Complete Definition of "go on"

English

Verb
en-verb|goes on|going on|went on|gone on

  1. To travel on; go by

#: In order to get to town, I decided to go on the bus

  1. idiom To continue; expand upon

#: Person A: Well, he said... <pause>
#: Person B:
Go on
#: Person A:
I'm not sure if I should tell you this''

  1. To make a decision based on

#: I didn't make a decision because I didn't have anything to go on.

  1. To happen

#: What's going on?!
#: I really don't what to know what goes on between you and your boyfriend behind closed doors.

Translations
trans-top|travel on
Finnish: matkustaa, mennä
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French: prendre
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trans-top|continue
Finnish: (to continue) jatkua, (to expand upon) jatkaa
French: continuer
Icelandic: haltu áfram
trans-mid
Latin: perge
Russian: t|ru|п�одолжа��|trprodolžát' impf, t|ru|п�одолжи��|trprodólžái' pf
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See also
going on
goings-on
what's going on?

es:go on
fr:go on
it:go on
pl:go on
fi:go on
uk:go on

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