Thereon
[ðeər'ɒn] or [,ðɛr'ɑn]
Definition
(adv.) On that or this.
Typed by Doreen
Synonyms and Synonymous
ad. On that, on this.
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Examples
- Upward of three thousand such machines were then at work throughout the world; and one hundred and fifty million pairs of boots were then being made annually thereon. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- On the 1st of November I suggested to Sherman, and also asked his views thereon, the propriety of destroying Hood before he started on his campaign. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Your criticisms thereon appear to be just, and I imagine you may have misapprehended my intention in mentioning it. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- The stylus penetrates this film, meeting from it the slightest possible resistance, and traces thereon the message. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- A pencil point is secured to moving cross-head and marks position of target on ground glass, tracing movement of same thereon. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- It must suffice to say, it started with the harp, in its simplest form, composed of a frame with animal tendons stretched tight thereon and twanged by the fingers. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- He had extended his hand, and I had fastened thereon, oblivious of all else. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Justinian saw this danger, made up his mind, and acted thereon with promptitude and decision. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- A young girl lay thereon, covered with a cloak. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Is the despair of parting legible thereon? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The king's observations thereon. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- The handle is made of hard rubber, and the cap or mouth-piece, which is screwed thereon, is also of hard rubber. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The adaptation of a balance platform on which to place a light load, or to drive thereon with heavy loads, whether of horses, steam, or water vehicles, was a great blessing to mankind. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Mr. Pickwick's oration upon this occasion, together with the debate thereon, is entered on the Transactions of the Club. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
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