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Word entry · 2 letters

on

Best crossword clue

"Activated"

2 letters · collected on this word page

2 lettersPronunciation /ɒn/Part of speech adverb, adjectiveSorted noStarts with OEnds with N12 cluesVery common crossword word
1O2N

Definitions

  1. Resting atop something

Word origin

From Middle English on, from Old English on, an (“on, upon, onto, in, into”), from Proto-West Germanic *ana, from Proto-Germanic *ana (“on, at”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂en- (“on, onto”).

Used in a sentence

  • All the lights are on, so they must be home.
  • We had to ration our food because there was a war on.
  • Some of the cast went down with flu, but the show's still on.

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer12 curated clues

01Activated2 letters
02Currently active2 letters
03Currently airing2 letters
04In operation2 letters
05Lit, as a screen2 letters
06Live, as TV coverage2 letters
07Live, as a broadcast2 letters
08Playing, as a radio2 letters

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