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Onto in a sentence
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Onto meaning
- Arriving upon or on top of (speaking of a physical or metaphorical movement).
- Aware of.
- Being an onto function with a codomain of (see below).
Using Onto
- The main meaning on this page is: Arriving upon or on top of (speaking of a physical or metaphorical movement). | Aware of. | Being an onto function with a codomain of (see below).
- In the example corpus, onto often appears in combinations such as: onto the, back onto, hold onto.
Context around Onto
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 15 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Onto
- In this selection, "onto" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, left, b4407, jump, hafod, hampton and ridgeway stand out and add context to how "onto" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a roundoff onto the vault, ambulance drove onto the field, hold onto, directly onto and burst onto. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "onto" sits close to words such as parliament, condition and degree, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with onto
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
I want so badly to keep holding onto you guys and to hold onto Rose. (15 words)
Gasoline distributors shift wholesale fuel tax burdens onto service stations, which pass the full cost onto motorists. (17 words)
His house once even fell onto the beach and needed to be moved back onto the land. (17 words)
We’ll go position by position and look at who is most likely to make it, who might be fighting to break onto it, who are just camp bodies hoping to claw their way onto the practice squad, and what positions might still need a body or two. (48 words)
Abortion was such a winning issue in the 2022 midterms that Democrats held onto the Senate and caused Republicans to have the worst out-of-power election results in history, hanging onto the House only by the slimmest of majorities. (40 words)
Whilst the site has a strong frontage onto St Oswalds Way, the rear of the building has a weak frontage, offering a poor outlook onto the Shropshire Union Canal and a negative vista from Canal Side and Back Queen Street. (40 words)
Jeff kicks mAtt, Twist of Fate to Matt. Holds onto the head, and Zay flies over the back of Matt onto Hangman and Jeff! (24 words)
Example sentences (20)
This will divert traffic to an alternative route from the A5 onto the B4407 onto Hafod Ifan, Pont Eidda Road and back onto the A5 to Penmachno Road.
The southbound detour will turn left onto Hampton Ave. left onto Ridgeway, right on Felicity Ave., right onto Elfinwild Rd.
These gymnasts will jump onto the springboard with both feet at the same time and either do a front handspring onto the vault or a roundoff onto the vault.
Abortion was such a winning issue in the 2022 midterms that Democrats held onto the Senate and caused Republicans to have the worst out-of-power election results in history, hanging onto the House only by the slimmest of majorities.
Gasoline distributors shift wholesale fuel tax burdens onto service stations, which pass the full cost onto motorists.
His comical effort bounced off his left foot and onto his right before he fell through the air and face-planted onto the turf.
His house once even fell onto the beach and needed to be moved back onto the land.
I want so badly to keep holding onto you guys and to hold onto Rose.
Jackson then turned onto Monongahela Boulevard, where police said he reached speeds of 105 miles per hour and passed several cars before turning onto Patteson Drive.
Jeff kicks mAtt, Twist of Fate to Matt. Holds onto the head, and Zay flies over the back of Matt onto Hangman and Jeff!
New panellist Sally apologised for her big burst onto the ITV panel show, admitting she felt "really giddy" when she got onto the programme.
Rather than slotting onto the bowl like most models, it fixes onto the mixer head via a trio of rubber grips.
Some fans have a tendency to project their frustrations with a single comic onto the entire publisher, or worse, onto the entire industry.
The suspect then allegedly drove back onto a Highway into Pickens County and pulled onto some property.
Today's disruption came after van drivers yesterday led a convoy of traffic onto the pavement to dodge Just Stop Oil protesters - as one cyclist blamed protesters for 'pushing' him onto the busy road.
Trainers rushed onto the field in Cincinnati, and eventually, an ambulance drove onto the field and carried Hamlin away to a local hospital.
Uploading a new, eye-poppingly shredded photo of his torso, the former One Directioner revealed he’d had a rose inked onto his neck and a huge scorpion etched onto his right hip.
We’ll go position by position and look at who is most likely to make it, who might be fighting to break onto it, who are just camp bodies hoping to claw their way onto the practice squad, and what positions might still need a body or two.
Whilst the site has a strong frontage onto St Oswalds Way, the rear of the building has a weak frontage, offering a poor outlook onto the Shropshire Union Canal and a negative vista from Canal Side and Back Queen Street.
A clear sunscreen stick can be applied to the back of your hand and then dabbed onto your skin with clean fingers (avoid rubbing it directly onto your skin, as it could shift your makeup).
Phrases with onto
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with onto
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: