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  • Adverb
    1. (chiefly African American Vernacular, used with adjectives describing frequency) every; on such a basis.
      1. We go to school on the daily. ‎
      2. My sister gets in trouble on the regular. ‎
    2. Used other than as an idiom: see on,‎ the.
    3. More Examples
      1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
        • We've had one strikeout after the other on the Jones account.
        • Every time I thought he was on the verge of telling us, he decided to say something else instead.
        • The children sat on the dock and dabbled their feet in the water.
      2. Used in the Beginning of Sentence
        • On the other hand, reserpinised heart perfused with 1 μM ISO displayed a rapid response similar to that seen in control heart.
        • On the other hand, MMP-1 and MMP-9 are elevated in TBP as compared with transudative effusions [10 ], and MMP-9 is prominently expressed in the granulomas of tuberculous pleural tissues [11 ].
        • On the other hand, a formulation of dsRNA in bacteria can give dual benefits in terms of dsRNA synthesis and stability in a kind of bioformulation.

    Meaning of on the for the defined word.

    Grammatically, this idiom "on the" is an adverb, more specifically, an uncomparable adverb.
    • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
      1. Adverbs
        • Uncomparable adverbs
      Definiteness: Level 1
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