thereat

T1H4E1R1E1A1T1
/ˌðɛɹˈæt/

adverb

There; at that place.

UncommonScrabble 10

Meanings

adverbthereat (not comparable)
  1. not comparableThere; at that place.

    So she goeth around the hill compassing Time with me goes slow. - So there openeth a door, and thereat goes she in.

    1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 174
    2 more examples

    “Surely,” said I, “surely that is something at my window lattice; / Let me see, then, what thereat is, and this mystery explore—

    1845 February, — Quarles [pseudonym; Edgar Allan Poe], “The Raven”, in The American Review, volume I, number II, New York, N.Y.; London: Wiley & Putnam, […], →OCLC

    The Stafford Railway, which connected this important canal with Stafford, was opened on November 1, 1805, and "the immediate result was a reduction in the price of coal at Stafford, and there was some public rejoicing thereat."

    1939 November, Kenneth Brown, “Stafford's First Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 333 - excerpt from "Stafford in Olden Times", a reprint of articles published in the Staffordshire Advertiser
  2. not comparableAt that event.

    The public has a right to know about the perpetration of acts of terrorism, or attempts thereat, and the media should not be penalised for providing such information.

    2008, Joint Declaration on Defamation of Religions, and Anti-terrorism and Anti-extremism Legislation
    2 more examples

    Old Deacon Smith was quick to see the impression made by Abby Howard upon the mind of his son, and he was wonderfully pleased thereat, for Abby was the oldest daughter of the good Deacon Howard, and was herself a church member, and pious. He had more hope for his son now, than he had felt for years.

    1850, T. S. Arthur, “Deacon Smith and his Violin”, in Sketches of Life and Character, Philadelphia: J. W. Bradley, →OCLC, page 74

    Then said the gods, “Earth is no place for laughter.” Thereat They strode to Pegāna’s outer gate, to where the Pestilence lay curled asleep, and waking him up They pointed toward Harza, and the Pestilence leapt forward howling across the sky.

    1906, Lord Dunsany [i.e., Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany], Time and the Gods, London: William Heineman, →OCLC, page 25

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*þarat
  2. Proto-West Germanic*þārat
  3. Old Englishþǣræt
  4. Middle Englishthereat
  5. Englishthereat

From Middle English thereat, ther-at, þeratte, þerat, from Old English þǣræt, from Proto-West Germanic *þārat, from Proto-Germanic *þarat, equivalent to there + at.

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Translations

Bulgarian във връзка с това
  • във връзка с това (văv vrăzka s tova)within this content or context
Dutch daarnaar
  • daarnaarwithin this content or context
Finnish siinä yhteydessä
  • siinä yhteydessäwithin this content or context
German daran, dabei
  • daranwithin this content or context
  • dabeiwithin this content or context
  • darinwithin this content or context
  • daraufwithin this content or context
  • daselbstwithin this content or context
  • alsdennwithin this content or context
Polish tam
  • tamwithin this content or context
Swedish däråt
  • däråtwithin this content or context

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APA

thereat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thereat

MLA

“thereat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thereat. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “thereat,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thereat.

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