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Upon

/ə'pɔn/
Used to indicate a specific time, event, or point of occurrence.

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Examples:

All gaze upon him, and all do him honour.

But yestermorn I turned my back upon it;

'The sins of the fathers will be visited upon the children.'

Etymology:

etymology
Derived from the Middle English word a meaning on and pon, meaning upon, it has its origins in Old English from the combination of up and on.

Usage Statistics:

142 mentions per 1 million words Frequency
Very Often
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