| upon | on, atop edat | en |
| Upon | epi | en |
| Upon | up | en |
| upon | At a prescribed point in time | en |
| upon | Being directly supported by another | en |
| upon | Incidental to a specified point in time or order of action; usually combined with here-, there- or where- | en |
| upon | Being above and in contact with another | en |
| upon | On; used in all the senses of that word, with which it is interchangeable | en |
| upon | If one thing is upon another, it is on it. He set the tray upon the table He bent forward and laid a kiss softly upon her forehead = on | en |
| upon | upon 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' | en |
| upon | You use upon when mentioning an event that is followed immediately by another event. The door on the left, upon entering the church, leads to the Crypt of St Issac Upon conclusion of these studies, the patient was told that she had a severe problem. = on | en |
| upon | You use upon between two occurrences of the same noun in order to say that there are large numbers of the thing mentioned. Row upon row of women surged forwards | en |
| upon | If an event is upon you, it is just about to happen. The long-threatened storm was upon us | en |
| upon | Being the target of an action | en |