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Idioms about on
Origin of on
First recorded before 900; Middle English on, an, Old English: “on, in, to”; cognate with Dutch aan, German an, Old Norse ā, Gothic ana; akin to Greek aná “up, upon” (see ana-)
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH on
on , on to , ontoWords nearby on
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-on1
a suffix used in the names of subatomic particles (gluon; meson; neutron), quanta (graviton), and other minimal entities or components (cistron; codon; magneton; photon).
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-on2
a suffix used in the naming of inert gaseous elements: neon.
Origin of -on
2≪ Greek -on, neuter of -os adj. ending
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How to use on in a sentence
British Dictionary definitions for on (1 of 4)
Word Origin for on
Old English an, on; related to Old Saxon an, Old High German, Gothic ana
British Dictionary definitions for on (2 of 4)
British Dictionary definitions for on (3 of 4)
ON
abbreviation for
Old Norse
(esp in postal addresses) Ontario
British Dictionary definitions for on (4 of 4)
-on
suffix forming nouns
indicating a chemical substanceinterferon; parathion
(in physics) indicating an elementary particle or quantumelectron; photon
(in chemistry) indicating an inert gasneon; radon
(in biochemistry) a molecular unitcodon; operon
Word Origin for -on
from ion
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