"be on" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "is on",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "being on",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "was on",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "been on",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "be<is,being,was,been> on"
      },
      "expansion": "be on (third-person singular simple present is on, present participle being on, simple past was on, past participle been on)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "British English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The Tories are on twenty-five percent in that constituency.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be ranked at (something), based on polling."
      ],
      "id": "en-be_on-en-verb-4GZZ7TtW",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK, transitive, literally) To be ranked at (something), based on polling."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0",
          "word": "be on to"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "literally",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "You don't have to be on all the time.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be performative or funny in a wearying manner."
      ],
      "id": "en-be_on-en-verb-hephdqmm",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, literally) To be performative or funny in a wearying manner."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "literally"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "That task is on you.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be responsible for (something)."
      ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, literally) To be responsible for (something)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literally",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "African-American Vernacular English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "29 13 10 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs formed with \"on\"",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "27 9 10 54",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 7 7 59",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "What are you on today?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be up to; to be engaged in or scheduled to do imminently."
      ],
      "id": "en-be_on-en-verb-e96xCSXH",
      "links": [
        [
          "up to",
          "up to"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "African-American Vernacular",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(African-American Vernacular, transitive) To be up to; to be engaged in or scheduled to do imminently."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "be on"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs formed with \"on\"",
    "English verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "is on",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "being on",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "was on",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "been on",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "be<is,being,was,been> on"
      },
      "expansion": "be on (third-person singular simple present is on, present participle being on, simple past was on, past participle been on)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "be on to"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The Tories are on twenty-five percent in that constituency.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be ranked at (something), based on polling."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK, transitive, literally) To be ranked at (something), based on polling."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "literally",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "You don't have to be on all the time.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be performative or funny in a wearying manner."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, literally) To be performative or funny in a wearying manner."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "literally"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "That task is on you.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be responsible for (something)."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, literally) To be responsible for (something)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literally",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "African-American Vernacular English",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "What are you on today?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be up to; to be engaged in or scheduled to do imminently."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "up to",
          "up to"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "African-American Vernacular",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(African-American Vernacular, transitive) To be up to; to be engaged in or scheduled to do imminently."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "be on"
}