onto

to a position on

The first known use: in 1581

Word Structure

4 Letters, 2 Syllable

onto

4 Phonemes

o n t U

aw n t U

onset, rime

- -

Morpheme

onto

Sentence Examples

We climbed onto the building's roof.

The book fell onto the floor.

The water spilled onto the floor.

The cowboy leaped onto his horse.

Transfer the data onto a disk.

Turn left onto Third Street at the traffic light.

Related Words

Sound the same but are spelled differently.

adjacent

against

toward

Collocations

The habitual juxtaposition of a particular word with another word or words with a frequency greater than chance.

be onto

map onto

put onto

tag onto

back onto

give onto

glom onto

hold onto

lock onto

Neighborhood

Onset Friends

ocean

of

off

often

oh

old

on

only

open

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