On

Adjective

 * 1) in the state of being active, functioning or operating
 * 2) performing according to schedule
 * Are we still on for tonight?
 * Is the show still on?
 * 1)  Having reached a base as a runner and being positioned there, awaiting further action from a subsequent batter.

Synonyms

 * on base

Adverb

 * 1) to an operating state
 * turn the television on
 * 1) along, forwards (continuing an action)
 * drive on, rock on
 * 1) in continuation, at length.
 * and so on.
 * He rambled on and on.
 * 1)  in, or towards the half of the field on the same side as the batsman's legs; the left side for a right-handed batsman; leg

Antonyms

 * off
 * off

Preposition



 * 1) Positioned at the upper surface of, touching from above.
 * on the table; on the couch
 * 1) covering
 * 2) At the date of.
 * Born on the 4th of July.
 * 1) Some time during the day of.
 * I'll see you on Monday.
 * The bus leaves on Friday.
 * Can I see you on a different day? On Sunday I'm busy.
 * 1) Dealing with the subject of, about, or concerning something.
 * A book on history.
 * The World Summit on the Information Society.
 * 1) Touching; hanging from.
 * The fruit ripened on the trees.
 * The painting hangs on the wall.
 * 1)  In the possession of.
 * I haven't got any money on me.
 * 1) Because of, or due to.
 * To arrest someone on suspicion of bribery.
 * To contact someone on a hunch.
 * 1) Immediately after.
 * On Jack's entry, William got up to leave.
 * 1) Paid for by.
 * The drinks are on me tonight, boys.
 * The meal is on the house.
 * I paid for the airfare and meals for my family, but the hotel room was on the company.
 * I saw it on television.
 * Can't you see I'm on the phone?
 * They lived on ten dollars a week.
 * The dog survived three weeks on rainwater.
 * 1) Away or occupied with (e.g. a scheduled activity).
 * He's on his lunch break.
 * on vacation
 * on holiday
 * 1) Regularly taking (a drug).
 * You've been on these antidepressants far too long.
 * He's acting so strangely, I think he must be on something.
 * 1)  Having identical domain and codomain.
 * a function on V
 * 1)  Having $$V^n$$ as domain and V as codomain, for some set V and integer n.
 * an operator on V
 * 1)  Generated by.
 * the free group on four letters
 * 1) Supported by (the specified part of itself).
 * A table can't stand on two legs.
 * After resting on his elbows, he stood on his toes, then walked on his heels.
 * 1)  Later.
 * Ten years on nothing had changed in the village.
 * 1)  Later.
 * Ten years on nothing had changed in the village.

Derived terms

 * depend on
 * on-campus
 * put on airs
 * phrases starting with "on the"

Thesaurus
about, above, accidental, accompanying, across, ado, afloat, afoot, after which, against, ahead, along, among, anent, apropos of, as for, as regards, as respects, as to, astraddle, astride, at, atop, by, by dint of, by means of, by use of, by virtue of, by way of, circumstantial, concerning, current, doing, en route to, eventuating, for, forth, forward, forwards, from, going on, happening, headed for, hereby, hereinafter, herewith, horseback, in, in connection with, in contact with, in hand, in passage to, in point of, in re, in reference to, in regard to, in relation to, in relation with, in respect to, in the wind, in transit to, in virtue of, incidental, near, next to, occasional, occurring, of, on foot, on horseback, on route to, on top of, ongoing, onward, onwards, opposite, over, over against, passing, per, pertaining to, pertinent to, prevailing, prevalent, re, referring to, regarding, relating to, relative to, respecting, resultant, speaking of, straddle, straddle-legged, straddleback, taking place, thanks to, thereby, therewith, through, to, touching, toward, towards, under way, up, up against, upon, upon which, versus, vis-a-vis, whereat, whereby, wherefore, whereon, whereto, whereunto, whereupon, wherewith, wherewithal, with, with regard to, with respect to

Pronunciation

 * , ; southern US /əʊn/
 * , ; southern US /əʊn/

Etymology
on:, originally an:. From *undefined:. Related forms: Οld High German ana: (German an:, Οld Dutch an:, ane: (Dutch aan:), Οld Frisian ana:), Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌰:, Οld Norse á:, Icelandic á:, Faeroese á:; the Old Norse combination upp á  gives Danish på:, Swedish på:, Norwegian på:. Possibly related to Greek ἀνά:.

Adjective

 * Armenian: միացրած
 * Czech: zapnuto
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:


 * Hungarian: bekapcsolva
 * Italian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Slovak: zapnuté
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:

Adverb

 * German:
 * Norwegian:


 * Swedish:


 * German:


 * Swedish: ,

Preposition

 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: sobre
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: ; -lla/-llä (adessive case suffix)
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Hebrew: על פני
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian: -n/-on/-en/-ön (superessive case)
 * Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 위에


 * Latin: in, super, supra
 * Macedonian:
 * Malay: (di) atas
 * Maltese: fuq
 * Novial: sur
 * Old Provençal:
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: air
 * Serbo-Croatian: на, na
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Thai:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Urdu:
 * Vietnamese:
 * Yiddish:


 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:


 * Hebrew: מכסה
 * Hungarian: -n/-on/-en/-ön (superessive case)
 * Latin: in, super, supra
 * Novial: sur
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: ,


 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: -na/-nä (essive case suffix)
 * French: (not translated)
 * German:
 * Hebrew: בתאריך
 * Hungarian: -n/-on/-en/-ön (superessive case)


 * Japanese:
 * Latin: in
 * Maltese:
 * Novial: pri
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:
 * Slovak: dňa
 * Slovene:
 * Swedish: på (not always translated)


 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:, վերաբերյալ
 * Catalan: sobre
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: -sta/-stä (elative case suffix)
 * French:
 * German:


 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: בנושא
 * Latin: in, super, supra
 * Novial: sur, kun
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: bij (on me), aan (on a tree)
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: -lla/-llä (adessive case suffix)
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:


 * Hebrew: נוגע, תלוי על
 * Hungarian: -n/-on/-en/-ön (superessive case)
 * Latin: in, super, supra
 * Novial: sur
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * West Frisian: ,


 * Latin: in


 * Latin: in


 * Finnish:, vuoksi; -sta/-stä (elative case suffix); , johdosta, seurauksena


 * German: ,
 * Latin: in


 * Finnish: n.a. (different structures used)
 * German:


 * Latin: in
 * Russian: с (с меня, с тебя...)


 * Finnish: n.a. (inessive and adessive cases used)
 * German: ,


 * Latin: in




 * : תלוי ב,
 * : -tól/-től
 * : av (7)
 * : på, av, på grund av
 * : på, av, på grund av

Anagrams

 * N.O., No, no, no.

Adverb

 * 1) where

Etymology
From unde:.

Noun

 * 1) lamb

Etymology
From, from.

Cardinal number
on


 * 1)  ten

Pronoun

 * 1) he third person personal singular

Etymology
From <

Related terms

 * ona, ono
 * oni, ony

Adverb

 * 1) rarely used as shorthand for oneven (odd), the prefix on- means not (corresponds to English un-)

Verb

 * 1) Third-person singular indicative present form of olema.
 * See on seal.
 * It is there.
 * See on seal olnud.
 * It has been there.

Verb
on


 * Se on tuolla.
 * It is there.
 * Se on ollut tuolla.
 * It has been there.
 * It has been there.

Anagrams

 * no

Pronoun

 * 1) One, people, you, someone an unspecified individual: indefinite personal pronoun.
 * 2) * 2003, Natasha St. Pier, L'Instant D'Après (album), Quand On Cherche L'Amour (song)
 * Quand on cherche l'amour...
 * When one searches for love...
 * On ne peut pas pêcher ici
 * You can't fish here''
 * 1)  We.
 * On s'est amusé
 * We had fun

Etymology
From hom:, reduced form of  homme: used as a pronoun, from  homo:, accusative form of homo:. Its pronominal use is of origin. Compare man:, reduced form of  mann:;  man:;  men:.

Pronunciation

 * Homophones: ont
 * Homophones: ont
 * Homophones: ont

Synonyms

 * quelqu'un
 * nous

Anagrams

 * NO, no, nô

Pronoun

 * 1) one, people, someone

Noun

 * 1) 音: sound; note
 * 2) 恩: obligation

Derived terms

 * on'yomi

Preposition

 * 1) on, in, at, among

Adverb
on


 * 1) (with verbs of taking or depriving) from

Pronoun

 * 1) he for animate, it for inanimate (third person,  ).

Etymology
From <

Noun

 * 1)  year

Etymology
From annus:.

Pronoun

 * 1) he

Etymology
From <

Pronoun

 * 1) he (third person, personal,  )

Etymology
From <

Related terms

 * ona, ono
 * oni, ony

Pronoun

 * 1) he

Etymology
From <

Related terms

 * ona

Noun
on



Cardinal number
on


 * 1)  ten

Etymology
From on (“ten”), from.

Cardinal number

 * 1)  ten

Article

 * 1) a, an

Pronoun

 * 1) it
 * 2)   one

Etymology
The original (now obsolete) meaning: from on:.