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onto

ˈɑːntuː

What happens when on and to become one word

The picture Something travels, touches a surface, and comes to rest on top of it. ONTO lands on a surface, INTO sinks inside something.

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Where the picture shows up in onto

  1. placing on a surface

    Put the box onto the shelf.

    pʊt ðə bɑːks ˈɑːntuː ðə ʃelf

    Set the box on the shelf board.

    the carried box lowers until its bottom sits flat on the shelf board

  2. a body climbing up

    He climbed onto the roof.

    hiː klaɪmd ˈɑːntuː ðə ruːf

    He got up on the roof.

    hands and feet haul the body up until both shoes stand on the roof surface

  3. stepping up onto

    Please step onto the scale.

    pliːz step ˈɑːntuː ðə skeɪl

    Step up on the weighing scale.

    bare feet move across onto the scale plate and the needle wobbles

  4. moving data onto a place

    Copy the file onto this USB drive.

    ˈkɑːpi ðə faɪl ˈɑːntuː ðɪs juː es biː draɪv

    Copy that file to this USB stick.

    a file on the screen slides over and settles into the empty space on the stick

  5. pulling onto a road

    The taxi turned onto Main Street.

    ðə ˈtæksi tɜːrnd ˈɑːntuː meɪn striːt

    The taxi turned into Main Street.

    the rolling taxi cuts its wheels and rides up onto the surface of another street

All of it in one picture

onto is one arrow that travels and lands on a surface. When a box bottom meets a shelf it is putting; when two feet meet a roof it is climbing; when bare feet meet a scale plate it is stepping. When a file lands in the space on a drive it is copying, and when wheels land on a new road it is turning.

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