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"

[syn: {continue}, {proceed}, {go along}, {keep on}, {keep}]

[ant: {discontinue}]

2: come to pass; occur: "What is happening?"; "The meeting took

place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that

seemed important" [syn: {happen}, {hap}, {pass off}, {occur},

{pass}, {come about}, {take place}]

3: move forward, also in the metaphorical sense: "Time marches

on" [syn: {advance}, {progress}, {pass on}, {move on}, {march

on}] [ant: {recede}]

4: continue to speak: "I know it's hard," he continued, "but

there is no choice." [syn: {continue}, {carry on}, {proceed}]

5: start running, functioning, or operating, as of lights or

power [syn: {come up}, {come on}] [ant: {go off}]