Try as you might, but you cannot force a belief onto someone else, much less your own self.
Source: tatoeba (2262)
Onto
//ˈɔn.tu//
Synonyms for "onto" (6 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (2)
Strong matches (1)
Related words (3)
Adjective(2 words)
Related word relations
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Antonyms
3 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
4 entriesderived
31 entriesShowing 16 of 31 words.
derived from
2 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
23 entriesShowing 16 of 23 words.
Translations
34 translations across 25 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἐπί prep (upon; on top of)
Arabic
3 entries- عـ prep (upon; on top of)
- على prep (upon; on top of)
- عَلَى prep (upon; on top of)
Bulgarian
2 entries- върху prep (upon; on top of)
- на prep (upon; on top of)
Dutch
1 entries- op prep (upon; on top of)
Esperanto
1 entries- sur prep (upon; on top of)
Finnish
1 entries- päälle prep (upon; on top of)
French
1 entries- sur prep (upon; on top of)
German
1 entries- auf prep (upon; on top of)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌰𐌽𐌰 prep (upon; on top of)
Hebrew
1 entries- על prep (upon; on top of)
Icelandic
2 entries- ofan á prep (upon; on top of)
- á prep (upon; on top of)
Ido
1 entries- adsur prep (upon; on top of)
Irish
1 entries- ar prep (upon; on top of)
Italian
1 entries- su prep (upon; on top of)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- na prep (upon; on top of)
Marathi
1 entries- च्या वर prep (upon; on top of)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- ser prep (upon; on top of)
Occitan
3 entries- sobre prep (upon; on top of)
- subre prep (upon; on top of)
- sus prep (upon; on top of)
Polish
1 entries- na prep (upon; on top of)
Portuguese
3 entries- na prep (upon; on top of)
- no prep (upon; on top of)
- sobre prep (upon; on top of)
Russian
1 entries- на prep (upon; on top of)
Spanish
1 entries- sobre prep (upon; on top of)
Swedish
1 entries- upp på prep (upon; on top of)
Turkish
2 entries- üstünde prep (upon; on top of)
- üstüne prep (upon; on top of)
Welsh
1 entries- ar prep (upon; on top of)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
She shone her torch onto the floor before us.
Source: tatoeba (22278)
Hang onto Daddy!
Source: tatoeba (35114)
As the door slid open, he almost fell onto the platform.
Source: tatoeba (39117)
Showing 4 of 17 available sentences.
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