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preposition
uk
/ɒn/ us
/ɑːn/on preposition (ABOVE)
A1
on preposition (CONNECTED)
on preposition (TIME)
on preposition (WRITING)
- It says on the label that no preservatives or artificial colourings have been added.
- Do you recognize the writing on the envelope?
- This morning's newspapers all carry the same story on their front page.
- He carved her name on a tree.
- See the article on page 4 for more details.
on preposition (TRAVEL)
A2
- We're going across to France on the ferry.
- We fell asleep on the train and woke up to find ourselves in Calais.
- The railcard allows students and young people to travel half-price on most trains.
- I'll collect you from the station. Which bus will you be on?
- The crowd were surrounded by police on horseback.
on preposition (PROCESS)
on fire He accidentally set his bed on fire.
Crime is on the increase (= is increasing) again.
- (straight) from the horse's mouth idiom
- afflict
- affliction
- almost/nearly die of something idiom
- be a martyr to something idiom
- be a victim of your own success idiom
- bear
- count
- go through
- grip
- hands-on
- hit someone where they live idiom
- hold on idiom
- horse
- practical
- seat-of-the-pants
- see life idiom
- stricken
- suffer the consequences
- taste
on preposition (RECORDING)
- The whole car can be modelled on a computer before a single component is made.
- He was clattering away on his old typewriter.
- She comes across really well on television.
- Some software can be configured to prevent children from giving out their phone numbers on the internet.
- Sound and pictures can be stored digitally, as on a CD.
on preposition (PAIN)
on preposition (TO)
A2
to or towards:
on preposition (RELATING)
B1
relating to:
Her talk is on Italian women's literature.
The minister has refused to comment on the allegations.
Criticism has no effect on him.
Do the police have anything on you (= do they have any information about you that can be used against you)?
- aboutWe always seem to talk about money.
- regardingI wrote to them regarding the new contract.
- concerningWhat is your letter concerning?
- in/with regard toComplaints have been made with regard to your behaviour in the office.
- in connection withShe is wanted for questioning in connection with the disappearance of their child.
- onShe’s writing a book on feminism in the 21st century.
on preposition (MONEY)
A2
used to show something for which a payment is made:
- 2FA
- 2SV
- ante up (something)
- burn a hole in someone's pocket idiom
- buying power
- cost-cutting
- fund
- non-contributory
- overpaid
- put someone through something
- put something towards something
- reimburse
- run to something
- self-finance
- set someone back (something)
- spend
- spent
- splurge
- sponsor
- tipper
on preposition (NECESSARY)
- On what basis did you make your decision?
- The Republicans are relying on their agricultural policies to deliver the farmers' vote.
- The meaning of a sentence often depends on stress and intonation.
- He's either a hero or a villain, depending on your point of view.
- Our success rests on an increase in sales.
- basically
- basis
- be a question of doing something idiom
- box ticking
- business-critical
- elemental
- have occasion to do something idiom
- if need be idiom
- if/when push comes to shove idiom
- incumbent
- indispensable
- necessary
- necessary evil
- necessitate
- necessity
- need
- owe
- symbiosis
- symbiotic
- symbiotically
on preposition (INVOLVEMENT)
on preposition (FINANCIAL SUPPORT)
on preposition (FOOD/FUEL/DRUG)
on preposition (NEXT TO)
B1
next to or along the side of:
- Negotiations between the two countries are on the brink of collapse.
- A demilitarized zone has been created on the border between the warring countries.
- A new coffee shop is opening on the high street.
- The Aswan High Dam is on the river Nile in Egypt.
- The shop front occupies a very prominent position on the main street.
on preposition (MEMBER)
C1
- He has been rewarded for his 20 years of service with a seat on the board.
- Police officers aren't usually allowed to serve on a jury.
- Being on the committee is one involvement I could do without.
- She is on the school's development committee.
- He was was of the experts on a panel appointed to investigate the accident.
- advocate
- allyship
- anti-evolution
- anti-evolutionary
- anti-evolutionist
- apologist
- apostle
- booster
- card-carrying member
- custodian
- exponent
- natalist
- non-member
- non-membership
- patron
- patroness
- pro-natalist
- recruit
- supporter
- surrogate
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on preposition (TOOL)
- adopt
- adoption
- avail
- avail yourself of something
- be/go heavy on something idiom
- exhaust
- gobble something up
- make capital out of something idiom
- max
- max out
- mine a rich seam of something idiom
- spare
- spent
- swallow
- tap
- turn/use something to good account idiom
- unblock
- underuse
- underused
- underutilization
on preposition (AGAIN)
on preposition (COMPARISON)
used when making a comparison:
The manufacturer has never improved on the earliest model of the car.
on preposition (POSSESSION)
- acquire
- acquisition
- attach
- attach something to something
- be endowed with something idiom
- bearer
- bore
- holder
- lay
- lord/master/mistress/king/queen of all you survey idiom
- make something (all) your own idiom
- mistress
- not/never want for anything idiom
- revert
- revert to something
- shared ownership
- stake
- stake something out
- survey
- they've
on preposition (AFTER)
happening after and usually because of:
Acting on information given to them anonymously, the police arrested him.
on preposition (PAYMENT)
- 2FA
- 2SV
- ante up (something)
- burn a hole in someone's pocket idiom
- buying power
- cost-cutting
- fund
- non-contributory
- overpaid
- put someone through something
- put something towards something
- reimburse
- run to something
- self-finance
- set someone back (something)
- spend
- spent
- splurge
- sponsor
- tipper
on preposition (FAULTY)
- (straight) from the horse's mouth idiom
- afflict
- affliction
- almost/nearly die of something idiom
- be a martyr to something idiom
- be a victim of your own success idiom
- bear
- count
- go through
- grip
- hands-on
- hit someone where they live idiom
- hold on idiom
- horse
- practical
- seat-of-the-pants
- see life idiom
- stricken
- suffer the consequences
- taste
on preposition (POINTS)
- acquire
- acquisition
- attach
- attach something to something
- be endowed with something idiom
- bearer
- bore
- holder
- lay
- lord/master/mistress/king/queen of all you survey idiom
- make something (all) your own idiom
- mistress
- not/never want for anything idiom
- revert
- revert to something
- shared ownership
- stake
- stake something out
- survey
- they've
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Grammar
Idioms
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adverb
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/ɑːn/on adverb (CONNECTED)
on adverb (OPERATING)
on adverb (TRAVEL)
on adverb (PERFORMING)
C2
on adverb (MOVING FORWARD)
B2