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{ "etymology_number": 1, "etymology_text": "Structurally equivalent to go onward.", "forms": [ { "form": "goes on", "tags": [ "present", "singular", "third-person" ] }, { "form": "going on", "tags": [ "participle", "present" ] }, { "form": "went on", "tags": [ "past" ] }, { "form": "gone on", "tags": [ "participle", "past" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "go<goes,,went,gone> on" }, "expansion": "go on (third-person singular simple present goes on, present participle going on, simple past went on, past participle gone on)", "name": "en-verb" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "verb", "senses": [ { "categories": [], "examples": [ { "text": "The meeting seemed to go on forever.", "type": "example" }, { "text": "This road goes on for another twenty miles.", "type": "example" } ], "glosses": [ "To continue in extent." ], "id": "en-go_on-en-verb-R0TMFktj", "links": [ [ "continue", "continue" ], [ "extent", "extent" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(intransitive) To continue in extent." ], "synonyms": [ { "word": "endure" }, { "word": "persist" } ], "tags": [ "intransitive" ], "translations": [ { "_dis1": "33 20 19 11 10 7", "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "approach an age", "word": "tener cerca de" }, { "_dis1": "33 20 19 11 10 7", "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "approach an age", "word": "pisar" } ] }, { "categories": [], "examples": [ { "text": "I think I've said enough now; I'm not sure I should go on.", "type": "example" }, { "text": "He went on walking even when the policeman told him to stop.", "type": "example" }, { "ref": "1967, Barbara Sleigh, Jessamy, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, published 1993, →ISBN, page 84:", "text": "She crept up the stairs [...] On she went, across the landing, from which sprang the tall window, and up the next flight until she reached the top.", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "To continue an action." ], "id": "en-go_on-en-verb-a88wTCDH", "links": [ [ "action", "action" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(intransitive) To continue an action." ], "synonyms": [ { "word": "keep on" }, { "word": "carry on" }, { "word": "advance" }, { "word": "forthgo" }, { "word": "proceed" }, { "word": "resume" } ], "tags": [ "intransitive" ] }, { "categories": [], "examples": [ { "text": "He started the competition badly but went on to win the gold medal.", "type": "example" }, { "text": "\"Do you want to hear a joke?\" — \"Oh, all right, go on then.\"", "type": "example" }, { "ref": "2012, The Onion Book of Known Knowledge, page 63:", "text": "The kid who starts a business selling candy out of his locker always goes on to be a major sleazeball later in life.", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "To proceed (to do something)." ], "id": "en-go_on-en-verb-duPT8jCY", "links": [ [ "proceed", "proceed" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(intransitive) To proceed (to do something)." ], "synonyms": [ { "word": "carry on" }, { "word": "continue" }, { "word": "proceed" } ], "tags": [ "intransitive" ] }, { "categories": [], "examples": [ { "text": "Will you stop going on about your stupid holiday.", "type": "example" }, { "text": "Sam goes on and on about Pokémon.", "type": "example" }, { "text": "Don't ask Sam about Pokémon, because he'll go on and on.", "type": "example" }, { "ref": "2002, Jane Green, Bookends, trade paperback, published 2003, →ISBN, page 67:", "text": "\"I don't believe you.\" I shake my head. \"How on earth did you remember that? I must have told you years ago.\"[…]\n\"First of all, you go on about it far more than you think you do,[…].\"", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "To talk frequently or at great length (about a subject)." ], "id": "en-go_on-en-verb-FEi426PB", "links": [ [ "talk", "talk" ], [ "frequently", "frequently" ], [ "at great length", "at length" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(intransitive) To talk frequently or at great length (about a subject)." ], "synonyms": [ { "word": "blather" }, { "word": "prattle" }, { "word": "rabbit" }, { "word": "chatter" } ], "tags": [ "intransitive" ], "translations": [ { "_dis1": "4 7 5 53 25 7", "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "talk about a subject frequently or at great length — see also go off on a tangent", "word": "jauhaa" }, { "_dis1": "4 7 5 53 25 7", "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "talk about a subject frequently or at great length — see also go off on a tangent", "word": "jankuttaa" }, { "_dis1": "4 7 5 53 25 7", "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "talk about a subject frequently or at great length — see also go off on a tangent", "word": "jankata" }, { "_dis1": "4 7 5 53 25 7", "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "talk about a subject frequently or at great length — see also go off on a tangent", "word": "vatvoa" }, { "_dis1": "4 7 5 53 25 7", "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "talk about a subject frequently or at great length — see also go off on a tangent", "word": "parlar" }, { "_dis1": "4 7 5 53 25 7", "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "talk about a subject frequently or at great length — see also go off on a tangent", "word": "parlotear" } ] }, { "categories": [], "examples": [ { "text": "What's going on?", "type": "example" }, { "text": "I really don't want to know what goes on between you and your boyfriend behind closed doors.", "type": "example" }, { "ref": "2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 1948, page 43:", "text": "At the time, with the D-Day invasion of Europe going on, their heroism was hardly noticed. Plenty of other heroes were dying elsewhere. Plenty of bigger bits of history were being made.", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "To happen (occur)." ], "id": "en-go_on-en-verb-aK5~krcW", "links": [ [ "happen", "happen" ], [ "occur", "occur#English" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(intransitive) To happen (occur)." ], "synonyms": [ { "word": "come to pass" }, { "word": "take place" }, { "word": "happen" } ], "tags": [ "intransitive" ], "translations": [ { "_dis1": "6 13 14 6 48 14", "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "make a decision based on", "word": "käyttää" }, { "_dis1": "6 13 14 6 48 14", "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "make a decision based on", "word": "hyödyntää" }, { "_dis1": "4 5 5 2 81 3", "code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "happen", "word": "ske" }, { "_dis1": "4 5 5 2 81 3", "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "happen", "word": "aan de hand zijn" }, { "_dis1": "4 5 5 2 81 3", "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "happen", "word": "tapahtua" }, { "_dis1": "4 5 5 2 81 3", "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "happen", "word": "olla meneillään" }, { "_dis1": "4 5 5 2 81 3", "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "happen", "word": "käydä (e.g. \"mitä kävi?\")" }, { "_dis1": "4 5 5 2 81 3", "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "happen", "word": "se passer" }, { "_dis1": "4 5 5 2 81 3", "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "happen", "word": "passieren" }, { "_dis1": "4 5 5 2 81 3", "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "happen", "tags": [ "colloquial" ], "word": "los sein" }, { "_dis1": "4 5 5 2 81 3", "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "happen", "tags": [ "slang" ], "word": "abgehen" }, { "_dis1": "4 5 5 2 81 3", "code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "happen", "word": "bí ar bun" }, { "_dis1": "4 5 5 2 81 3", "code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "happen", "word": "bí ar siúl" }, { "_dis1": "4 5 5 2 81 3", "code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "happen", "word": "tarlaigh" }, { "_dis1": "4 5 5 2 81 3", "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "happen", "word": "agat" }, { "_dis1": "4 5 5 2 81 3", "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "happen", "word": "acontecer" }, { "_dis1": "4 5 5 2 81 3", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "proisxodítʹ", "sense": "happen", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "происходи́ть" }, { "_dis1": "4 5 5 2 81 3", "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "happen", "word": "pasar" }, { "_dis1": "4 5 5 2 81 3", "code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "happen", "word": "olmak" }, { "_dis1": "4 5 5 2 81 3", "code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "happen", "word": "gerçekleşmek" }, { "_dis1": "4 5 5 2 81 3", "code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "happen", "word": "dönmek" }, { "_dis1": "4 5 5 2 81 3", "code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "vidbuvátysja", "sense": "happen", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "відбува́тися" }, { "_dis1": "4 5 5 2 81 3", "code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "robytysja", "sense": "happen", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "робитися" } ] }, { "categories": [], "examples": [ { "text": "Bertha's about to finish her song. Who's going on next?", "type": "example" }, { "text": "Smith went on for Jones at left back after Jones got injured.", "type": "example" }, { "text": "It was pitch black and then suddenly all the lights went on.", "type": "example" } ], "glosses": [ "To move or proceed so as to become \"on\" in any of various senses." ], "id": "en-go_on-en-verb-QLppquHa", "links": [ [ "on", "on" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(intransitive) To move or proceed so as to become \"on\" in any of various senses." ], "related": [ { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 100", "word": "going on" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 100", "word": "goings-on" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 100", "word": "go on then" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 100", "word": "have a thing going on" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 100", "word": "on about" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 100", "word": "on and on" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 100", "word": "to be going on with" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 100", "word": "what's going on" } ], "tags": [ "intransitive" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "audio": 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"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "continue", "word": "vytrvat" }, { "_dis1": "27 30 34 1 2 5", "code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "continue", "word": "fortsætte" }, { "_dis1": "27 30 34 1 2 5", "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "continue", "word": "doorgaan" }, { "_dis1": "27 30 34 1 2 5", "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "continue", "word": "verder gaan" }, { "_dis1": "27 30 34 1 2 5", "code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "continue", "word": "estadi" }, { "_dis1": "27 30 34 1 2 5", "code": "fi", "english": "to continue", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "continue", "word": "jatkua" }, { "_dis1": "27 30 34 1 2 5", "code": "fi", "english": "to expand upon", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "continue", "word": "jatkaa" }, { "_dis1": "27 30 34 1 2 5", "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "continue", "word": "kestää" }, { "_dis1": "27 30 34 1 2 5", "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "roman": "e.g. \"kokous venyi myöhään yöhön\"", "sense": "continue", "tags": [ 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"sense": "continue", "word": "haltu áfram" }, { "_dis1": "27 30 34 1 2 5", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "continue", "word": "continuare" }, { "_dis1": "27 30 34 1 2 5", "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "continue", "word": "pergō" }, { "_dis1": "27 30 34 1 2 5", "code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "continue", "word": "tęsti" }, { "_dis1": "27 30 34 1 2 5", "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "continue", "word": "continuar" }, { "_dis1": "27 30 34 1 2 5", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "prodolžátʹ", "sense": "continue", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "продолжа́ть" }, { "_dis1": "27 30 34 1 2 5", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "prodólžitʹ", "sense": "continue", "tags": [ "perfective" ], "word": "продо́лжить" }, { "_dis1": "27 30 34 1 2 5", "code": "gd", "lang": "Scottish Gaelic", "sense": "continue", "word": "lean air" }, { "_dis1": "27 30 34 1 2 5", "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "continue", "word": "continuar" }, { "_dis1": "27 30 34 1 2 5", "code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "continue", "word": "devam etmek" }, { "_dis1": "27 30 34 1 2 5", "code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "continue", "word": "sürmek" }, { "_dis1": "27 30 34 1 2 5", "code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "prodóvžuvaty", "sense": "continue", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "продо́вжувати" }, { "_dis1": "27 30 34 1 2 5", "code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "prodóvžyty", "sense": "continue", "tags": [ "perfective" ], "word": "продо́вжити" }, { "_dis1": "27 30 34 1 2 5", "code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "continue", "word": "tiếp tục" } ], "word": "go on" } { "etymology_number": 1, "etymology_text": "Structurally equivalent to go onward.", "head_templates": [ { "args": {}, "expansion": "go on", "name": "en-interj" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "intj", "senses": [ { "categories": [], "examples": [ { "text": "Go on! You were saying about those other ones too?", "type": "example" } ], "glosses": [ "Expressing that the speaker can continue speaking without interruption from the listener." ], "id": "en-go_on-en-intj-6FtxtGHa" }, { "categories": [], "examples": [ { "text": "A: He asked Fiona to marry him.", "type": "example" }, { "text": "B: Go on!", "type": "example" }, { "text": "A: It's true, I swear.", "type": "example" } ], "glosses": [ "Expressing surprise, disbelief or incredulity." ], "id": "en-go_on-en-intj-OcAXgTWL", "synonyms": [ { "word": "fiddlesticks" }, { "word": "go on with you" }, { "word": "horsefeathers" }, { "word": "pull the other one" }, { "word": "bullshit" } ] }, { "categories": [ { "kind": "other", "name": "Australian English", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "New Zealand English", "parents": [], "source": "w" } ], "examples": [ { "text": "Go on! You can do it!", "type": "example" } ], "glosses": [ "Expressing encouragement, see come on." ], "id": "en-go_on-en-intj-Kpy7cLWb", "links": [ [ "come on", "come on#Interjection" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(especially Australia, New Zealand) Expressing encouragement, see come on." ], "synonyms": [ { "word": "attaboy" }, { "word": "you go, girl" }, { "word": "come on" } ], "tags": [ "Australia", "New-Zealand", "especially" ] }, { "categories": [ { "kind": "other", "name": "British English", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "_dis": "3 11 10 25 3 6 5 2 11 4 20", "kind": "other", "name": "English entries with incorrect language header", "parents": [ "Entries with incorrect language header", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "3 11 12 26 3 6 4 2 10 5 19", "kind": "other", "name": "English phrasal verbs formed with \"on\"", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "3 8 16 40 3 4 3 2 16 6", "kind": "other", "name": "Entries with translation boxes", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "3 11 11 26 4 4 3 2 12 4 21", "kind": "other", "name": "Pages with 1 entry", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "2 12 12 31 2 2 2 1 11 5 21", "kind": "other", "name": "Pages with entries", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "6 9 12 35 3 9 8 5 9 4", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with Catalan translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "6 11 11 33 4 8 7 7 9 4", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with Czech translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "3 8 15 42 2 6 5 3 11 5", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with Danish translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "4 10 13 36 4 7 6 3 13 5", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with Dutch translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "4 8 14 39 3 8 7 4 10 4", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with Esperanto translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "5 9 12 37 3 8 7 5 9 5", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with Finnish translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "5 10 13 36 4 7 6 3 14 5", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with French translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "6 9 11 34 3 9 8 5 9 4", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with Galician translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "3 9 12 38 4 6 5 2 13 6", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with German translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "6 9 11 31 3 10 9 6 9 4", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with Hebrew translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "6 9 12 35 3 9 8 5 9 4", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with Icelandic translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "5 10 12 35 3 10 7 5 9 4", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with Irish translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "3 10 13 41 3 6 5 2 12 5", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with Italian translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "3 10 14 35 3 6 6 2 15 5", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with Latin translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "6 9 11 34 3 9 8 6 9 4", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with Lithuanian translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "5 9 13 32 3 11 10 6 8 4", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with Portuguese translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "3 9 15 40 3 6 5 2 11 5", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with Russian translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "6 9 12 36 3 9 8 5 9 4", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "3 10 13 40 3 6 5 2 13 5", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with Spanish translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "6 9 12 35 3 9 8 5 9 4", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with Turkish translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "6 9 12 35 3 9 8 5 9 4", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with Ukrainian translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "6 9 12 34 3 9 8 6 9 4", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with Vietnamese translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" } ], "examples": [ { "text": "—So three hundred on the chair then, and can we do two-fifty on the clock?\n—Go on, then.", "type": "example" } ], "glosses": [ "Yes; okay; it's a deal." ], "id": "en-go_on-en-intj-0SvDvbqE", "links": [ [ "Yes", "yes#English" ], [ "okay", "okay#English" ], [ "it's a deal", "it's a deal#English" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(especially British) Yes; okay; it's a deal." ], "tags": [ "British", "especially" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "audio": "EN-AU ck1 go on.ogg", "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/47/EN-AU_ck1_go_on.ogg/EN-AU_ck1_go_on.ogg.mp3", "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/EN-AU_ck1_go_on.ogg" } ], "word": "go on" } { "etymology_number": 2, "etymology_text": "Structurally equivalent to go upon.", "forms": [ { "form": "goes on", "tags": [ "present", "singular", "third-person" ] }, { "form": "going on", "tags": [ "participle", "present" ] }, { "form": "went on", "tags": [ "past" ] }, { "form": "gone on", "tags": [ "participle", "past" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "go<goes,,went,gone> on" }, "expansion": "go on (third-person singular simple present goes on, present participle going on, simple past went on, past participle gone on)", "name": "en-verb" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "verb", "senses": [ { "categories": [], "examples": [ { "text": "We can't go on what this map says; 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"Lithuanian", "sense": "continue", "word": "tęsti" }, { "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "continue", "word": "continuar" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "prodolžátʹ", "sense": "continue", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "продолжа́ть" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "prodólžitʹ", "sense": "continue", "tags": [ "perfective" ], "word": "продо́лжить" }, { "code": "gd", "lang": "Scottish Gaelic", "sense": "continue", "word": "lean air" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "continue", "word": "continuar" }, { "code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "continue", "word": "devam etmek" }, { "code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "continue", "word": "sürmek" }, { "code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "prodóvžuvaty", "sense": "continue", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "продо́вжувати" }, { "code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "prodóvžyty", "sense": "continue", "tags": [ "perfective" ], "word": "продо́вжити" }, { "code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "continue", "word": "tiếp tục" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "make a decision based on", "word": "käyttää" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "make a decision based on", "word": "hyödyntää" }, { "code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "happen", "word": "ske" }, { "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "happen", "word": "aan de hand zijn" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "happen", "word": "tapahtua" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "happen", "word": "olla meneillään" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "happen", "word": "käydä (e.g. \"mitä kävi?\")" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "happen", "word": "se passer" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "happen", "word": "passieren" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "happen", "tags": [ "colloquial" ], "word": "los sein" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "happen", "tags": [ "slang" ], "word": "abgehen" }, { "code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "happen", "word": "bí ar bun" }, { "code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "happen", "word": "bí ar siúl" }, { "code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "happen", "word": "tarlaigh" }, { "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "happen", "word": "agat" }, { "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "happen", "word": "acontecer" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "proisxodítʹ", "sense": "happen", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "происходи́ть" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "happen", "word": "pasar" }, { "code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "happen", "word": "olmak" }, { "code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "happen", "word": "gerçekleşmek" }, { "code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "happen", "word": "dönmek" }, { "code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "vidbuvátysja", "sense": "happen", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "відбува́тися" }, { "code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "robytysja", "sense": "happen", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "робитися" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "approach an age", "word": "tener cerca de" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "approach an age", "word": "pisar" } ], "word": "go on" } { "categories": [ "English entries with incorrect language header", "English interjections", "English lemmas", "English multiword terms", "English phrasal verbs", "English phrasal verbs formed with \"on\"", "English verbs", "Entries with translation boxes", "Pages with 1 entry", "Pages with entries", "Terms with Catalan translations", "Terms with Czech translations", "Terms with Danish translations", "Terms with Dutch translations", "Terms with Esperanto translations", "Terms with Finnish translations", "Terms with French translations", "Terms with Galician translations", "Terms with German translations", "Terms with Hebrew translations", "Terms with Icelandic translations", "Terms with Irish translations", "Terms with Italian translations", "Terms with Latin translations", "Terms with Lithuanian translations", "Terms with Portuguese translations", "Terms with Russian translations", "Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations", "Terms with Spanish translations", "Terms with Turkish translations", "Terms with Ukrainian translations", "Terms with Vietnamese translations" ], "etymology_number": 1, "etymology_text": "Structurally equivalent to go onward.", "head_templates": [ { "args": {}, "expansion": "go on", "name": "en-interj" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "intj", "senses": [ { "categories": [ "English terms with usage examples" ], "examples": [ { "text": "Go on! You were saying about those other ones too?", "type": "example" } ], "glosses": [ "Expressing that the speaker can continue speaking without interruption from the listener." ] }, { "categories": [ "English terms with usage examples" ], "examples": [ { "text": "A: He asked Fiona to marry him.", "type": "example" }, { "text": "B: Go on!", "type": "example" }, { "text": "A: It's true, I swear.", "type": "example" } ], "glosses": [ "Expressing surprise, disbelief or incredulity." ], "synonyms": [ { "word": "fiddlesticks" }, { "word": "go on with you" }, { "word": "horsefeathers" }, { "word": "pull the other one" }, { "word": "bullshit" } ] }, { "categories": [ "Australian English", "English terms with usage examples", "New Zealand English" ], "examples": [ { "text": "Go on! You can do it!", "type": "example" } ], "glosses": [ "Expressing encouragement, see come on." ], "links": [ [ "come on", "come on#Interjection" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(especially Australia, New Zealand) Expressing encouragement, see come on." ], "synonyms": [ { "word": "attaboy" }, { "word": "you go, girl" }, { "word": "come on" } ], "tags": [ "Australia", "New-Zealand", "especially" ] }, { "categories": [ "British English", "English terms with usage examples" ], "examples": [ { "text": "—So three hundred on the chair then, and can we do two-fifty on the clock?\n—Go on, then.", "type": "example" } ], "glosses": [ "Yes; okay; it's a deal." ], "links": [ [ "Yes", "yes#English" ], [ "okay", "okay#English" ], [ "it's a deal", "it's a deal#English" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(especially British) Yes; okay; it's a deal." ], "tags": [ "British", "especially" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "audio": "EN-AU ck1 go on.ogg", "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/47/EN-AU_ck1_go_on.ogg/EN-AU_ck1_go_on.ogg.mp3", "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/EN-AU_ck1_go_on.ogg" } ], "word": "go on" } { "categories": [ "English entries with incorrect language header", "English lemmas", "English multiword terms", "English phrasal verbs", "English phrasal verbs formed with \"on\"", "English verbs", "Pages with 1 entry", "Pages with entries" ], "etymology_number": 2, "etymology_text": "Structurally equivalent to go upon.", "forms": [ { "form": "goes on", "tags": [ "present", "singular", "third-person" ] }, { "form": "going on", "tags": [ "participle", "present" ] }, { "form": "went on", "tags": [ "past" ] }, { "form": "gone on", "tags": [ "participle", "past" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "go<goes,,went,gone> on" }, "expansion": "go on (third-person singular simple present goes on, present participle going on, simple past went on, past participle gone on)", "name": "en-verb" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "verb", "senses": [ { "categories": [ "English terms with usage examples", "English transitive verbs" ], "examples": [ { "text": "We can't go on what this map says; it's twenty years out of date.", "type": "example" }, { "text": "I didn't make a decision because I didn't have anything to go on.", "type": "example" } ], "glosses": [ "To use and adopt (information) in order to understand an issue, make a decision, etc.; to go by." ], "links": [ [ "go by", "go by" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(transitive) To use and adopt (information) in order to understand an issue, make a decision, etc.; to go by." ], "tags": [ "transitive" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/ˈɡoʊˌɒn/" } ], "word": "go on" }
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