on
- adjective
- /ɑn/
- Make sure you arrive on time for the meeting scheduled next week.
Examples
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Melly, dinner's on.
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Beauty Bay, it's going to have my name on it, my own product.
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One of my friends, he was on bail, right?
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So maybe we'll keep that on there and blurs.
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Well, that's what we will see on Tuesday, Yes.
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And we will see you guys every Thursday on Bram T Bye.
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Kate, we might keep you on Ohh.
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That's why I is on both K prime and Q.
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They're so bad that they're not available on Netflix or Tubby.
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He has four specials that are not available on Netflix or Toby.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Idioms
- Offensive
To keep asking someone to do something all the time in an annoying, pushy way
Immediately at the exact place where something happens, often needing a quick response
- Literature
To be at the top of a place or feel very excited, sometimes meaning from a power above
Compounds
- Specialized
How much money you gain from putting money into something, shown as a percent
- Offensive
A set of actions and laws that harm or limit women's rights, especially in politics and society
- Literature
A long talk by Jesus that gives key moral teachings in the Bible books Matthew and Luke
- Jargon
A small acting role in a play, film, or TV show that usually has no spoken lines
- UK
A rule in cricket making a team bat again immediately after a very low first innings score
A sentence that joins more than one full idea without proper punctuation or connecting words
- Literature
A claim that some people are trying to stop public Christmas celebrations
A small bottle with a round ball at the top that applies liquid to the skin like deodorant
An international agreement from 1947 to reduce taxes on imports and other trade barriers
- Specialized
Official permission to sell alcohol for people to drink in a bar or restaurant
- Formal
An act of placing hands on a person to bless, give authority, or heal them
- Specialized
An advance to first base after a batter receives four pitches outside the strike zone
- Specialized
A percent showing how well a company makes profit from the money put into it
A place that makes a neighborhood look bad because it is empty, damaged, or not cared for
- Formal
A court decision before a trial made only from written statements when the main facts are agreed
Surface Forms
Etymology
On also took the sense of 'in effect' or 'in place', like in the word upon, so asking if a meeting is on is asking whether it will happen as planned. That link between 'in place' and 'happening' explains the modern meaning.