go on

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Definition

  1. Intransitive Verb:

    • To begin operating or functioning: To start working, often referring to machines, lights, or systems.
    • To continue or proceed: To keep doing something or to proceed with an action or state.
    • To happen or take place: To occur; to be the event that is happening.
    • To talk for a long time, often excessively: To continue speaking, sometimes in a way that others find tedious.

  2. Phrasal Verb:

    • "Go on" functions as a multi-word verb where the combination of "go" and "on" creates meanings distinct from the individual words.
Examples of Usage

  • Intransitive Verb (Begin operating):

    • As soon as the power was restored, the lights went on.
    • The engine went on after a few tries.

  • Intransitive Verb (Continue):

    • Please go on with your story; I'm listening.
    • Despite the noise, she went on reading her book.

  • Intransitive Verb (Happen):

    • What's going on in the next room?
    • A strange ceremony was going on in the village square.

  • Intransitive Verb (Talk at length):

    • He went on about his vacation for nearly an hour.
    • Once she starts talking about her garden, she just goes on and on.
Advanced Usage

  • "To go on doing something": To persist in an activity without stopping.

    • She went on working despite feeling unwell.

  • "To go on with something": To continue a particular task or narrative.

    • He decided to go on with the project despite the setbacks.

  • "To go on and on": To talk or continue for an excessively long time (often used disapprovingly).

    • The lecture went on and on until everyone was bored.

  • "To go on about something/someone": To talk repeatedly or tiresomely about a particular subject.

    • He's always going on about the good old days.
Variants and Related Words

  • Ongoing (Adjective): Currently happening or continuing.

    • The negotiations are an ongoing process.

  • Goings-on (Noun, plural): Events or activities, especially those that are unusual or suspicious.

    • I don't trust the strange goings-on in that old house.
Synonyms
  • Continue: To persist in an activity or state.
  • Proceed: To begin or continue a course of action.
  • Occur: To happen; to take place.
  • Operate: To function or work (for machines).
Related Phrasal Verbs

  • Go on at someone: To criticize or nag someone persistently.

    • My parents are always going on at me to clean my room.

  • Go on to something: To proceed to a new stage, topic, or action.

    • After discussing the problem, we went on to propose solutions.
Related Idioms

  • "Go on, then": An expression of encouragement or permission to do something.

    • You want to try? Go on, then.

  • "As time goes on": As time passes; progressively.

    • As time goes on, the pain will lessen.

  • "A going concern": A business that is actively operating and successful.

    • The cafe they bought was already a going concern.
Verb
  1. start running, functioning, or operating
    • the lights went on
    • the computer came up
  2. continue talking
    • I know it's hard, he continued, but there is no choice
    • carry on--pretend we are not in the room
  3. move forward, also in the metaphorical sense
    • Time marches on
  4. come to pass
    • What is happening?
    • The meeting took place off without an incidence
    • Nothing occurred that seemed important
  5. 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

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