onto

Meaning

Prep

1. Arriving upon or on top of (speaking of a physical or metaphorical movement).
2. (informal) Aware of.
3. Being an onto function with a codomain of (see below).

Adj

Attaining each of the values in its codomain; having its image equal to its codomain.

Opposite of

off, off of

Synonyms

on

🔛

upon

into

in

surjective

over

atop

with

above

on top of

beside

toward

next to

aboard

at

to

by

towards

up to

near to

onto someone

all

onto something

about

about to

alongside

among

an

apiece

around

at the rate of

each

for

in order to

inside

in the case of

near

per

surjection

Translations

auf

an

🔛

encima de

🔛

sobre

sur

🔛

op

🆙

aan

🔛

a

sopra

على

🔛

à

naar

επί

a

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɒn.tuː/

Etymology

From on + to, after into. Compare Saterland Frisian antou (“up to”).

Sentences

The boy and the Englishman had bought camels , and climbed uncertainly onto their backs .

The role catapulted her onto the Hollywood A-list .