English verb: go on | |||
1. | go on (stative) continue a certain state, condition, or activity | ||
Samples | Keep on working!. We continued to work into the night. Keep smiling. We went on working until well past midnight. | ||
Examples | They go on moving | ||
Synonyms | continue, go along, keep, proceed | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s VERB-ing | ||
Broader (hypernym) | act, move | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | hold, keep going, ride, run on | ||
Verb group | bear on, carry on, continue, continue, preserve, uphold | ||
Antonyms | discontinue | ||
2. | go on (change) come to pass | ||
Samples | What is happening?. The meeting took place off without an incidence. Nothing occurred that seemed important. | ||
Synonyms | come about, fall out, hap, happen, occur, pass, pass off, take place | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s. Something is ----ing PP. It ----s that CLAUSE | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | anticipate, 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 (motion) move forward, also in the metaphorical sense | ||
Samples | Time marches on. | ||
Synonyms | advance, march on, move on, pass on, progress | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | go, locomote, move, travel | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | close 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 | ||
Antonyms | draw back, move back, pull away, pull back, recede, retreat, withdraw, retire | ||
4. | go on (communication) continue talking | ||
Samples | I know it's hard,. But there is no choice. Carry on--pretend we are not in the room. | ||
Synonyms | carry on, continue, proceed | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE. Somebody ----s VERB-ing | ||
Broader (hypernym) | speak, talk | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | jog, ramble, ramble on, segue | ||
5. | go on (contact) start running, functioning, or operating | ||
Samples | The lights went on. The computer came up. | ||
Synonyms | come on, come up | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | get going, go, start | ||
Antonyms | go off | ||