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Engelsk udsagnsord: go on

1. go on (om tilstand) continue a certain state, condition, or activity


Eksempler med tilsvarende betydningKeep on working!.
We continued to work into the night.
Keep smiling.
We went on working until well past midnight.


Eksempler på anvendelseThey go on moving


Termer med samme betydning (synonymer)continue, go along, keep, proceed


AnvendelsesmønsterSomething ----s.
Somebody ----s.
Somebody ----s VERB-ing


Mindre specifikke termeract, move


Mere specifikke termerhold, keep going, ride, run on


Udsagnsord med lignende betydningbear on, carry on, continue, continue, preserve, uphold


Termer med modsat betydning (antonymer)discontinue

2. go on (om ændring) come to pass


Eksempler med tilsvarende betydningWhat is happening?.
The meeting took place off without an incidence.
Nothing occurred that seemed important.


Termer med samme betydning (synonymer)come about, fall out, hap, happen, occur, pass, pass off, take place


AnvendelsesmønsterSomething ----s.
Something is ----ing PP.
It ----s that CLAUSE


Mere specifikke termeranticipate, arise, backfire, backlash, bechance, bechance, befall, befall, betide, break, break, chance, coincide, come, come around, come off, come up, concur, contemporise, contemporize, develop, develop, fall, fall, give, go, go off, go over, happen, happen, intervene, materialise, materialize, operate, proceed, recoil, recrudesce, recur, repeat, result, roll around, shine, strike, supervene, synchronise, synchronize, transpire, turn out

3. go on (om bevægelse) move forward, also in the metaphorical sense


Eksempler med tilsvarende betydningTime marches on.


Termer med samme betydning (synonymer)advance, march on, move on, pass on, progress


AnvendelsesmønsterSomething ----s.
Somebody ----s


Mindre specifikke termergo, locomote, move, travel


Mere specifikke termerclose in, creep up, draw in, edge, elapse, encroach, forge, glide by, go along, go by, impinge, inch, infringe, lapse, overhaul, overtake, pass, pass, penetrate, plough on, press on, push on, rachet up, ratchet, ratchet down, slide by, slip away, slip by, sneak up, string, string along


Termer med modsat betydning (antonymer)draw back, move back, pull away, pull back, recede, retreat, withdraw, retire

4. go on (om kommunikation) continue talking


Eksempler med tilsvarende betydningI know it's hard,.
But there is no choice.
Carry on--pretend we are not in the room.


Termer med samme betydning (synonymer)carry on, continue, proceed


AnvendelsesmønsterSomebody ----s.
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE.
Somebody ----s VERB-ing


Mindre specifikke termerspeak, talk


Mere specifikke termerjog, ramble, ramble on, segue

5. go on (om relation) start running, functioning, or operating


Eksempler med tilsvarende betydningThe lights went on.
The computer came up.


Termer med samme betydning (synonymer)come on, come up


AnvendelsesmønsterSomething ----s


Mindre specifikke termerget going, go, start


Termer med modsat betydning (antonymer)go off









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