"onto" meaning in English

See onto in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈɒn.tuː/ [UK], /ˈɔn.tu/ [US], /ˈɑn.tu/ [cot-caught-merger], /ˈɒn.tə/ [UK], /ˈɔn.tə/ [US], /ˈɑn.tə/ [cot-caught-merger], /ˈɒn.tʊ/ [UK], /ˈɔn.tʊ/ [US], /ˈɑn.tʊ/ [cot-caught-merger] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-onto.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-onto.wav [US]
Rhymes: (unstressed, before consonants) -ɒntə Etymology: From on + to, after into. Compare Saterland Frisian antou (“up to”). Etymology templates: {{compound|en|on|to}} on + to, {{m|en|into}} into, {{noncog|stq|antou|t=up to}} Saterland Frisian antou (“up to”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} onto (not comparable)
  1. (mathematics, of a function) Assuming each of the values in its codomain; having its range equal to its codomain. Tags: not-comparable, of a function Categories (topical): Mathematics Synonyms: surjective [mathematics, sciences] Related terms: one-to-one [mathematics, sciences], injective [mathematics, sciences], bijective [mathematics, sciences], unto
    Sense id: en-onto-en-adj-BZRC2Jai Topics: mathematics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: on to (english: South Africa etc) [Australia, Canada, Commonwealth, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK, including] [countries, geography, natural-sciences]

Preposition

IPA: /ˈɒn.tuː/ [UK], /ˈɔn.tu/ [US], /ˈɑn.tu/ [cot-caught-merger], /ˈɒn.tə/ [UK], /ˈɔn.tə/ [US], /ˈɑn.tə/ [cot-caught-merger], /ˈɒn.tʊ/ [UK], /ˈɔn.tʊ/ [US], /ˈɑn.tʊ/ [cot-caught-merger] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-onto.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-onto.wav [US]
Rhymes: (unstressed, before consonants) -ɒntə Etymology: From on + to, after into. Compare Saterland Frisian antou (“up to”). Etymology templates: {{compound|en|on|to}} on + to, {{m|en|into}} into, {{noncog|stq|antou|t=up to}} Saterland Frisian antou (“up to”) Head templates: {{head|en|prepositions|head=}} onto, {{en-prep}} onto
  1. Arriving upon or on top of (speaking of a physical or metaphorical movement). Translations (upon; on top of): ἐπί (epí) [with-accusative] (Ancient Greek), ⁧عَلَى⁩ (ʕalā) (Arabic), ⁧على⁩ (ʕala) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), ⁧عـ⁩ (ʕa) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), върху (vǎrhu) (Bulgarian), на (na) (Bulgarian), sur (note: with -n) (Esperanto), päälle [with-genitive] (Finnish), sur (French), auf (German), 𐌰𐌽𐌰 (ana) [with-accusative] (Gothic), ⁧על⁩ (al) (Hebrew), ofan á (Icelandic), á (Icelandic), adsur (Ido), ar (Irish), su (Italian), na (Lower Sorbian), ser (Northern Kurdish), subre (Occitan), sus (Occitan), sobre (Occitan), na (Polish), sobre (Portuguese), no [masculine] (Portuguese), na [feminine] (Portuguese), на (na) (Russian), sobre (Spanish), upp på (Swedish), üstünde (Turkish), üstüne (Turkish), ar (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-onto-en-prep-kwRSq9Rh Disambiguation of 'upon; on top of': 99 0 1
  2. (informal) Aware of. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-onto-en-prep-rXTr5DS8
  3. (mathematics) Being an onto function with a codomain of (see below). Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-onto-en-prep-bha2zysD Topics: mathematics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: on to (english: South Africa etc) [Australia, Canada, Commonwealth, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK, including] [countries, geography, natural-sciences]

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