on
preposition (TIME) /ɒn/
/ɑːn/ Definition
A1 used to show when something happens: Many shops don't open on Sundays. What are you doing on Friday? My birthday's on 30 May. Would you mind telling me what you were doing on the afternoon of Friday the 13th of March? Trains to London leave on the hour (= at exactly one o'clock, two o'clock, etc.). On a clear day you can see the mountains from here. She was dead on arrival (= dead when she arrived) at the hospital. Please hand in your keys at reception on your departure from (= when you leave) the hotel.Describing when something happened or will happen
(Definition of on preposition (TIME) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- About to happen
- Always & never
- At the right time
- Coming to an end
- Continually & repeatedly
- Continue & last
- Continuous & permanent
- Days & times of day
- Days, & parts of the week
- Decades, centuries & the millennium
- Describing age & birthdays
- Describing people who are old
- Describing people who are young
- Early
- Finished & over
- Frequency & regularity - general words
- Immediately
- In the future & soon
- In the past
- Lasting for a long time
- Late
- Long periods of time
- Modern & fashionable
- Names of months
- New
- Now
- Old or old-fashioned
- Pauses & interludes
- Periods of time - general words
- Physically and mentally mature & immature
- Points in time
- Rarely & infrequently
- Relating to regular periods of time
- Relating to time
- Schedules & agendas
- Short in time
- Specific periods of time
- Spending time & time passing
- Stages & phases
- Stages of life
- Temporary
- The seasons
- Turning points & deciding moments
- Until a particular moment
- Watches & clocks
- Years & yearly
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Synonyms and related words:
- at preposition (TIME)
- be verb (FUTURE)
- for preposition (OCCASION)
- for preposition (TIME/DISTANCE)
- hundred number
- immediately conjunction
- in preposition (DURING)
- movable feast noun
- on preposition (AFTER)
- one number, determiner (FUTURE TIME)
- somewhere along the line idiom
- space noun (EMPTY PLACE)
- within preposition, adverb
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