Definition of
Go on
- (verb, change) come to pass
The meeting took place off without an incidence
Nothing occurred that seemed important - (verb, communication) continue talking
but there is no choice
carry on--pretend we are not in the room - (verb, contact) start running, functioning, or operating
the computer came up - (verb, motion) move forward, also in the metaphorical sense
- (verb, stative) continue a certain state, condition, or activity
We continued to work into the night
Keep smiling
We went on working until well past midnight
- (verb, change) come to pass
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Synonyms of Go on
advance, carry on, come about, come on, come up, continue, fall out, go along, hap, happen, keep, march on, move on, occur, pass, pass off, pass on, proceed, progress, take place
Antonyms of Go on
Alternate forms of Go on
Hyponyms: anticipate, arise, backfire, backlash, bechance, befall, betide, break, chance, close in, coincide, come, come around, come off, come up, concur, contemporise, contemporize, creep up, develop, draw in, edge, elapse, encroach, fall, forge, give, glide by, go, go along, go by, go off, go over, happen, hold, impinge, inch, infringe, intervene, jog, keep going, lapse, materialise, materialize, operate, overhaul, overtake, pass, penetrate, plough on, press on, proceed, push on, rachet up, ramble, ramble on, ratchet, ratchet down, recoil, recrudesce, recur, repeat, result, ride, roll around, run on, segue, shine, slide by, slip away, slip by, sneak up, strike, string, string along, supervene, synchronise, synchronize, transpire, turn out
Hypernyms: act, get going, go, locomote, move, speak, start, talk, travel
Words that sound like Go on
g-man, gagman, gain, gam, game, gamey, gamin, gamine, gamma, gammon, gammy, gamow, gamy, ganoin, ganoine, gas gun, gas main, gascogne, gascony, gaskin, gasman, gauguin, gaussian, gawain, gay man, gay woman, gazania, gean, gehenna, gem, gemini, gemma, gen, gene, genie, genoa, genome, genu, genuine, geum, ghana, ghanaian, ghanian, gin, gismo, gizmo, gm, gnaw, gnome
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