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Go On (Verb)

Meaning 1

Come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important".

Classification

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

Synonyms

  • Hap
  • Pass
  • Come About
  • Occur
  • Fall Out
  • Take Place
  • Happen
  • Pass Off

Hyponyms

  • Coincide
  • Result
  • Materialize
  • Befall
  • Backfire
  • Chance
  • Come Up
  • Develop
  • Repeat
  • Contemporise
  • Anticipate
  • Arise
  • Intervene
  • Concur
  • Recrudesce
  • Go
  • Roll Around
  • Shine
  • Give
  • Supervene
  • Proceed
  • Fall
  • Go Off
  • Synchronize
  • Happen
  • Bechance
  • Turn Out
  • Synchronise
  • Break
  • Come Around
  • Come
  • Recur
  • Transpire
  • Come Off
  • Backlash

Meaning 2

Start running, functioning, or operating; "the lights went on"; "the computer came up".

Classification

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

Synonyms

  • Come On
  • Come Up

Antonyms

  • Go Off

Hypernyms

  • Go
  • Get Going

Meaning 3

Move forward, also in the metaphorical sense; "Time marches on".

Classification

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.

Synonyms

  • Pass On
  • Progress
  • March On
  • Move On
  • Advance

Hypernyms

  • Go
  • Locomote
  • Travel
  • Move

Hyponyms

  • Rachet Up
  • Push On
  • String
  • Go Along
  • Ratchet Down
  • Lapse
  • Close In
  • Ratchet
  • Draw In
  • Forge
  • Infringe
  • Overhaul
  • Slip By
  • Sneak Up
  • Go By
  • Glide By
  • Pass
  • Press On
  • Elapse
  • Edge
  • Slide By
  • Overtake
  • Impinge
  • Plough On
  • Creep Up
  • Inch
  • String Along
  • Penetrate
  • Encroach

Meaning 4

Continue talking; "`I know it's hard', he continued, `but there is no choice'"; "carry on--pretend we are not in the room".

Classification

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.

Synonyms

  • Continue
  • Proceed
  • Carry On

Hypernyms

  • Talk

Hyponyms

  • Ramble On
  • Segue
  • Jog

Meaning 5

Continue a certain state, condition, or activity; "Keep on working!"; "We continued to work into the night"; "Keep smiling"; "We went on working until well past midnight".

Classification

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.

Synonyms

  • Continue
  • Proceed
  • Keep
  • Go Along

Hypernyms

  • Act

Hyponyms

  • Run On
  • Hold
  • Ride
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