hereon

Meanings

adverbhereon (not comparable)

not comparableOn this place.
To the right of the brink of the precipice, and far over it, projects a narrow ledge. The test of legitimacy in the Ohonoo monarchs is to stand hereon, arms folded, and javelins darting by.
1849, Herman Melville, Mardi: And a Voyage Thither. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC
not comparableTo this place.
not comparableOn this subject or basis.
[I] of my own free will and accord, do hereby, here at and hereon, solemnly swear that I will always heel, conceal and never improperly reveal any of the secrets or mysteries of, or belonging to [the Masons].
, Brian Kerr, Lodge St Lawrence 144 Ritual, page 34
not comparableHereupon.

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Origin

Old Englishhēron
Englishhereon

From Old English hēron, equivalent to here + on.

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Built from hereon

hereon out

thereagainst whereagainst therealong wherealong hereamong thereamong whereamong thereamongst whereamongsthereanentthereanent whereanent therearound wherearound whenas whereas hereat thereat whereat hereaway thataway thereaway thisaway whereaway howbeit herebefore therebefore wherebefore therebesidewherebesidetherebetween wherebetween therebeyondwherebeyondhereby thereby whereby however therever whatever whenever whencever wherever whitherever whyever herefor therefor wherefor whyfor herefore therefore wherefore henceforth hereforth thenceforththereforthwhenceforthwhereforthhenceforwardhereforwardthenceforward whenceforward henceforwardshereforwardsthenceforwards hencefrom herefrom thencefrom therefrom whencefrom wherefrom herehence therehencewherehencehereinabove thereinabovewhereinabovehereinafter thereinafter whereinafter hereinbefore thereinbefore whereinbefore hereinbelow thereinbelowwhereinbelowhereinelsewherehereinsoeverthitherinsoeverwhereinsoeverwhitherinsoeverhereinto thereinto whereinto hereinunder thereinunderwhereinunderheremidtheremidwheremidhereof thereof whereof thereon whereon hereoutthenceoutthereout whereout hereover thereover whereover howso whatso whenso whereso whithersowhysohowsoevertheresoeverwhatsoever whensoever wheresoever whysoever howsomedeverwhatsomedever

Translations

Dutch hierop, hieraan

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Finnish täällä

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German heran, herauf

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Hungarian ezen, rajta

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Swedish härefter

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with hereon

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Anagrams

rehone

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APA

hereon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hereon

MLA

“hereon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hereon. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hereon,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hereon.

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