upon

== English == === Alternative forms === uppon, vpon, vppon (obsolete) === Etymology === 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”). Cognate with Old Saxon uppan (“upon”), Old High German ūfan, ūffan (“upon”), Icelandic upp á, upp á (“up on, upon”), Swedish uppå (“up on, upon”) (thence Swedish på), Danish på (“up on, upon”), Norwegian på (“up on, upon”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈpɒn/ (General American) IPA(key): /əˈpɑn/, /əˈpɔn/ Hyphenation: up‧on Rhymes: -ɒn === Preposition === upon A higher-register or more formal alternative to on in most, though not all, prepositional uses. ==== Usage notes ==== A somewhat elevated word, "upon" is used mostly in literary, poetic or legal contexts, and may seem out of place in everyday language. Nevertheless, its use in educated conversational English is unremarkable in some contexts, mostly more abstract ones, for example "I depended upon them" or "He took it upon himself to tell them", while conversational "Where's my pen?" / "It's upon the table" is likely to sound pedantic or strange. For some uses of "on", such as "I saw it on that TV show" or "Is he active on Facebook?", "upon" is so strained as to be effectively impossible. Conversely, "on" is possible as an alternative to "upon" in almost all cases; exceptions include certain set phrases, such as "once upon a time" or "Upon my word!" (dated expression of surprise). ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === “upon”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === Puno == Central Bikol == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʔuˈpon/ [ʔuˈpon̪] Hyphenation: u‧pon === Noun === upón (Basahan spelling ᜂᜉᜓᜈ᜔) wild boar Synonym: baboy ==== See also ==== == Middle English == === Alternative forms === vpon, uppon, uppen, upan, apan === Etymology === From Old English upon, uppon, uppan (“on, upon, up to, against, after, in addition to”), equivalent to up +‎ on. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /uˈpɔn/ === Preposition === upon upon === Adverb === upon upon ==== Descendants ==== English: upon Yola: apan, apaa, apa, upan, upa, pa (aphetic) ==== References ==== “upon, prep.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. “upon, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Old English == === Preposition === upon alternative form of uppan