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ON THAT
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
On that
Example:
text and commentary thereon
Synonyms:
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Context examples:
It was on that, said Professor Challenger, pointing to this tree, that the pterodactyl was perched.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
And so you were waiting for your people when you sat on that stile?
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
I had gone into town on that day, but I returned by the 2.40 instead of the 3.36, which is my usual train.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
We are not going to die. We shall land on that island, and we shall be snug and sheltered before the day is done.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
Me for her, you can stack on that.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
“Depending on that, we think this pair will collide and merge into one black hole in as little as 350 years or as much as 360,000 years.”
(Giant Black Hole Pair Photobombs Andromeda Galaxy, NASA)
When convinced on that article, Miss Bennet had nothing further to wish.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
She was far from depending on that result of his preference of her, which her mother and sister still considered as certain.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
So there's my mind for you, my man, on that.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
“I shake hands on that, Richard.”
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
