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[ UK /ˈɒn/ ]
[ US /ˈɑn, ˈɔn/ ]
ADVERB
  1. in a state required for something to function or be effective
    turn the lights on
    get a load on
  2. indicates continuity or persistence or concentration
    shall I read on?
    his spirit lives on
  3. with a forward motion
    we drove along admiring the view
    move along
    the circus traveled on to the next city
    the horse trotted along at a steady pace
    march on
ADJECTIVE
  1. (of events) planned or scheduled
    the picnic is on, rain or shine
    we have nothing on for Friday night
  2. in operation or operational
    the switch is in the on position
    left the oven on

How To Use on In A Sentence

  • I'm just a little bit caught in the middle. Life is a maze and love is a riddle, I don't know where to go, can't do it alone.
  • When we see her, we remember that hot July day doing five knots pulling Jess and Jerry on a tube and Russ skippering his first yacht.
  • The buildings are usually gabled, with rows of tiles along the ridges of the roofs.
  • If you wonder about ‘furphy’, as I did, here's a gloss and explanation.
  • Richardson, are proprietors of shows, and the berouged, bedraggled creatures who exhibit on the platform outside for their living. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 327, January, 1843
  • In my view his confrontational, gladiatorial style has been a major contributor to the widespread disdain of the British public for politicians generally. Times, Sunday Times
  • A little pyrotechnics display tacked on just serves to emphasise its lack of cutting edge. Times, Sunday Times
  • Within five years, a unified currency in 1933 the "central" issue of "legal tender" currency has been relatively stable, so Donglai Bank has to resume business.
  • Smith, who is also a director of Norwich City Football Club, said her CBE was a "very, very great honour". BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition
  • These observations will provide a valuable supplement to the simultaneous records of other expeditions, especially the British in McMurdo Sound and the German in Weddell Sea, above all as regards the hypsometer observations (for the determination of altitude) on sledge journeys. The South Pole~ Remarks on the Meteorological Observations at Framheim
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