Results for Upon

Definitions of Upon:

part of speech: preposition

On; resting on the top of; touching; as, upon the wall; situated on; judging from; as, upon safe evidence; belonging to; as, upon the committee; in a state of; as, upon sale; at the moment of; to or toward; relating to.

part of speech: preposition

Same as ON.

part of speech: interjection

On.

Usage examples for Upon:

• " I don't have to wait upon her," said Mrs. Graham; " that's Gertrude's business- it's what she's going for." "The Lamplighter", Maria S. Cummins

• Hold Upon his name! "The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Vol. I", Elizabeth Barrett Browning

• She would turn her lovely eyes upon me twenty times a day and ask me this question. "The Mayor of Warwick", Herbert M. Hopkins

• He turned upon her. "The Mating of Lydia", Mrs. Humphry Ward