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Definition
adj (English)
1. Happening; taking place; being or due to be put into action.Examples: ""Five bucks says the Cavs win tonight." ―"You're on!""; "If he wants a fight, he's on!"informalnot-comparable
2. (postpositive) Of a stated part of something, oriented towards the viewer or other specified direction.Examples: "The photograph shows the UFO side on."; "edge on, side on, end on, face on"not-comparablepostpositional
3. (chiefly UK, informal, chiefly in the negative) Acceptable, appropriate.Examples: "It's not fair to do that – it's just not on."; "This kind of over-packaging of goods is completely not on."; "so Simon Nelson saying on Feedback "we'd prefer it if everybody listened to digital radio via DAB" is completely not on at all."UKinformalnot-comparable
4. (chiefly in the negative) Possible; capable of being successfully carried out.Examples: "Climbing up that steep ridge isn't on. We'll have to find another route."; "He'd like to play the red next to the black spot, but that shot isn't on."not-comparable
5. (e.g. of points in a game) Available; remaining.Examples: "Smith is 25 points ahead with only 23 on."not-comparable
6. (baseball, informal) Having reached a base as a runner and being positioned there, awaiting further action from a subsequent batter.Examples: "With one out and no men on, Tristen Carranza belted a ball to the opposite field for a solo home run to put the NM State deficit at just 2-1."; "Although Stanford was outhit 15-6, the Cardinal stranded eight runners to UCLA's three, hitting just 3-15 with runners on compared to the Bruin's 9-22."Synonyms: on baseinformalnot-comparable
adv (English)
1. (infrequent in the US) Later.Examples: "Ten years on, nothing had changed in the village."Synonyms: after, afterward, afterwards, later, subsequently, thencenot-comparable
2. (snooker) Of a ball, into a pottable position.Examples: "The black was previously unavailable, but in potting that red, he's now pushed the black on."not-comparable
prep (English)
1. Indicating position or location.Examples: "A ship was sighted on the port quarter."; "on the bow; on the starboard beam"
2. (UK) At (a certain value or level).Examples: "The Tories are on twenty-five percent in this constituency."; "The blue team are on six points and the red team on five."UK
3. (UK, especially in sports reporting) At (a given time after the start of something).Examples: "Smith scored again on twelve minutes, doubling Mudchester Rovers' lead."; "The Spain striker had given Chelsea the lead on 29 minutes but was shown a straight red card 10 minutes later for a rash challenge on Mark Gower."UKespecially
4. (informal) In the possession of.Examples: "I haven't got any money on me."informal
5. (also often 'upon') At the time of (and often because of).Examples: "On Jack's entry, William got up to leave."; "On the addition of ammonia, a chemical reaction begins."; "A young woman, before marriage, hears only the myths of wedded bliss. Later, on discovering the truth, she conspires with other women to conceal it."
6. (also often 'upon') Arrived or coming into the presence of.Examples: "I need to get my planting done, as the season will soon be on us."; "Before we knew it, the forest was on us, and the air grew colder and damper."
verb (English)
1. (Singapore, Philippines, Malaysia, Nigeria, transitive, colloquial) To switch on.Examples: "Can you on the light?"Synonyms: turn onMalaysiaNigeriaPhilippinesSingaporecolloquialtransitive
prep (English)
1. (UK dialectal, Scotland) Without.ScotlandUKdialectal
name (English)
1. (linguistics) Initialism of Old Norse.abbreviationalt-ofinitialism
Definition source: Wiktionary