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Meaning on meaning

What does on mean?
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on

positioned at the upper surface of, touching from above The apple is on the table. at the date of Tim was born on the 4th of July. along, forwards (continuing an action) drive on, rock on about, dealing with the subject of I have a book on history. There was a World Summit on the Information Society a few weeks ago. touching; hanging from I have no money on me at the moment. I would like to eat the fruit on the trees. because of, due to He was arrested on suspicion of bribery. I contacted Joanne on a hunch that she would know about it. The stock price increased on news of a new product.

on

If something is on, it is active, functioning or operating. The television is on. The lights are on, so it is very bright.

on

(= along) with a forward motion we drove along admiring the view the horse trotted along at a steady pace the circus traveled on to the next city move along march on in operation or operational left the oven on the switch is in the on position indicates continuity or persistence or concentration his spirit lives on shall I read on? in a state required for something to function or be effective turn the lights on get a load on (of events) planned or scheduled the picnic is on, rain or shine we have nothing on for Friday night

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Simple sentences

Your glasses fell on the floor.
When we borrow money, we must agree on the conditions.
Do you have a pen on you?
We're going to eat a lot tonight so I hope you're not on a diet.
Do you think he made that mistake on purpose?
You don't go to school on Sunday, do you?
You must be back on Sunday at the latest.
You can always count on Tom.
You must not depend so much on others.
You made the mistake on purpose, didn't you?
Your comic books are on the shelf.
Everyone must learn on their own in the end.
Step on it!
It depends on the context.
Tomorrow, he will land on the moon.
It's useless to keep on thinking any more.
I have too many things on my mind these days.
Place the deck of cards on the oaken table.
When you're beginning to look like the photo in your passport, you should go on a holiday.
When you start to look like the photo in your passport, it's time to go on vacation.
When you start looking like your passport photo you should go on vacation.
It's so hot that you could cook an egg on the hood of a car.
It's a complete mess, and it's getting on my nerves.
Being objective means not telling everybody whose side you are on.
You did it on purpose, didn't you?
Come on, play with me, I'm so bored!
If you don't want to put on sunscreen, that's your problem. Just don't come complaining to me when you get a sunburn.

Movie subtitles

You should have gone somewhere else.why on a Sunday?
I don't have make up on, they won't recognize me.
Am I the only one to be pick on? Am I some kind of passing dog?
On tomorrow's sports news page, it's going to be our headline.
I have to rely on you.
Yes, by contacting them on the radio.
Come on, almost..
What are you going to do from now on?
Hey, you're planning on staying here?
Men sleep on the floor.
If you concentrate on Zero too much, they will pull the rug out from under you!
Apparently on lack of evidence.
I placed a Geass on her which makes her carve a symbol on this wall every day.
Apparently on lack of evidence. Well, it looks like he was thoroughly investigated, thanks to that incident with Zero.
I wonder if it would work on me?
Put a cordon on the 4th Zone of the Shinjuku Ghetto.
After having the Geass cast on them, or when it's in effect, there is a noticeable gap in memory.
Get on!
Wouldn't this be a good chance to get battle data on the Lancelot?
Dammit. four on one.
I can't allow a meaningless fight to go on!
Kids will always be able to get their hands on PBJs.
We get someone on the outside, usually a junior high kid.
Suspended on the spot, get sent home, your parents freak out, and that's why I won't let anybody in my crew touch the stuff.
Nick's always told us none of us can get involved with the peanut racket, and there's no way I'm going to betray Nick for a kiss on the cheek for a lousy seven seconds.
She must have put a spell on me.
So I heard you spent my 40 bucks in peanut money on a bag of tampons.
Come on! I only eat bugs when I'm really hungry, like when my mom sleeps in and forgets to pack my lunch.
I'd better go talk to Mary on this one.
Just gonna go take a little dump. I gotta go to the bathroom and go catch up on some reading. I gotta take the Browns to the Superbowl.
Oh, come on, J.J., you know I wouldn't touch this shit.
Something's going on.
Look, I got a free catcher, I got one of Nick's crew suspended, and I got Nick to turn his back on one of his best friends.
Nick, come on!
Then, when he did, I made this huge deal about turning my back on him.

News and current affairs

Of course, such considerations might have little influence on prices.
Indeed, on the surface it seems to be its perfect antithesis: the collapse of a wall symbolizing oppression and artificial divisions versus the collapse of a seemingly indestructible and reassuring institution of financial capitalism.
NEW YORK - On May 8, 1945, when World War II in Europe officially ended, much of the world lay in ruins.
It cannot be the same as the 1945 consensus, but we would do well, on this anniversary, to remember why that consensus was forged in the first place.
He gave a fascinating talk about his adventures, complete with clips of him floating around, catching bubbles in his mouth, and so on.
But was it really a war that started on September 11, 2001?
Such restrictions on freedom did not meet with much public opposition when they were adopted.
On the contrary, by and large it was the critics, not the supporters, of these measures who found themselves in trouble.
Some of today's restrictions on habeas corpus and civil liberties have sunset clauses restricting their validity; all such rules should be re-examined by parliaments regularly.
The feature of the proposed pact that elicits the most excitement - its focus on regulatory barriers like mandatory product standards - should actually incite the greatest concern.
Instead, they focused exclusively on US foreign debt, ignoring household debt (mortgage and consumer debt), public debt, business debt, and financial debt.
Second, troubles in any single component of total debt will have an impact on all the other components.
To offset the negative impact of private-sector deleveraging on growth, the US government has maintained expansionary fiscal and monetary policies.
Now, with household debt sustained on a knife-edge after feverish government intervention, the fiscal position has deteriorated dramatically and the current-account balance has worsened again.
Europe is being cautious in the name of avoiding debt and defending the euro, whereas the US has moved on many fronts in order not to waste an ideal opportunity to implement badly needed structural reforms.
Later, I went on a tour that they organized to watch the launch of Charles Simonyi, the fifth (and soon seventh) space tourist, from Baikonur in Kazakhstan.
While the legislation does too little to address America's problem of chronic and rising budget deficits, the damage that it inflicts on the economy in the short term is likely to be limited.
This is too small a pool of money from which to achieve deficit reduction on the scale that the US will need in the years ahead.
International cooperation has increased markedly, in part because governments that cannot agree on many things can agree on the need to cooperate in this area.