onto
pronunciation
How to pronounce onto in British English:
UK [ˈɒntə , ˈɒntu]
How to pronounce onto in American English:
US [ˈɑːntə , ˈɑːntu]
Word Origin
- onto (prep.)
- 1580s, as on to, from on + to. Appeared much later than parallel into. As a closed compound (on analogy of into), first recorded 1715.
Example
- 1. Some even said you would fall off onto another planet .
- 2. A jet plane lands and taxis onto a remote airstrip .
- 3. Hospital x-ray machines work by passing an x-ray pulse through a body onto radiographic film .
- 4. I think she was onto something .
- 5. We are putting derivatives and swaps onto exchanges .