on
- adverb
- /ɑn/
- The debate goes on and on and on.
- go on
- from now on
- early on
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- Last night at Trump's rally, he continues on these nonsensical rants.
Examples
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And we will stop there and continue on Monday.
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The concert is going on despite the rain.
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And from then on, we just kept on fighting.
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On and on he talked about this fantastic place.
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The whole night, he was just going on and on and on about my low milk production.
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And we were talking earlier on about excess deaths.
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From that point on, the teacher may design a curriculum based on the developmental needs of pupils.
Academic text (2012) -
From now on, your sole mission in life will be to smash the patriarchal structures that have benefited you.
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From Rome, I traveled to Sicily, and then on to Lampedusa.
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Syria's claim for regional peace would, from then on, solely address the recovery of the Golan Heights.
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
Continuing without any stops or pauses
Antonyms
Idioms
- Offensive
To keep asking someone to do something all the time in an annoying, pushy way
Immediately at the exact place where something happens, often needing a quick response
- Literature
To be at the top of a place or feel very excited, sometimes meaning from a power above
Compounds
- Specialized
How much money you gain from putting money into something, shown as a percent
- Offensive
A set of actions and laws that harm or limit women's rights, especially in politics and society
- Literature
A long talk by Jesus that gives key moral teachings in the Bible books Matthew and Luke
- Jargon
A small acting role in a play, film, or TV show that usually has no spoken lines
- UK
A rule in cricket making a team bat again immediately after a very low first innings score
A sentence that joins more than one full idea without proper punctuation or connecting words
- Literature
A claim that some people are trying to stop public Christmas celebrations
A small bottle with a round ball at the top that applies liquid to the skin like deodorant
An international agreement from 1947 to reduce taxes on imports and other trade barriers
- Specialized
Official permission to sell alcohol for people to drink in a bar or restaurant
- Formal
An act of placing hands on a person to bless, give authority, or heal them
- Specialized
An advance to first base after a batter receives four pitches outside the strike zone
- Specialized
A percent showing how well a company makes profit from the money put into it
A place that makes a neighborhood look bad because it is empty, damaged, or not cared for
- Formal
A court decision before a trial made only from written statements when the main facts are agreed
Surface Forms
Etymology
On can show continued or forward action, and you can see this in phrases like carry on and onward, which keep the idea of 'forward' or 'continue'. So when something goes on it is still happening or moving forward.