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English Dictionary: go on by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
go on
v
  1. 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"
    Synonym(s): continue, go on, proceed, go along, keep
    Antonym(s): discontinue
  2. come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important"
    Synonym(s): happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place
  3. move forward, also in the metaphorical sense; "Time marches on"
    Synonym(s): advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on
    Antonym(s): draw back, move back, pull away, pull back, recede, retire, retreat, withdraw
  4. continue talking; "I know it's hard," he continued, "but there is no choice"; "carry on--pretend we are not in the room"
    Synonym(s): continue, go on, carry on, proceed
  5. start running, functioning, or operating; "the lights went on"; "the computer came up"
    Synonym(s): go on, come up, come on
    Antonym(s): go off
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