āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
01
āĻāĻĒāĻ°, āĻĒāĻ°ā§
used as a preposition to indicate a basis or condition on which something is done or decided
Dialect
British
BritishāĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The promotion was granted upon meeting the required qualifications.
āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¯ā§āĻā§āĻ¯āĻ¤āĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻĒāĻ° āĻŽāĻā§āĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛.
02
āĻāĻĒāĻ°, āĻāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻāĻ˛ā§
at the point when something is very close to starting, arriving, or happening, often suddenly or with strong effect
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
A new season is upon the land.
āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻĒāĻ° āĻāĻŽāĻŋ.
03
āĻāĻĒāĻ°, āĻāĻĒāĻ°
used to indicate the target or object of an action or influence
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The researchers focused their efforts upon the endangered species.
āĻāĻŦā§āĻˇāĻāĻ°āĻž āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ° āĻāĻĒāĻ° āĻā§āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
