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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
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, go on, proceed, go along, keep]
         [ant: discontinue]
    2: come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place
       off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed
       important" [syn: 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" [syn: advance, progress, pass on, move on, march
       on, go on] [ant: 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" [syn: continue, go on, carry on, proceed]
    5: start running, functioning, or operating; "the lights went
       on"; "the computer came up" [syn: go on, come up, come
       on] [ant: go off]

Thesaurus Results for go on:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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