on /on/

1. In contact with the upper, supporting, outer or presented surface of
2. To a position in contact with such a surface of
3. In or to a position or state of being supported by
4. Having for basis, principle or condition
5. Subject to
6. In a condition or process of
7. Towards or to
8. Directed towards
9. In the direction of
10. Against
11. Applied to
12. With action applied to
13. With inclination towards
14. Close to, beside
15. Exactly or very nearly at
16. At the time, date or occasion of
17. Very little short of
18. Just after
19. Concerning, about
20. With respect to
21. By (in oaths and adjurations)
22. At the risk of
23. Assigned to
24. In addition to
25. At the expense of, or to the disadvantage of (informal)
26. In (obsolete)
27. (of gaining or taking) from (Shakespeare and Milton)
28. Of (obsolete or dialect)
29. (of marriage) to (Scot)
30. (of waiting) for (Scot)

1. In or into a position on something
2. Towards something
3. In advance
4. On the way to being drunk (slang)
5. Forward
6. In continuance
7. In or into, or allowing connection, supply, activity, operation or validity
8. In progress
9. On the stage, the table, the fire, the programme, the menu, etc
10. Not off

Forward! proceed!

1. Relating to the onside of a cricket field
2. In a condition expressed by the adverb on
3. Agreed upon
4. Acceptable (informal)
5. Practicable, feasible (informal)
6. Willing to participate in an activity, bet, etc

The onside of a cricket field

1. To go on (informal)
2. (with with) to put on (informal)

onward /onˈwərd/ adjective

1. Going on
2. Advancing
3. Advanced

1. (also onˈwards) towards a place or time in advance or in front
2. Forward
3. In continuation of forward movement

onˈwardly adverb (rare)

on-and-offˈ adjective

Off-and-on, intermittent, occasional

onˈ-boardˈ or onˈboard adjective

On, installed inside or carried aboard a vehicle or craft

oncome /onˈkum or -kəm/ noun (Scot)

1. A coming on
2. A sudden fall of rain or snow
3. The beginning of an attack by an insidious disease

onˈcoming noun

An approach

adjective

1. Advancing
2. Approaching

onˈcost noun

1. Overhead expenses (see also oncosts below)
2. An oncostman

adjective

1. Paid by time
2. Causing oncost or oncosts

onˈcostman noun

A mine worker paid by the day

onˈcosts plural noun

All items of expenditure that cannot be allocated to a specific job

onˈding noun (Scot)

Onset, esp a sudden fall of rain or snow

on drive noun (cricket)

A drive to the onside

onˈ-drive intransitive verb and transitive verb

onˈfall noun

1. An attack or onslaught, esp (Scot) of illness
2. A fall of rain or snow (Scot)

onˈflow noun

1. A flowing on
2. An onward flow

onˈgoing noun

1. A going on
2. A course of conduct
3. An event
4. (in pl) proceedings or behaviour, esp misbehaviour

onˈ-going adjective

1. Currently in progress
2. Continuing
3. Which will not stop

onˈ-job adjective

Combined with or in the course of normal work duties and conditions

onˈ-job training or onˈ-the-job training noun

The part of a training course in which a trainee actually works on the job, usu at the workplace and under supervision

onˈ-lend transitive verb

To lend (money which has already been borrowed from another company, etc)

onˈ-licence noun

A licence to sell alcoholic liquors for consumption on the premises

onˈline or onˈ-line adjective and adverb (computing)

1. Attached to, and under the direct control of, the central processing unit
2. Obtained from or by means of online equipment or data
3. Connected to, or available through, the Internet or other computer network
4. Taking place as part of, or relating to, a continuous (esp production) process

onlīˈner or on-līˈner noun (informal)

A person who uses the Internet

onˈlooker noun

Someone who is watching, a looker on, observer

onˈlooking adjective

on-messˈage adverb and adjective (politics)

Following the approved party line

on-offˈ adjective

1. (of a switch, etc) which can be set to one of only two positions, either on or off
2. (of a relationship) not steady

onˈrush noun

A rushing forward

onˈ-screen adjective and adverb

As displayed or portrayed on a TV or computer screen

onˈset noun

1. A violent attack
2. An assault
3. A storming
4. The beginning or outset

onˈsetter noun (archaic)

An assailant

onˈsetting noun

Incitement

onshore /onˈshōr or -shör/ adjective

On or towards the land or shore

on-shoreˈ adverb

onsideˈ adjective and adverb (football, etc)

Not offside

noun /onˈsīd/ (cricket)

That half of the field on the side on which the batsman stands when waiting to receive the ball, the legside

onˈ-site adjective and adverb

(working, happening, etc) on a site

onˈ-stage adjective and adverb

On a part of the stage visible to the audience

onstead /onˈsted/ noun (Scot)

1. A farmstead
2. A farmhouse with its offices
3. The offices alone

onˈ-stream adjective and adverb

1. (of an industrial plant, etc) in or going into operation or production
2. Passing through or along a pipe, system, etc (also figurative)

onˈto preposition

1. To a place or position on (also on to)
2. To the whole of (mathematics)

adjective (mathematics)

Describing a mapping of one set to a second set, involving every element of the latter

on-trend' adjective

Fashionable

on and off

Off and on, intermittently, occasionally

on and on (and on)

Used in phrases containing the particle on to emphasize duration, distance, etc

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