adverb
thereon
Immediately after that event or statement.
The chair ends the meeting, and the members thereon leave.
Etymology
The compound means on that. Its temporal use extends upon that to an event following immediately from what was just mentioned.
More examples
- The judge dismissed the case, and the defendant thereon walked free.
- She received approval and thereon began work.
- The announcement ends, and the crowd thereon bursts into applause.
Forms
thereon
Similar words
- thereupon
- More commonly marks an immediate response to what just happened.
- afterward
- Places something later in time without requiring an immediate sequence.