onto
/ˈɒn.tuː/ preposition B1- Arriving upon or on top of (speaking of a physical or metaphorical movement). · My cat just jumped onto the keyboard.· A new drug has just come onto the market.
- Aware of. · The thought-police were onto my plans of world domination.
- Being an onto function with a codomain of (see below). · The exponential function maps the set of real numbers onto the set of positive real numbers.
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Rank reeds and lush, slimy water-plants sent an odour of decay and a heavy miasmatic vapour onto our faces, while a false step plunged us more than once thigh-deep into the dark, quivering mire, which shook for yards in soft undulations around our feet.
Brady wasn’t onto that little outdoor vehicle mob scene.
The Ant climbed onto it and floated in safety to the bank.
My companion noiselessly closed the shutters, moved the lamp onto the table, and cast his eyes round the room.
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