preposition
(formal, especially BrE) = ON:
The decision was based upon two considerations.
IDIOMS
(almost) upon you if sth in the future is almost upon you, it is going to arrive or happen very soon:
The summer season was almost upon them again.
moreatONCEadv.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for upon is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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