on

/ɒn/ · verb

Meaning

To switch on
In the state of being active, functioning or operating.
Performing according to schedule; taking place.
Fitted; covering; being worn.
(usually negative) Acceptable, appropriate.
Destined, normally in the context of a challenge being accepted; involved, doomed.
Having reached a base as a runner and being positioned there, awaiting further action from a subsequent batter.
To an operating state.
So as to cover or be fitted.
Along, forwards (continuing an action).
In continuation, at length.
(obsolete in the US) Later.
Of betting odds, denoting a better-than-even chance. See also odds-on.
Positioned at the upper surface of, touching from above.
Positioned at or resting against the outer surface of; attached to.
Expressing figurative placement or attachment.
Denoting performance or action by contact with the surface, upper part, or outside of anything; hence, by means of; with.
At or in (a certain region or location).
Near; adjacent to; alongside.
Without.
In the Japanese language, a pronunciation, or reading, of a kanji character that was originally based on the character's pronunciation in Chinese, contrasted with kun.

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