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[ verb ] continue a certain state, condition, or activity
Examples "Keep on working!" "We continued to work into the night" "Keep smiling" "We went on working until well past midnight" Used in print (Schubert Ogden, Christ Without Myth....)To say this , of_course , is to take_up a position on one side of a controversy going_on now for some two hundred years , or , at_any_rate , since the beginning of the distinctively modern period in theological thought . (Organic Gardening and Farming,...)Pick the flowers , keep the soil dampened , and each of the pegged-down branches will take root and become a little plant and go_on blooming for the rest of the season . (Brand Blanshard, "The Emotive Theory," Robert...)For what I express in my remark is something going_on in me at the time , and that of_course did not exist until I did come_on the scene . (William Maxwell, The Chateau....)It went right on creaking under his own considerable weight , and all it needed , Harold thought , was for somebody to fling himself back in a fit of laughter and that would be the end of_it . (Leon Uris, Mila 8....)He wondered how they could go_on in poverty , superstition , ignorance , with a complete lack of desire to make either their land or their lives flourish . Related terms discontinue act hold ride run_on continue continue lengthiness |
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[ verb ] come to pass
Synonyms Examples "What is happening?" "The meeting took place off without an incidence" "Nothing occurred that seemed important" Used in print (Howard Fast, April Morning....)`` God's_name , what are you to rob the dead with the fight going_on '' ! (W. H. Gass, "The Pedersen Kid," in The...)A fool could see what was going_on . (Hampton Stone, The Man Who Looked Death...)You identify yourself and ask him what 's going_on . (Richard Ferber, Bitter Valley....)I do n't know what goes_on around here , and I do n't care . |
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[ 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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[ verb ] move forward, also in the metaphorical sense
Examples : "Time marches on" Used in print The original impulses came to England late ( in the sixteenth century ) and continue strong long after everyone else had gone_on to the baroque basso_continuo , sonatas , operas and the_like . (Brett Halliday, The Careless Corpse....)`` I 'd better keep_on driving yours '' , Shayne decided , `` because I 'll be going_on over to the Beach . (Genevieve Holden, Deadlier Than the Male....)Seated in_front of the desk , Hank said , `` I 'm looking_for some information with very little to go_on , Sheriff '' . (Wayne D. Overholser, The Killer Marshal....)I guess you 'd better go_on in the morning '' . (James D. Horan, The Shadow Catcher....)Then he went_on to the Cheyennes and told them that the Sioux was goin ' to move_up . |
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[ verb ] continue with one's activities
Examples "I know it's hard," he continued, "but there is no choice" "carry on--pretend we are not in the room" Used in print (Chicago Daily Tribune,...)`` Her basic hull form [ a teardrop ] and her nuclear_power plant will be used for almost all new submarines , including the potent Polaris missile submarines '' , the statement went_on . (San Francisco Chronicle,...)Fiedler went_on to make several other test flights before German pilots took_over the Reichenberg missiles . (Alfred Wright, "A Duel Golfers Will Never Forget"...)In_fact , he went_on to birdie the 6 th and 8 th as_well , to go 4 under par for the first eight holes . (Time, 77: 3...)As the world 's top sportsman - pro or amateur - Sports Illustrated tapped golf 's confident Arnold_Palmer ( Time cover , May 2 ) , who staged two cliffhanging rallies to win both the Masters and U._S._Open crowns , went_on to win a record $ 80738 for the year . (The Providence Journal BR-B16. Chicago Daily Tribune...)He went_on to say : `` In_the_first_place , industry per_se is not dedicated_to the role of savior of foundering municipalities . Related terms |
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[ verb ] start running, functioning, or operating
Examples "the lights went on" "the computer came up" Used in print (The Times-Picayune, [New Orleans]...)The unit consists_of a small motor that goes_on as_soon_as it is plugged_in . (Edwin L. Bigelow and Nancy H. Otis,...)This was nearly completed May 23 , 1901 with a promise of lights by June 10 , but the first light did not go_on until September 28 . |
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