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Word entry · 2 letters

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"Activated"

2 letters · collected on this word page

2 lettersPronunciation /ɒn/Part of speech adverb, adjectiveSorted noStarts with OEnds with N15 cluesVery common crossword word
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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 answer15 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
09Powered up2 letters
10Powered, as a device2 letters
11Running, as a machine2 letters
12Switched in use2 letters
13Switched live2 letters
14Switched to active2 letters
15Not off2 letters

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