on
Meaning
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- In the state of being active, functioning or operating.
- Happening; taking place; being or due to be put into action.
- (informal) Happening; taking place; being or due to be put into action.
- Fitted; covering or being worn.
- Of a stated part of something, oriented towards the viewer or other specified direction.
- (informal) Acceptable, appropriate.
- Possible; capable of being successfully carried out.
- (informal) Destined; involved, doomed.
- (informal) Having reached a base as a runner and being positioned there, awaiting further action from a subsequent batter.
- Within the half of the field on the same side as the batsman's legs; the left side for a right-handed batsman.
- Of a ball, being the next in sequence to be potted, according to the rules of the game.
- Acting in character.
- (informal) Performative or funny in a wearying manner.
- Menstruating.
Synonyms
at the time of
on the top
by means
foreward
with regards to
switch-on
in one’s way
near to
the more
turn toward
cut-in
in the condition of
on-going
in the sky
in the time of
key-on
past by
on to of
at the rate of
in accordance with
in the case of
lean against
more than
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɒn/
Etymology
From Middle English on, from Old English on, an (“on, upon, onto, in, into”), from Proto-West Germanic *ana, from Proto-Germanic *ana (“on, at”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂en-. Cognate with North Frisian a (“on, in”), Saterland Frisian an (“on, at”), West Frisian oan (“on, at”), Dutch aan (“on, at, to”), Low German an (“on, at”), German an (“to, at, on”), Swedish å (“on, at, in”), Faroese á (“on, onto, in, at”), Icelandic á (“on, in”), Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌰 (ana), Ancient Greek ἀνά (aná, “up, upon”), Albanian në (“in”); and from Old Norse upp á: Danish på, Swedish på, Norwegian på, see upon.
Cognate with Western Frisian
oan
Cognate with Dutch
aan
Cognate with German
an
Cognate with German
ohne
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