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This word consists of 2 letters and is spelled as "O-N". It has 1 vowel and 1 consonant.

How do you spell on

Typo fix for "on"

on

preposition

How to pronunciation on: ˈȯn

What does On Mean?

What does on meaning in English

1. Forward; in succession. As he forbore one act, so he might have foreborn another, and after that another, and so on, till he had by degrees weakened, and at length mortified and extinguished the habit itself. South’s Sermons. If the tenant fail the landlord, he must fail his creditor, and he his, and so on. Locke. These smaller particles are again composed of others much smaller, all which together are equal to all the pores or empty spaces between them; and so on perpetually till you come to solid particles, such as have no pores. Newt.
   
2. Forward; in progression. On indeed they went; but oh! not far; A fatal stop travers’d their head-long course. Daniel. So saying, on he led his radiant files. Milton. Hopping and flying, thus they led him on To the slow lake. Dryden. What kindled in the dark the vital flame, And ere the heart was form’d, push’d on the red’ning stream. Blackmore on Creation. Go to, I did not mean to chide you; On with your tale. Rowe’s J. Shore.
   
3. In continuance; without ceasing. Let them sleep, let them sleep on, Till this stormy night be gone, And th’ eternal morrow dawn. Crashaw. Sing on, sing on, for I can ne’er be cloy’d. Dryden. You roam about, and never are at rest; By new desires, that is, new torments still possest: As in a fev’rish dream you still drink on, And wonder why your thirst is never gone. Dryden. The peasants defy the sun; they work on in the hottest part of the day without intermission. Locke’s Educat.

Other definitions for on

The definition of 'on' is: —used as a function word to indicate position in contact with and supported by the top surface of

How to spell on

Want to know how to spell on, you will find a comprehensive answer on this topic. The word "on consists of 1 syllables and is spelled "ˈȯn".

Synonyms for on:

There are synonyms for on'. Depending on the situation and context, the following words are also often used instead of on:

about, apropos, apropos of, as far as, as for, as regards, as to, concerning, of, regarding, respecting, touching, toward

Some words similar to "on"

• prothonotariship
• conferences
• wontless
• misapprehension
• caissons
• nigrification
• concupiscential
• cautions
• clapperton
• canon bit

The word "on" in works of art

We accept her! We accept her! One of us! One of us! Gooble-gobble! Gooble-gobble!

Freaks / Tod Browning

She had a perpetual sense, as she watched the taxi cabs, of being out, out, far out to sea and alone; she always had the feeling that it was very, very dangerous to live even one day.

Virginia Woolf / Mrs. Dalloway

Books are mirrors: you only see in them what you already have inside you.

The Shadow of the Wind / Carlos Ruiz Zafón

But if these years have taught me anything it is this: you can never run away. Not ever. The only way out is in.

Junot Diaz / The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

What is the point of worrying oneself too much about what one could or could not have done to control the course one's life took? Surely it is enough that the likes of you and I at least try to make our small contribution count for something true and worthy.

Kazuo Ishiguro / The Remains of the Day

We are not, Hester, the worst sinners in the world. There is one worse than even the polluted priest! That old man's revenge has been blacker than my sin. He has violated, in cold blood, the sanctity of a human heart.

The Scarlet Letter / Nathaniel Hawthorne

Freeing yourself was one thing, claiming ownership of that freed self was another.

Toni Morrison / Beloved

Once a king or queen of Narnia, always a king or queen of Narnia.

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe / C.S. Lewis

I keep thinking about this river somewhere, with the water moving really fast. And these two people in the water, trying to hold onto each other, holding on as hard as they can, but in the end it's just too much. The current's too strong. They've got to let go, drift apart.

Kazuo Ishiguro / Never Let Me Go

It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Arthur Conan Doyle

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How many points in scrabble for on

How many points is the word "on" in Scrabble? Is "on" a Scrabble word? Here is the letter-by-letter scoring of the Scrabble game, which is played all over the world in different languages and with different words.

The total scrabble score for the word on is 2

Understanding English Verb Tenses

English verb tenses can be quite confusing, but with some practice, you can master them. There are 12 different tenses in English, which fall into two categories: simple and continuous. Simple tenses refer to actions that happen once, whereas continuous tenses refer to ongoing or repeated actions. For example, the present simple tense is used to talk about habits or things that are always true, while the present continuous tense is used to describe actions happening at the moment or temporarily. It's important to understand the different verb tenses in order to communicate effectively in English.