"dead on" meaning in English

See dead on in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: en-au-dead on.ogg
Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} dead on (not comparable)
  1. Very accurate. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-dead_on-en-adj-pV9jUOe4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English positive polarity items, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 100 0 Disambiguation of English positive polarity items: 100 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 100 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 100 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: dead-on

Adverb

Audio: en-au-dead on.ogg
Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} dead on (not comparable)
  1. (idiomatic) Exactly at. Tags: idiomatic, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-dead_on-en-adv-4smEEX7I
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: dead-on

Alternative forms

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "dead on (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "100 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "100 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English positive polarity items",
          "parents": [
            "Positive polarity items",
            "Terms by semantic function"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "100 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "100 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Her Sarah Palin impersonation is dead on!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Very accurate."
      ],
      "id": "en-dead_on-en-adj-pV9jUOe4",
      "links": [
        [
          "accurate",
          "accurate"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "en-au-dead on.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c5/En-au-dead_on.ogg/En-au-dead_on.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/En-au-dead_on.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "dead-on"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dead on"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "dead on (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The train arrived dead on 2 o'clock.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Exactly at."
      ],
      "id": "en-dead_on-en-adv-4smEEX7I",
      "links": [
        [
          "Exactly",
          "exactly"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) Exactly at."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "en-au-dead on.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c5/En-au-dead_on.ogg/En-au-dead_on.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/En-au-dead_on.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "dead-on"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dead on"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English adverbs",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English positive polarity items",
    "English uncomparable adjectives",
    "English uncomparable adverbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "dead on (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Her Sarah Palin impersonation is dead on!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Very accurate."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "accurate",
          "accurate"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "en-au-dead on.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c5/En-au-dead_on.ogg/En-au-dead_on.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/En-au-dead_on.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "dead-on"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dead on"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English adverbs",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English positive polarity items",
    "English uncomparable adjectives",
    "English uncomparable adverbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "dead on (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English idioms",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The train arrived dead on 2 o'clock.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Exactly at."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Exactly",
          "exactly"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) Exactly at."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "en-au-dead on.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c5/En-au-dead_on.ogg/En-au-dead_on.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/En-au-dead_on.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "dead-on"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dead on"
}

Download raw JSONL data for dead on meaning in English (2.0kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (d8cb2f3 and 4e554ae). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.