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[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology 1

From Middle English on, from Old English on, an (“on, upon, onto, in, into”), from Proto-Germanic *ana (“on, at”), from Proto-Indo-European *ano-, *nō- (“on”). Cognate with North Frisian a (“on, in”), Dutch aan (“on, at, to”), Low German an (“on, at”), German an (“to, at, on”), Swedish å (“on, at, in”), Faroese á (“on, onto, in, at”), Icelandic á (“on, in”), Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌰 (ana), Ancient Greek ἀνά (ana, “up, upon”); and from the Old Norse combination upp á: Danish på, Swedish på, Norwegian på, see upon.

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on (not comparable)

  1. in the state of being active, functioning or operating
  2. performing according to schedule
    Are we still on for tonight?
    Is the show still on?
  3. (UK, informal) Acceptable, appropriate.
    right on; bang on; not on
  4. (baseball, informal) Having reached a base as a runner and being positioned there, awaiting further action from a subsequent batter.
[edit] Synonyms
  • (baseball: positioned at a base): on base (not informal)
[edit] Translations
in the state of being active, functioning or operating

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on (not comparable)

  1. to an operating state
    turn the television on
  2. along, forwards (continuing an action)
    drive on, rock on
  3. in continuation, at length.
    and so on.
    He rambled on and on.
  4. (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
  5. (not US) Later.
    Ten years on nothing had changed in the village.
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[edit] Translations
to an operating state
continuing an action
along, forwards (continuing an action)
cricket: in, or towards the half of the field on the same side as the batsman's legs

[edit] Preposition

A green pepper on (positioned on the upper surface of) a box

on

  1. Positioned at the upper surface of, touching from above.
    on the table; on the couch
  2. covering
    He wore old shoes on his feet.
  3. At the date of.
    Born on the 4th of July.
  4. Some time during the day of.
    I'll see you on Monday.
    The bus leaves on Friday.
    Can I see you on a different day? On Sunday I'm busy.
  5. Dealing with the subject of, about, or concerning something.
    A book on history.
    The World Summit on the Information Society.
  6. Touching; hanging from.
    The fruit ripened on the trees.
    The painting hangs on the wall.
  7. (informal) In the possession of.
    I haven't got any money on me.
  8. Because of, or due to.
    To arrest someone on suspicion of bribery.
    To contact someone on a hunch.
  9. Immediately after.
    On Jack's entry, William got up to leave.
  10. Paid for by.
    The drinks are on me tonight, boys.
    The meal is on the house.
    I paid for the airfare and meals for my family, but the hotel room was on the company.
  11. Used to indicate a means or medium.
    I saw it on television.
    Can't you see I'm on the phone?
  12. Indicating a means of subsistence.
    They lived on ten dollars a week.
    The dog survived three weeks on rainwater.
  13. Away or occupied with (e.g. a scheduled activity).
    He's on his lunch break.
    on vacation
    on holiday
  14. Regularly taking (a drug).
    You've been on these antidepressants far too long.
    He's acting so strangely, I think he must be on something.
  15. (mathematics) Having identical domain and codomain.
    a function on V
  16. (mathematics) Having Vn as domain and V as codomain, for some set V and integer n.
    an operator on V
  17. (mathematics) Generated by.
    the free group on four letters
  18. Supported by (the specified part of itself).
    A table can't stand on two legs.
    After resting on his elbows, he stood on his toes, then walked on his heels.
  19. At a given time after the start of something.
    • 2011 September 24, Aled Williams, “Chelsea 4 - 1 Swansea”, BBC Sport:
      The Spain striker had given Chelsea the lead on 29 minutes but was shown a straight red card 10 minutes later for a rash challenge on Mark Gower.
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[edit] Translations
positioned at the upper surface of
covering
at the date of
sometime during the day of
  • French: (not translated)
  • Italian: (not translated)
dealing with the subject of
touching; hanging from
math:having V as both domain and codomain
math:having Vn as domain and V as codomain
because of, or due to something
paid for by
  • Finnish: (not applicable; different structures used)
  • German: auf (de)
  • Latin: in (la)
  • Russian: с (ru) (с меня, с тебя...)
used to indicate means or medium
  • Finnish: (not applicable; inessive and adessive cases used)
  • German: in (de), an (de)
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[edit] Etymology 2

From Old Norse ón, án (“without”), from Proto-Germanic *ēno, *ino (“without”), from Proto-Indo-European *anew, *enew (“without”). Cognate with North Frisian on (“without”), Middle Dutch an, on (“without”), Middle Low German āne (“without”), German ohne (“without”), Gothic  (inu, “without, except”), Ancient Greek ἄνευ (áneu, “without”).

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on

  1. (UK dialectal, Scotland) Without.
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  • Usually followed by a perfect participle, as being, having, etc.

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[edit] Catalan

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From Latin unde.

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on

  1. where

[edit] Cornish

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[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *ognos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʷʰno- (“lamb”).

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on m. (plural en)

  1. lamb

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on

  1. (cardinal) ten

[edit] Czech

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *onъ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eno-

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on m.

  1. he (third person personal singular)

[edit] Declension

    declension of on
singular plural
nominative on oni/ony
genitive jeho/něho ho jej/něj jich/nich
dative jemu/němu/mu jim/nim
accusative jeho/něho ho jej/něj je/ně
vocative
locative něm nich
instrumental jím/ním jimi/nimi

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[edit] Dutch

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on

  1. rarely used as shorthand for oneven (odd), the prefix on- means not (corresponds to English un-)

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on

  1. Third-person singular present form of olema.
    See on seal.
    It is there.
    See on seal olnud.
    It has been there.
  2. Third-person plural present form of olema.

[edit] Finnish

[edit] Etymology

inflected form of olla

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: [on]
  • Hyphenation: on

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on

  1. Third-person singular indicative present form of olla.
    Se on tuolla.
    It is there.
    Se on ollut tuolla.
    It has been there.

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[edit] French

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From Old French hom, reduced form of Old French homme (“man”) used as a pronoun, from Latin hominem, accusative form of homō (“man”). Its pronominal use is of Germanic origin. Compare Old English man (“one, they, people”), reduced form of Old English mann (“man, person”); German man (“one, they, people”); Dutch men (“one, they, people”).

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on

  1. One, people, you, someone (an unspecified individual: indefinite personal pronoun).
    • 2003, Natasha St. Pier, L'Instant D'Après (album), Quand On Cherche L'Amour (song)
      Quand on cherche l'amour...
      When one searches for love...
    On ne peut pas pêcher ici
    You can't fish here
  2. (informal) We.
    On s'est amusé
    We had fun

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French personal pronouns
Number Person Gender Nominative
(subject)		 Reflexive Accusative
(direct complement)		 Dative
(indirect complement)		 Locative
(at)		 Genitive
(of)		 Disjunctive
(tonic)
Singular First — je, j' me, m' — — moi
Second — tu, t' te, t' — — toi
Third Masculine il se, s' le, l' lui y en lui
Feminine elle la, l' elle
— on — — — — soi
Plural First — nous nous — — nous
Second — vous vous — — vous
Third Masculine ils se, s' les leur y en eux
Feminine elles elles

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on

  1. one, people, someone

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[edit] Noun

on (hiragana おん)

  1. 音: sound; note
  2. 恩: obligation

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on

  1. in; on

[edit] Old English

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Proto-Germanic *ana

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on

  1. on, in, at, among

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on

  1. (with verbs of taking or depriving) from

[edit] Polish

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From Proto-Slavic *onъ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eno-

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on (plural: personal only oni, all other one)

  1. he for animate, it for inanimate (third person, m. sg.).

[edit] Declension

Singular only
Nominative on
Genitive jego/go/niego
Dative jemu/mu/niemu
Accusative jego/go/niego
Instrumental nim
Locative nim
Vocative –

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[edit] Romansch

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  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran) onn
  • (Puter) an

[edit] Etymology

From Latin annus.

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on m. (plural ons)

  1. (Sutsilvan, Vallader) year

[edit] Serbo-Croatian

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *onъ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eno-

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ȏn (Cyrillic spelling о̑н)

  1. he

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    Inflection of 3rd-person pronouns
Singular Plural
Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
nominative ȏn òna òno òni òne òna
genitive njȅga, ga njȇ, je njȅga, ga njȋh, ih njȋh, ih njȋh, ih
dative njȅmu, mu njȏj, joj njȅmu, mu njȉma, im njȉma, im njȉma, im
accusative njȅga, ga, nj njȗ, ju, je, nju njȅga, ga, nj njȋh, ih njȋh, ih njȋh, ih
vocative - - - - - -
locative njȅm, njȅmu njȏj njȅm, njȅmu njȉma njȉma njȉma
instrumental njȋm, njíme njȏm, njóme njȋm, njíme njȉma njȉma njȉma

[edit] Slovak

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *onъ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eno-

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on

  1. he (third-person personal masculine singular pronoun)

[edit] Slovene

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *onъ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eno-

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on m. (third-person masculine singular personal pronoun)

  1. he

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Slovene personal pronouns
singular dual plural
1st person m. jaz midva mi
f. medve, midve me
2nd person familiar m. ti vidva vi
f. vedve, vidve ve
polite m. vi vidva vi
f. ve vedve, vidve ve
3rd person m. on onadva oni
f. ona onedve, onidve one
n. ono onedve, onidve ona

[edit] Swedish

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on

  1. indefinite plural of o

[edit] Turkish

[edit] Etymology

From Old Turkic on (“ten”), from Proto-Turkic.

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on

  1. (cardinal) ten

[edit] Turkmen

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on

  1. (cardinal) ten

[edit] Venetian

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on m. sg.

  1. a, an

[edit] Usage notes

  • Variant of un

[edit] Volapük

[edit] Etymology

The original (now obsolete) meaning: from French on.

[edit] Pronoun

on

  1. it
  2. (obsolete) (indefinite personal pronoun) one

[edit] Declension

    declension of on
singular plural
nominative on ons
genitive ona onas
dative one ones
accusative oni onis
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