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 range equal to its codomain.

Concepts

onto

on

upon

into

in

over

surjective

aboard

at

atop

beside

by

next to

toward

with

to

above

on top of

all

alongside

an

apiece

at the rate of

each

for

in order to

inside

near

near to

per

towards

among

in the case of

onto someone

onto something

surjection

about

around

up to

about to

Hyphenated as

on‧to

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɒn.tuː/

Etymology

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

Sentences

The role catapulted her onto the Hollywood A-list .