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[ English

[ Pronunciation

[ Etymology

Old English on, originally an. From Germanic *ana. Related forms: Οld German ana (new German an), Οld Dutch an, ane (aan), Οld Frisian ana, Gothic ana, Οld Norse/Icelandic/Faeroese á, Danish/Swedish/Norwegian på. Possibly related to Greek ἀνά (upward).

[ Preposition

A green pepper on a box(1)
A green pepper on a box(1)

on

  1. Positioned at the upper surface of, touching from above.
    on the table
  2. covering
  3. At the date of.
    Born on the 4th of July.
  4. Dealing with the subject of, about, or concerning something.
    A book on history.
    The World Summit on the Information Society.
  5. Touching; hanging from.
    I have no money on me.
    The fruit on the trees.
    The painting hangs on the wall.
  6. (mathematics, mapping both from and to, a function on "V") Having V as both domain and codomain.
  7. (mathematics, mapping both from and to, an operator on "V") Having Vn as domain and V as codomain.
  8. Because of, or due to something.
    To arrest someone on suspicion of bribery.
    To contact someone on a hunch.
    The stock price increased on news of a new product.
  9. Paid for by.
    The drinks are on me tonight, boys.
    The meal is on the house.

[ Derived terms

[ Translations

positioned at the upper surface of
covering
at the date of
dealing with the subject of
touching; hanging from
in the phrase: depend on, dependent on
mapping both from and to

[ Adjective

on (not comparable)

Positive
on

Comparative
not comparable

Superlative
none (absolute)
  1. active, functioning, operating
  2. (cricket) 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

[ Translations

active, functioning, operating
cricket: in, or towards the half of the field on the same side as the batsman's legs

[ Adverb

on

  1. to an operating state
    turn the television on
  2. along, forwards (continuing an action)
    drive on, rock on

[ Antonyms

[ Translations

to an operating state
continuing an action

[ Catalan

[ Pronoun

on

  1. where

[ Crimean Tatar

[ Cardinal number

on

  1. (cardinal) ten

[ Croatian

[ Pronoun

ȏn

  1. he

[ Declension

Declension of on Singular Plural
Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative ȏn òna òno òni òne òna
Genitive njȅga, ga njȇ, je njȅga, ga njȋh, ih njȋh, ih njȋh, ih
Dative njȅmu, mu njȏj, joj njȅmu, mu njȉma, im njȉma, im njȉma, im
Accusative njȅga, ga, nj njȗ, ju, je, nju njȅga, ga, nj njȋh, ih njȋh, ih njȋh, ih
Vocative - - - - - -
Locative njȅm, njȅmu njȏj njȅm, njȅmu njȉma njȉma njȉma
Instrumental njȋm, njíme njȏm, njóme njȋm, njíme njȉma njȉma njȉma

[ Czech

[ Pronunciation

[ Pronoun

on

  1. he (third person personal, m. 'sg.)

[ Related terms

[ See also

[ Dutch

[ Adverb

on

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

[ Estonian

[ Etymology

Inflected form of olema.

[ Pronunciation

[ Verb

on

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

[ Finnish

[ Etymology

Inflected form of olla.

[ Pronunciation

[ Verb

on

  1. Third-person singular indicative present form of olla.
    Se on tuolla.
    It is there.
    Se on ollut tuolla.
    It has been there.

[ French

[ Pronunciation

[ Pronoun

on

  1. one, people, someone
  2. we

[ Synonyms

[ Japanese

[ Noun

on (hiragana おん)

  1. 音: sound; note
  2. 恩: obligation

[ Derived terms

[ Old English

[ Etymology

Common Germanic *ana

[ Preposition

on

  1. on

[ Polish

[ Pronunciation

[ Pronoun

on (pl.: personal only - oni, all other - one)

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

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