 go_on |
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| 1. | [ verb ] continue a certain state, condition, or activity | |
| Synonyms: | continue keep keep_on go_along proceed | |
| Examples: | "Keep on working!" "We continued to work into the night" "Keep smiling" "We went on working until well past midnight" |
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| Related terms: | discontinue act hold ride run_on continue continue lengthiness | |
| 2. | [ verb ] come to pass | |
| Synonyms: | happen occur take_place pass come_about pass_off hap | |
| Examples: | "What is happening?" "The meeting took place off without an incidence" "Nothing occurred that seemed important" |
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| Related terms: | come anticipate happen work turn_out proceed happen arise recur concur develop befall fall fall chance go_off synchronize break give supervene come_around transpire break | |
| 3. | [ verb ] be a forerunner of or occur earlier than, as in | |
| Synonyms: | happen take_place pass come_about anticipate pass_off hap fall_out occur | |
| Examples: | : "This composition anticipates Impressionism" |
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| Related terms: | happen come happen work turn_out proceed happen arise recur concur develop befall fall fall chance go_off anticipate intervene break give transpire supervene break come_around synchronize happening hap | |
| 4. | [ verb ] move forward, also in the metaphorical sense | |
| Synonyms: | move_on advance march_on progress pass_on | |
| Examples: | : "Time marches on" |
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| Related terms: | recede travel elapse pass close_in edge press_on encroach creep_up ratchet penetrate forge string progress progress | |
| 5. | [ verb ] continue with one's activities | |
| Synonyms: | continue proceed carry_on | |
| Examples: | "I know it's hard," he continued, "but there is no choice" "carry on--pretend we are not in the room" |
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| Related terms: | talk jog segue lengthiness | |
| 6. | [ verb ] start running, functioning, or operating | |
| Synonyms: | come_up come_on | |
| Examples: | "the lights went on" "the computer came up" |
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| Related terms: | go_off start | |
| Similar spelling: |
goon goony goonie gooney gown gone Goin Goen Goan Gowin Gowen Gowan Gouin gonne go_in Gonyea Goheen |
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