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ON is sometimes a misspelling of an, know, no, not, of, off, one or own.
The word on is considered to be an easy one, according to the Dale-Chall word list, which includes 3000 words that all fourth-grade American students should know and understand.
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Definition of the adjective on
What does on mean as an attribute of a noun?
adjective - degrees: oner |
- in operation or operational
- (of events) planned or scheduled
- examples: the picnic is on, rain or shine | we have nothing on for Friday night
- antonym: off
Alternative definition of the adjective on
adjective
- in the state of being active, functioning or operating
- synonym: on base [not informal]
- performing according to schedule
- [UK, informal] Acceptable, appropriate.
- [baseball, informal] Having reached a base as a runner and being positioned there, awaiting further action from a subsequent batter.
Definition of the adverb on
What does on mean as an attribute of something other than a noun?
adverb
- with a forward motion
- examples: the circus traveled on to the next city | march on
- synonym of on: along
- indicates continuity or persistence or concentration
- examples: his spirit lives on | shall I read on?
- in a state required for something to function or be effective
- examples: turn the lights on | get a load on
Alternative definition of the adverb on
adverb
- to an operating state
- antonym: off
- along, forwards (continuing an action)
- antonym: off
- in continuation, at length.
- antonyms: after, afterward/afterwards, later, subsequently, thence
- [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
- [context: not US] Later.
Other definitions of on
What does on also mean?
abbreviation
- Ontario, a province of Canada.
Scrabble value of O1N1
The value of this 2-letter word is 2 points. It is included in the first and second editions of the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary.
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