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ON IT
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
On that
Example:
text and commentary thereon
Synonyms:
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Context examples:
The Professor paused before replying:—We shall at the first board that ship; then, when we have identified the box, we shall place a branch of the wild rose on it.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
From then on it was war between them.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
The fingers could not close on it.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
She could not enter on it.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
I remembered only, and it was with a bitter anguish that I reflected on it, to order that my chemical instruments should be packed to go with me.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
“He was certainly right in respecting such feelings; he was glad he had determined on it.”
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
As for admiration, it was always very welcome when it came, but she did not depend on it.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
You can also get infected by coming in contact with an object, such as a toy, that has bacteria on it.
(Diphtheria, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Another form of reactive arthritis starts with eating food or handling something that has bacteria on it.
(Infectious Arthritis, NIH)
They must be close by; they can't be far; you have your hands on it.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
