thereacross, thereagain, therealong, therearound, therebeside, therebetween, therebeyond, therever, thereforth, thereinabove, thereinbelow, thereinunder, theremid, thereover, theresoever, therethrough, therethroughout, thereup, therewithin, therewithout, thitherinsoever, thitherto, thitherward, thitherwards, whatever, whatso, whatsoever, whatsomedever, whatsomever, whenabout, whenabouts, whenas, whenever, whenso, whensoever, whensomever, , whenceafter, whencever, whenceforth, whenceforward, whencefrom, whenceward, whencewards, wherealong, wherebeside, wherebeyond, wherever, whereforth, wherehence, whereinabove, whereinbelow, whereinsoever, whereinunder, wheremid, whereover, whereso, wheresoever, wheresomever, wherethrough, wherethroughout, whereup, wherewithin, wherewithout, whitherever, whitherinsoever, whitherso, whitherto, whithertofore, whitherward, whitherwards, whyever, whyfor, whyso, whysoever Related terms (about): hereabout Related terms (abouts): hereabouts Related terms (after): hereafter Related terms (again): thereagain Related terms (against): hereagainst Related terms (among): hereamong Related terms (amongst): hereamongst Related terms (around): therearound Related terms (as): thereas Related terms (at): hereat Related terms (before): herebefore Related terms (beside): therebeside Related terms (between): therebetween Related terms (by): hereby Related terms (for): herefor Related terms (fore): herefore Related terms (from): herefrom Related terms (hence): herehence Related terms (in): herein Related terms (in after): hereinafter Related terms (in before): hereinbefore Related terms (in which): whereinwhich Related terms (into): hereinto Related terms (of): hereof Related terms (on): hereon Related terms (out): hereout Related terms (to): hereto Related terms (tofore): heretofore Related terms (under): hereunder Related terms (unto): hereunto Related terms (upon): hereupon Related terms (with): herewith Related terms (withal): herewithal
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    {
      "word": "thereafter"
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      "word": "whereafter"
    },
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      "sense": "against",
      "word": "hereagainst"
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      "word": "thereagainst"
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    {
      "word": "whereagainst"
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      "word": "thereamong"
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    {
      "word": "whereamongst"
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      "alt": "anent",
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      "word": "thereanent"
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      "word": "whereanent"
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    {
      "word": "wherearound"
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    {
      "sense": "as",
      "word": "thereas"
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    {
      "word": "whereas"
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      "sense": "at",
      "word": "hereat"
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    {
      "word": "thereat"
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    {
      "word": "whereat"
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      "sense": "before",
      "word": "herebefore"
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    {
      "word": "therebefore"
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      "word": "therebetween"
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      "word": "wherebetween"
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    {
      "word": "thereby"
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    {
      "word": "whereby"
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    {
      "word": "therefore"
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    {
      "word": "wherefore"
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    {
      "sense": "for",
      "word": "herefor"
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    {
      "word": "therefor"
    },
    {
      "word": "wherefor"
    },
    {
      "sense": "from",
      "word": "herefrom"
    },
    {
      "word": "therefrom"
    },
    {
      "word": "wherefrom"
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    {
      "sense": "hence",
      "word": "herehence"
    },
    {
      "word": "therehence"
    },
    {
      "sense": "in after",
      "word": "hereinafter"
    },
    {
      "word": "thereinafter"
    },
    {
      "word": "whereinafter"
    },
    {
      "sense": "in before",
      "word": "hereinbefore"
    },
    {
      "word": "thereinbefore"
    },
    {
      "word": "whereinbefore"
    },
    {
      "sense": "in",
      "word": "herein"
    },
    {
      "word": "therein"
    },
    {
      "word": "wherein"
    },
    {
      "alt": "in soever",
      "word": "whereinsoever"
    },
    {
      "sense": "into",
      "word": "hereinto"
    },
    {
      "word": "thereinto"
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    {
      "word": "whereinto"
    },
    {
      "sense": "in which",
      "word": "whereinwhich"
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    {
      "sense": "of",
      "word": "hereof"
    },
    {
      "word": "thereof"
    },
    {
      "word": "whereof"
    },
    {
      "sense": "on",
      "word": "hereon"
    },
    {
      "word": "thereon"
    },
    {
      "sense": "out",
      "word": "hereout"
    },
    {
      "word": "thereout"
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    {
      "word": "whereout"
    },
    {
      "alt": "somever",
      "word": "wheresomever"
    },
    {
      "sense": "tofore",
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    {
      "word": "theretofore"
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    {
      "word": "wheretofore"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to",
      "word": "hereto"
    },
    {
      "word": "thereto"
    },
    {
      "word": "whereto"
    },
    {
      "sense": "under",
      "word": "hereunder"
    },
    {
      "word": "thereunder"
    },
    {
      "word": "whereunder"
    },
    {
      "sense": "unto",
      "word": "hereunto"
    },
    {
      "word": "thereunto"
    },
    {
      "word": "whereunto"
    },
    {
      "sense": "upon",
      "word": "hereupon"
    },
    {
      "word": "thereupon"
    },
    {
      "word": "whereupon"
    },
    {
      "sense": "withal",
      "word": "herewithal"
    },
    {
      "word": "therewithal"
    },
    {
      "word": "wherewithal"
    },
    {
      "sense": "with",
      "word": "herewith"
    },
    {
      "word": "therewith"
    },
    {
      "word": "wherewith"
    },
    {
      "word": "—"
    },
    {
      "word": "henceafter"
    },
    {
      "word": "henceforth"
    },
    {
      "word": "henceforward"
    },
    {
      "word": "henceforwards"
    },
    {
      "word": "hencefrom"
    },
    {
      "word": "hereabout"
    },
    {
      "word": "hereabouts"
    },
    {
      "word": "hereafter"
    },
    {
      "word": "hereagainst"
    },
    {
      "word": "hereamong"
    },
    {
      "word": "hereamongst"
    },
    {
      "word": "hereanent"
    },
    {
      "word": "hereat"
    },
    {
      "word": "hereby"
    },
    {
      "word": "herefor"
    },
    {
      "word": "herefore"
    },
    {
      "word": "hereforth"
    },
    {
      "word": "hereforward"
    },
    {
      "word": "hereforwards"
    },
    {
      "word": "herefrom"
    },
    {
      "word": "herehence"
    },
    {
      "word": "hereinabove"
    },
    {
      "word": "hereinafter"
    },
    {
      "word": "hereinbefore"
    },
    {
      "word": "hereinbelow"
    },
    {
      "word": "hereinelsewhere"
    },
    {
      "word": "hereinsoever"
    },
    {
      "word": "hereinto"
    },
    {
      "word": "hereinunder"
    },
    {
      "word": "heremid"
    },
    {
      "word": "hereof"
    },
    {
      "word": "hereon"
    },
    {
      "word": "hereout"
    },
    {
      "word": "hereover"
    },
    {
      "word": "herethrough"
    },
    {
      "word": "herethroughout"
    },
    {
      "word": "hereto"
    },
    {
      "word": "heretofore"
    },
    {
      "word": "hereunto"
    },
    {
      "word": "hereupon"
    },
    {
      "word": "herewith"
    },
    {
      "word": "herewithal"
    },
    {
      "word": "herewithin"
    },
    {
      "word": "hitherto"
    },
    {
      "word": "hitherunto"
    },
    {
      "word": "hitherward"
    },
    {
      "word": "hitherwards"
    },
    {
      "word": "howbeit"
    },
    {
      "word": "however"
    },
    {
      "word": "howso"
    },
    {
      "word": "howsoever"
    },
    {
      "word": "howsomedever"
    },
    {
      "word": "howsomever"
    },
    {
      "word": "thenceafter"
    },
    {
      "word": "thenceforth"
    },
    {
      "word": "thenceforward"
    },
    {
      "word": "thenceforwards"
    },
    {
      "word": "thencefrom"
    },
    {
      "word": "thenceout"
    },
    {
      "word": "thereacross"
    },
    {
      "word": "thereagain"
    },
    {
      "word": "therealong"
    },
    {
      "word": "therearound"
    },
    {
      "word": "therebeside"
    },
    {
      "word": "therebetween"
    },
    {
      "word": "therebeyond"
    },
    {
      "word": "therever"
    },
    {
      "word": "thereforth"
    },
    {
      "word": "thereinabove"
    },
    {
      "word": "thereinbelow"
    },
    {
      "word": "thereinunder"
    },
    {
      "word": "theremid"
    },
    {
      "word": "thereover"
    },
    {
      "word": "theresoever"
    },
    {
      "word": "therethrough"
    },
    {
      "word": "therethroughout"
    },
    {
      "word": "thereup"
    },
    {
      "word": "therewithin"
    },
    {
      "word": "therewithout"
    },
    {
      "word": "thitherinsoever"
    },
    {
      "word": "thitherto"
    },
    {
      "word": "thitherward"
    },
    {
      "word": "thitherwards"
    },
    {
      "word": "whatever"
    },
    {
      "word": "whatso"
    },
    {
      "word": "whatsoever"
    },
    {
      "word": "whatsomedever"
    },
    {
      "word": "whatsomever"
    },
    {
      "word": "whenabout"
    },
    {
      "word": "whenabouts"
    },
    {
      "word": "whenas"
    },
    {
      "word": "whenever"
    },
    {
      "word": "whenso"
    },
    {
      "word": "whensoever"
    },
    {
      "word": "whensomever"
    },
    {
      "word": "−"
    },
    {
      "word": "whenceafter"
    },
    {
      "word": "whencever"
    },
    {
      "word": "whenceforth"
    },
    {
      "word": "whenceforward"
    },
    {
      "word": "whencefrom"
    },
    {
      "word": "whenceward"
    },
    {
      "word": "whencewards"
    },
    {
      "word": "wherealong"
    },
    {
      "word": "wherebeside"
    },
    {
      "word": "wherebeyond"
    },
    {
      "word": "wherever"
    },
    {
      "word": "whereforth"
    },
    {
      "word": "wherehence"
    },
    {
      "word": "whereinabove"
    },
    {
      "word": "whereinbelow"
    },
    {
      "word": "whereinsoever"
    },
    {
      "word": "whereinunder"
    },
    {
      "word": "wheremid"
    },
    {
      "word": "whereover"
    },
    {
      "word": "whereso"
    },
    {
      "word": "wheresoever"
    },
    {
      "word": "wheresomever"
    },
    {
      "word": "wherethrough"
    },
    {
      "word": "wherethroughout"
    },
    {
      "word": "whereup"
    },
    {
      "word": "wherewithin"
    },
    {
      "word": "wherewithout"
    },
    {
      "word": "whitherever"
    },
    {
      "word": "whitherinsoever"
    },
    {
      "word": "whitherso"
    },
    {
      "word": "whitherto"
    },
    {
      "word": "whithertofore"
    },
    {
      "word": "whitherward"
    },
    {
      "word": "whitherwards"
    },
    {
      "word": "whyever"
    },
    {
      "word": "whyfor"
    },
    {
      "word": "whyso"
    },
    {
      "word": "whysoever"
    }
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        "English terms with archaic senses",
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        "English uncomparable adverbs",
        "Entries with translation boxes",
        "Middle English links with manual fragments",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations"
      ],
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              60
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          "ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Joshua 14:9:",
          "text": "And Moses sware on that day, saying, Surely the land whereon thy feet haue troden, shall be thine inheritance, and thy childrens for euer, because thou hast wholly followed the Lord my God.",
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          "ref": "1816, Robert Southey, Roderick: The Last of the Goths, page 119:",
          "text": "Florinda sate / Beholding Roderick with fixed eyes intent, / Yet unregardant of the countenance / Whereon they dwelt; in other thoughts absorbed, […]",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "c. 19th century, author unknown, Black Is the Color (of My True Love's Hair)",
          "text": "But Black is the colour of my true love's hair.\nHis face is like some rosy fair,\nThe prettiest face and the neatest hands,\nI love the ground whereon he stands."
        }
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        "On which, on what."
      ],
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        [
          "On",
          "on"
        ],
        [
          "which",
          "which"
        ],
        [
          "on",
          "on"
        ],
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          "what",
          "what"
        ]
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        "(archaic) On which, on what."
      ],
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      "audio": "en-us-whereon.ogg",
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "whereupon"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "na kojto",
      "sense": "translation",
      "word": "на който"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "na kakvoto",
      "sense": "translation",
      "word": "на каквото"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "translation",
      "word": "waarop"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "translation",
      "word": "mille"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "translation",
      "word": "mihin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "translation",
      "word": "au dessus de quoi"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "translation",
      "word": "amelyen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "translation",
      "word": "melyen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "translation",
      "word": "(whereonto) amelyre"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "translation",
      "word": "melyre"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "translation",
      "word": "en donde"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "translation",
      "word": "varpå"
    }
  ],
  "word": "whereon"
}

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