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BE ON
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Appear in a show, on T.V. or radio
Example:
The news won't be on tonight
Synonyms:
be on; get on
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "be on" is one way to...):
air (be broadcast)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
Context examples:
If there's any treachery, it'll be on your side, and the Lord help you.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
The meanest sloop that ever sailed out of France would have overmatched her, and then it would be on me, and not on this Devonport bungler, that a court-martial would be called.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
After all, since we are to be on such terms, Mr. Altamont, said he, I don’t see why I should trust you any more than you trust me.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
It may also be on surfaces that have been contaminated with waste.
(Cryptosporidiosis, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
You need to be on a clear liquid diet for 1 to 3 days before the colonoscopy.
(Colonoscopy, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
If the conditions are right, these molecules coming from the deep ocean of Enceladus could be on the same reaction pathway as we see here on Earth.
(New Organic Compounds Found in Enceladus Ice Grains, NASA)
In fact, the tilt would be on the order of 90 degrees, as if the plane of the solar system and these objects formed an "X" when viewed edge-on.
(The Super-Earth that Came Home for Dinner, NASA)
One of those instruments will be on Mars later this year.
(Possible Subsurface Lake near Martian South Pole, NASA)
It can be on one or both sides of the lip or, rarely, in the middle of the lip.
(Cleft Lip and Palate, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
If the outcomes of these trials are successful and funding is available, Chibale says the drug could be on the market in six to eight years.
(Antimalarial candidate holds promise as a single dose, SciDev.Net)
