on | English meaning

on

prepositionA1UK /ɒn/

Indicating position or location.

Positioned at the upper surface of, touching from above.
Positioned at or resting against the outer surface of; attached to.
Covering.
At or in (a geographical location or position).
At (a relative spatial position).
Near; adjacent to; alongside; just off.
Aboard (a mode of transport, especially public transport, or transport that one sits astride or uses while standing).
In the direction of (some part of one's vessel), to within 45 degrees.

Expressing figurative placement, burden, or attachment.

Denoting physical contact or interaction with an object, such as impact or application of force.

With verbs describing an action of pushing, pulling, pressing, etc., designates the thing to which force is applied.
With verbs describing an action of hitting, rubbing, scratching, binding against, etc., designates the thing impacted or contacted.
Denoting performance or action by contact with the surface, upper part, or outside of anything By means of; with.

Supported by (the specified part of itself).
At (a certain value or level).UK
At (a certain position within a sequence).
At or during the date or day of.
At (a given time after the start of something).UK, especially
At (an instant or cusp).
Dealing with the subject of; about; concerning.
Indicating a means or medium.
Indicating the target of, or thing affected by, an event or action.
In the possession of.informal
Because of; upon the basis of (something not yet confirmed as true).
At the time of (and often because of).
Arrived or coming into the presence of.
Paid for by.
Toward; for; indicating the object of an emotion.
Indicating the person experiencing an emotion, cold, thirst, hunger, etc.Ireland, especially
Indicating a means of subsistence or sustenance.
Engaged in or occupied with (an action or activity).
Regularly taking (a drug).
Under the influence of (a drug, or something that is causing drug-like effects).
In addition to; besides; indicating multiplication or succession in a series.
Indicating dependence or reliance.
Serving as a member of.
By virtue of; with the pledge of.
To the account or detriment of; denoting imprecation or invocation, or coming to, falling, or resting upon.
Against; in opposition to.
According to, from the standpoint of; (expressing what must follow, whether accepted or not, if a given premise or system is assumed true).
In a position of being able to pot (a given ball).
Having as identical domain and codomain.
Having Vⁿ as domain and V as codomain, for the specified set V and some integer n.
Generated by.
Divided by.Quebec
Without.Scotland, UK, dialectal

Forms

other spelling: ohn

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