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UK
/ˈɒn/
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[ US /ˈɑn, ˈɔn/ ]
[ US /ˈɑn, ˈɔn/ ]
ADVERB
-
in a state required for something to function or be effective
turn the lights on
get a load on -
indicates continuity or persistence or concentration
shall I read on?
his spirit lives on -
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
-
(of events) planned or scheduled
the picnic is on, rain or shine
we have nothing on for Friday night -
in operation or operational
the switch is in the on position
left the oven on
How To Use on In A Sentence
- The ball rebounded from/off the wall into the pond.
- Season with a pinch of salt and pepper. The Sun
- I can't find any relevant material on him in the library.
- Jeff, clad in board trunks and a T-shirt, leans back in his chair with the lappie on his, uhhh, lap, and his bare feet up on the desk. Savages
- When the new foods that came from the Americas - peppers, summer squash and especially tomatoes - took hold in the region, a number of closely related dishes were born, including what we call ratatouille - and a man from La Mancha calls pisto, an Ikarian Greek calls soufiko and a Turk calls turlu. NYT > Home Page
- I don't touch garlic.
- 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