Newcastle upon Tyne is famed for many things. For the warmth of its people, for its industrial heritage, its culture, its nightlife, for the Great North Run, for its favourite sons and daughters of sport, screen and music and much, much more. But it is perhaps known best of all for its beloved football club and the club's incredible supporters - the Toon Army. Generations of fans have marched ...
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Examples of upon in a Sentence Preposition He carefully placed the vase upon the table. They built their city upon a cliff overlooking the sea. She was seated upon a throne.
In addition to the uses shown below, upon is used in phrasal verbs such as 'come upon' and 'look upon', and after some other verbs such as 'decide' and 'depend'.
UPON definition: up and on; upward so as to get or be on. See examples of upon used in a sentence.
From Middle English upon, uppon, uppen, from Old English upon, uppon, uppan (“on, upon, up to, against, after, in addition to”), equivalent to up (“adverb”) + on (“preposition”).
on the occasion of; at the time of: shouted with joy upon hearing the news. This word can sometimes replace on when describing actual or implied spatial relations without the meaning of upward motion: He laid the book on/upon the table. I wouldn't wish it upon/on anyone. I came to rely on/upon him.