on
touching and supported by a surface
How often you will meet it
Rank 24 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 1,250,256 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.594% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 100 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
preposition
- touching and supported by a surface
- about a subject; at a particular time
on in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Lord Henry stretched himself out on the divan and laughed.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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She wondered how on earth Miss Oakley would manage them.
Christian's Mistake · Dinah Maria Mulock Craik · Chapter 1
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If it is possible, begin your second rehearsal on the stage where the play is to be given.
The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1
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The girl and her chaperon had been deposited early in the desirable second-story window in Durfee, looking down on the tree.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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There he straightened up and brushed his earth-stained fingers across a dullred splotch on one cheek of his sullen set face.
The Heart of the Hills · John, Jr. Fox · Chapter 1