"carry on" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈkæɹi ˈɑn/ [US] Audio: en-au-carry on.ogg [Australia] Forms: carries on [present, singular, third-person], carrying on [participle, present], carried on [participle, past], carried on [past]
Etymology: Equivalent to carry onward. Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} carry on (third-person singular simple present carries on, present participle carrying on, simple past and past participle carried on)
  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To continue or proceed as before. Tags: idiomatic, intransitive
    Sense id: en-carry_on-en-verb-J47jkq8I
  2. (idiomatic, transitive) To continue, maintain or pursue (an activity or enterprise). Tags: idiomatic, transitive Derived forms: carrying-on
    Sense id: en-carry_on-en-verb-XCZHtwtJ
  3. (idiomatic, intransitive) To talk continuously about, often in an excessively excited way Tags: idiomatic, intransitive Categories (topical): Talking
    Sense id: en-carry_on-en-verb-~lZkDgIE Disambiguation of Talking: 14 8 37 20 13 7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English links with manual fragments, English phrasal verbs with particle (on), English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 7 37 28 8 13 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 8 7 43 18 9 15 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 9 10 32 19 11 19 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (on): 9 9 37 19 10 15 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 9 7 43 18 8 15
  4. (idiomatic, intransitive) To act or behave; especially, to misbehave so as to attract attention. Tags: idiomatic, intransitive Synonyms: see misbehave § Synonyms
    Sense id: en-carry_on-en-verb-2yGYrAO2
  5. (idiomatic, intransitive) To have an illicit sexual or flirtatious relationship. Tags: idiomatic, intransitive
    Sense id: en-carry_on-en-verb-nGf1xt~1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ˈkæɹi ˈɑn/ [US] Audio: en-au-carry on.ogg [Australia] Forms: carries on [present, singular, third-person], carrying on [participle, present], carried on [participle, past], carried on [past]
Etymology: Equivalent to carry onto. Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} carry on (third-person singular simple present carries on, present participle carrying on, simple past and past participle carried on)
  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To take baggage or luggage onto an airplane, rather than check it. Tags: idiomatic, transitive Derived forms: carry-on [noun], carryon [noun] Translations: fortsætte (Danish), jatkaa (Finnish), continuer (French), poursuivre (French), weitermachen (German), andare avanti (Italian), fortsette (Norwegian Bokmål), continuar (Occitan), perseguir (Occitan), ادامه دادن (edâme dâdan) (Persian), продолжа́ть (prodolžátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), продолжа́ть (prodolžátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), продолжа́ться (prodolžátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), продолжа́ться (prodolžátʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), lean air (Scottish Gaelic), continuar (Spanish), fortsätta (Swedish), devam etmek (Turkish), sürdürmek (Turkish), продо́вжувати (prodóvžuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), продо́вжити (prodóvžyty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), продо́вжуватися (prodóvžuvatysja) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), продо́вжитися (prodóvžytysja) [perfective] (Ukrainian) Translations (to continue, maintain or pursue an activity or enterprise (transitive) — see also continue, maintain, pursue): føre (Danish), tage på vej (Danish), opføre sig (Danish), continuer (French), poursuivre (French), tenir (French), se comporter (French), fortführen (German), aufrechterhalten (German), durchführen (German), aufführen [reflexive] (German), benehmen [reflexive] (German), continuare (Italian), holde på (Norwegian Bokmål), oppføre seg (Norwegian Bokmål), продолжа́ть (prodolžátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), продо́лжить (prodólžitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), lean air (Scottish Gaelic), continuar (Spanish), bete sig (Swedish), продо́вжувати (prodóvžuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), продо́вжити (prodóvžyty) [perfective] (Ukrainian) Translations (to take baggage or luggage onto an airplane, rather than check it): emporter (French), prendre (French), prene (Occitan), prendre (Occitan), emportar (Occitan)
    Sense id: en-carry_on-en-verb-ckk-COEq
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "text": "to carry on commerce in a market",
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          "ref": "1897, Charles Clive Bigham Mersey, A ride through western Asia, London, New York: Macmillan, →OCLC, page 18",
          "text": "He carried on a long conversation with the dragoman in Turkish, the upshot of which was that he would give me a \"buyuruldu\" or special order to go to Sivas, and would provide an escort if the British Consul would send a written guarantee that I was a bona fide traveller.",
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          "ref": "1960 December, Voyageur, “The Mountain Railways of the Bernese Oberland”, in Trains Illustrated, page 755",
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          "ref": "2023 March 8, Howard Johnston, “Was Marples the real railway wrecker?”, in RAIL, number 978, page 52",
          "text": "In his favour, Beeching declared that he supported carrying on with the existing modernisation projects, but that the rest of the business needed root and branch reform.",
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "word": "fortsætte"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
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          "lang": "French",
          "word": "continuer"
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          "word": "poursuivre"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "word": "weitermachen"
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          "code": "it",
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          "word": "andare avanti"
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          "word": "fortsette"
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          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "word": "continuar"
        },
        {
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "word": "perseguir"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "edâme dâdan",
          "word": "ادامه دادن"
        },
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "prodolžátʹ",
          "tags": [
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        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "prodolžátʹ",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "продолжа́ть"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "prodolžátʹsja",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "продолжа́ться"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "prodolžátʹsja",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "продолжа́ться"
        },
        {
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "word": "lean air"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "word": "continuar"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "word": "fortsätta"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "word": "devam etmek"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "word": "sürdürmek"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "prodóvžuvaty",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "продо́вжувати"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "prodóvžyty",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "продо́вжити"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "prodóvžuvatysja",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
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          "word": "продо́вжуватися"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "prodóvžytysja",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "продо́вжитися"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to continue, maintain or pursue an activity or enterprise (transitive) — see also continue, maintain, pursue",
          "word": "føre"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to continue, maintain or pursue an activity or enterprise (transitive) — see also continue, maintain, pursue",
          "word": "continuer"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to continue, maintain or pursue an activity or enterprise (transitive) — see also continue, maintain, pursue",
          "word": "poursuivre"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to continue, maintain or pursue an activity or enterprise (transitive) — see also continue, maintain, pursue",
          "word": "tenir"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to continue, maintain or pursue an activity or enterprise (transitive) — see also continue, maintain, pursue",
          "word": "fortführen"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to continue, maintain or pursue an activity or enterprise (transitive) — see also continue, maintain, pursue",
          "word": "aufrechterhalten"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to continue, maintain or pursue an activity or enterprise (transitive) — see also continue, maintain, pursue",
          "word": "durchführen"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to continue, maintain or pursue an activity or enterprise (transitive) — see also continue, maintain, pursue",
          "word": "continuare"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "prodolžátʹ",
          "sense": "to continue, maintain or pursue an activity or enterprise (transitive) — see also continue, maintain, pursue",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "продолжа́ть"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "prodólžitʹ",
          "sense": "to continue, maintain or pursue an activity or enterprise (transitive) — see also continue, maintain, pursue",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "продо́лжить"
        },
        {
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "to continue, maintain or pursue an activity or enterprise (transitive) — see also continue, maintain, pursue",
          "word": "lean air"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to continue, maintain or pursue an activity or enterprise (transitive) — see also continue, maintain, pursue",
          "word": "continuar"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "prodóvžuvaty",
          "sense": "to continue, maintain or pursue an activity or enterprise (transitive) — see also continue, maintain, pursue",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "продо́вжувати"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "prodóvžyty",
          "sense": "to continue, maintain or pursue an activity or enterprise (transitive) — see also continue, maintain, pursue",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "продо́вжити"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to continue, maintain or pursue an activity or enterprise (transitive) — see also continue, maintain, pursue",
          "word": "tage på vej"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to continue, maintain or pursue an activity or enterprise (transitive) — see also continue, maintain, pursue",
          "word": "opføre sig"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to continue, maintain or pursue an activity or enterprise (transitive) — see also continue, maintain, pursue",
          "word": "se comporter"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to continue, maintain or pursue an activity or enterprise (transitive) — see also continue, maintain, pursue",
          "tags": [
            "reflexive"
          ],
          "word": "aufführen"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to continue, maintain or pursue an activity or enterprise (transitive) — see also continue, maintain, pursue",
          "tags": [
            "reflexive"
          ],
          "word": "benehmen"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "to continue, maintain or pursue an activity or enterprise (transitive) — see also continue, maintain, pursue",
          "word": "holde på"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "to continue, maintain or pursue an activity or enterprise (transitive) — see also continue, maintain, pursue",
          "word": "oppføre seg"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to continue, maintain or pursue an activity or enterprise (transitive) — see also continue, maintain, pursue",
          "word": "bete sig"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to take baggage or luggage onto an airplane, rather than check it",
          "word": "emporter"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to take baggage or luggage onto an airplane, rather than check it",
          "word": "prendre"
        },
        {
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "to take baggage or luggage onto an airplane, rather than check it",
          "word": "prene"
        },
        {
          "code": "oc",
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "to continue, maintain or pursue an activity or enterprise (transitive) — see also continue, maintain, pursue",
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      "sense": "to continue, maintain or pursue an activity or enterprise (transitive) — see also continue, maintain, pursue",
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      "sense": "to continue, maintain or pursue an activity or enterprise (transitive) — see also continue, maintain, pursue",
      "word": "se comporter"
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      "sense": "to continue, maintain or pursue an activity or enterprise (transitive) — see also continue, maintain, pursue",
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      "word": "aufführen"
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to continue, maintain or pursue an activity or enterprise (transitive) — see also continue, maintain, pursue",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "benehmen"
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      "sense": "to continue, maintain or pursue an activity or enterprise (transitive) — see also continue, maintain, pursue",
      "word": "holde på"
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      "sense": "to continue, maintain or pursue an activity or enterprise (transitive) — see also continue, maintain, pursue",
      "word": "oppføre seg"
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      "sense": "to continue, maintain or pursue an activity or enterprise (transitive) — see also continue, maintain, pursue",
      "word": "bete sig"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to take baggage or luggage onto an airplane, rather than check it",
      "word": "emporter"
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