Definitions For Onto

Adjective

(not comparable) (mathematics, of a function) Assuming each of the values in its codomain; having its range equal to its codomain. : Considered as a function on the real numbers, the exponential function is not onto.

Synonyms

mathematics surjective

Translations

surjective

See also

mathematics one-to-one, injective, bijective

Preposition

upon, upon; on top of. : (informal) aware, aware of. : (mathematics) Being an onto function with a codomain of (see below). :

Translations

Albanian: Arabic: عَلَى : Egyptian Arabic: على (ʿala, sc=Arab), عـ (ʿa, sc=Arab) Czech: Danish: Dutch: Estonian: Faroese: Finnish: -lle ; päälle French: sur German: auf Greek: : Ancient: ἐπί Hungarian: Icelandic: ofan á, á Ido: adsur Igbo: Indonesian: Irish: ar Italian: su Ladin: Ladino: Lala-Roba: Latvian: Lithuanian: Maltese: Norwegian: : Norwegian Bokmål: : Norwegian Nynorsk: Novial: a sur Occitan: subre, sus, sobre Polish: Portuguese: sobre, no, m, na, f Russian: на Slovak: Slovene: Sorbian: : Lower Sorbian: na Spanish: sobre Swahili: Swedish: upp på Turkish: üstünde, üstüne Veps: Volapük: Votic: Võro: Welsh: ar

Alternative forms

on to

Etymology

From on + to, after . Compare noncog + stq + antou

See also

unto

Anagrams

Toon, noot, noto-, oont, tono-, toon

Is Onto a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
4
Words with Friends
5

The word Onto is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Onto in a Sentence

  • We climbed onto the building's roof.
  • The book fell onto the floor.
  • The water spilled onto the floor.

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