Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
at the scene of action;
- Example: "an on-the-spot reporter"- Example: "on-the-spot inspections"- Example: "an on-the scene newscast"[syn: on-the-spot(a), on-the-scene(a)]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
on-the-scene \on-the-scene\ on-the-spot \on-the-spot\adj.
Being or occurring at the place or time in question; as, an
on-the-scene newscast.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
on-the-spot
adj 1: at the scene of action; "an on-the-spot reporter"; "on-
the-spot inspections"; "an on-the scene newscast" [syn:
on-the-spot(a), on-the-scene(a)]