ON THAT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does on that mean? 

• ON THAT (adverb)
  The adverb ON THAT has 1 sense:

1. on that

  Familiarity information: ON THAT used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ON THAT (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

On that

Synonyms:

on it; on that; thereon

Context example:

text and commentary thereon

 Context examples 

"Read the lies on that thruff-stean," he said.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

While on the topic of Uranus, there is news on that score, too.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Miss Lavinia turned my letter, so as to bring the superscription towards herself, and referred through her eye-glass to some orderly-looking notes she had made on that part of it.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

I can have no opinion on that subject.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

I'll come if I'm at the ends of the earth, for the sight of Jo's face alone on that occasion would be worth a long journey.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

"See 'm keep his eye on that club," Matt said.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

He went to Highbury the next morning, and satisfied himself on that point.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

He led her nearer the light and looked at her again—inquired particularly after her health, and then, correcting himself, observed that he need not inquire, for her appearance spoke sufficiently on that point.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

This friend, and Sir Walter, did not marry, whatever might have been anticipated on that head by their acquaintance.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

With five volumes you could just fill that gap on that second shelf.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)