Thereon means on the thing that was just mentioned, as in The cap should be positioned above the container before being placed thereon (translation: The cap should be positioned above the container before being placed on it). Thereon is formal and is often used in legal language.
How do you use thereon?
Thereon means on the object or surface just mentioned. There was a card on each door with a guest's name inscribed thereon. Thereon can be used to refer back to a thing that has previously been mentioned to show that the word just used relates to that thing.
How do you use thereon in a sentence?
on that.
- Life is a leaf of paper white, thereon each of us may write his word or two.
- From thereon a number of methods may be employed 1.
- And when he thought thereon , he wept.
- But thou thereon didst only breathe.
- I read the report and wrote some remarks thereon.
