Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- preposition On top of; to a position on; upon.
- preposition Informal Fully aware of; informed about.
- adjective Of, relating to, or being a function such that every element of the codomain is the value that corresponds to an element in the domain.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Toward and upon: as, the door opens directly onto the street.
- To and in connection with.
- To the top of; upon; on.
- An obsolete form of
unto .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- preposition On the top of; upon; on. See On to, under
on , prep.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- preposition
Upon ; ontop of. - preposition informal
Aware of. - preposition mathematics Being an onto
function with acodomain of (see below). - adjective mathematics, of a function Assuming each of the values in its
codomain ; having itsrange equal to its codomain.
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Examples
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Jam threw out the rotten apple, wiped that tray clean, and taped a label onto it.
The Three Furies Kaza Kingsley 2010
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I pretty much vomit sorry for the term onto the keyboard and type like crazy, not overthinking, just being totally honest about whats going on in here.
Enough Already Peter Walsh 2009
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“Do you remember taping the label onto the top of the box?”
Carolina Mist Mariah Stewart 1996
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“Do you remember taping the label onto the top of the box?”
Carolina Mist Mariah Stewart 1996
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“Do you remember taping the label onto the top of the box?”
Carolina Mist Mariah Stewart 1996
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Perhaps Proctor & Gamble should throw their name onto the proceedings because of how deep we've entered soap opera territory.
Will Durst: The GOP Soap Opera Will Durst 2012
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Perhaps Proctor & Gamble should throw their name onto the proceedings because of how deep we've entered soap opera territory.
Will Durst: The GOP Soap Opera Will Durst 2012
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Several times he wrote his name onto the list for sick call, and waited to be escorted to the infirmary.
SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010
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Several times he wrote his name onto the list for sick call, and waited to be escorted to the infirmary.
SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010
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Several times he wrote his name onto the list for sick call, and waited to be escorted to the infirmary.
SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010
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