to go on

Examples

• All

• In our school, roughly 96% of graduating seniors go on to some form of higher education.

  Academic text (2008)

• Six of his former high school students have gone on to become technology education teachers.

  Academic text (2011)

• Feels like we could go on for forever this way.

  Overly Sarcastic Productions

• This young girl's been dead now going on two years.

• The show must go on, remember?

  Of Things Past (2023)

• We hope to go on from victory to victory until he runs out of enemies.

  The Man Who Would Be King (1975)

• Approximately 75 percent of DOE graduates go on to a CUNY college after high school.

  Academic text (2015)

• Katherine Switzer would go on to advocate women's right to run in this marathon.

  Academic text (2013)

• We need to go on with this project until it is completed.

• After the break, we will go on discussing the main topics.

Synonyms

K

to keep

vsto go on

∞ 1.0

To continue doing something or stay in the same state

is narrower, focusing only on ongoing action rather than maintenance

C

to continue

vsto go on

∞ 1.0

To keep doing something without stopping

is the common phrasal alternative used in everyday speech

P

to proceed

vsto go on

763 3.0

Begin or continue an action after a pause, often as planned

is the general continuing idea without implying planned sequence

K

to keep going

vsto go on

357 1.6

To continue doing something without stopping

is used more generally and allows short interruptions

K

to keep on

vsto go on

306 1.4

Continue doing something without stopping

is a general continuation that may include pauses

C

to carry on

vsto go on

253 2.7

To continue doing something after an interruption or when it is difficult

is the general continue meaning without implied struggle

G

to get on with

vsto go on

168 2.3

Continue doing something, especially after an interruption

is the broader continuing idea without emphasis on progress

S

to stay on

vsto go on

111 3.4

To remain in a place or job after others leave

is broader, covering ongoing action not limited to one place

P

to press on

vsto go on

26 3.9

To keep going with a task even when it is hard

is regular continuing without emphasis on overcoming obstacles

P

to push on

vsto go on

21 3.7

Move forward or keep going despite difficulty

is general continuation without the special stress on effort

C

to carry on with

vsto go on

19 2.6

Continue doing something after a pause or interruption

is the plain continuation term not limited to after pauses

Antonyms

S

to stop

∞ 1.0

To make something end and not continue

D

to discontinue

58 4.2

To stop something that is happening or being given

How Long

to endure

94 3.6

to persist

62 3.7

to keep going

357 1.6

to go on

∞ 1.0

to continue

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology