go on
To continue in extentTo continue in extent.
» Where are you going on vacation?
Куда ты поедешь в отпуск?
Куди ти поїдеш у відпустку?
Meaning
7 senses(intransitive)To continue in extent.
The meeting seemed to go on forever.
This road goes on for another twenty miles.
weitergehen
continue talking
(intransitive)To continue an action.
I think I've said enough now; I'm not sure I should go on.
He went on walking even when the policeman told him to stop.
weitermachen
продолжа́тьprodolžátʹ, продо́лжитьprodólžitʹ
продо́вжуватиprodóvžuvaty, продо́вжитиprodóvžyty
continue a certain state, condition, or activity
(intransitive)To proceed (to do something).
He started the competition badly but went on to win the gold medal.
"Do you want to hear a joke?" — "Oh, all right, go on then."
(intransitive)To talk frequently or at great length (about a subject).
Near-synonyms: blather, prattle, drone on, rabbit; see also Thesaurus:chatter
Will you stop going on about your stupid holiday?
ununterbrochen reden
(intransitive)To happen (occur).
What's going on downstairs? What's all that noise down there?
I really don't want to know what goes on between you and your boyfriend behind closed doors.
passieren, los sein
происходи́тьproisxodítʹ
відбува́тисяvidbuvátysja, робитисяrobytysja
(intransitive)To move or proceed so as to become "on" in any of various senses.
Bertha's about to finish her song. Who's going on next?
Smith went on for Jones at left back after Jones got injured.
(transitive)To use and adopt (information) in order to understand an issue, make a decision, etc.; to go by.
We can't go on what this map says; it's twenty years out of date.
I didn't make a decision because I didn't have anything to go on.
Examples
4487 sentencesWhere are you going on vacation?
Куди ти поїдеш у відпустку?
ruКуда ты поедешь в отпуск?
Tom goes to school on foot.
Том ходить до школи пішки.
ruТом ходит в школу пешком.
deTom geht zu Fuß zur Schule.
I often go downtown on Sunday.
У неділю я часто ходжу до центру міста.
ruПо воскресеньям я часто иду в центр города.
deIch fahre sonntags oft in die Stadt.
I go to church on Sunday.
Я ходжу до церкви у неділю.
deIch gehe sonntags in die Kirche.
I go to school on foot.
Я ходжу до школи пішки.
deIch gehe zu Fuß zur Schule.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 2
By meaning 4
Origin
Structurally equivalent to go onward. Structurally equivalent to go upon.Structurally equivalent to go onward.
Structurally equivalent to go upon.
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Forms
goes on, going on, went on, gone onPhrasal verbs
16 phrasal verbs- go upпіднятися, підніматисяTo move upwards.
- go offслужити, обслуговуватиTo explode.
- go outвийти, виходитиTo leave, especially a building.
- go onпродовжувати, продовжитиTo continue in extent.
- go downспуститися, спускатисяTo descend; to move from a higher place to a lower one.
- go backповертатисяTo return to a place or state after having been there at a previous time.
- go overперевірити, перевірятиUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, over.
- go awayвід'їхати, від'їжджатиTo depart or leave a place.
More 8
- go afterстежити, слідкуватиTo pursue in attempt to catch another.
- go forсподіватися, надіятисяUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, for.
- go throughзрозуміти, розумітиTo travel from one end of something to the other.
- go aboutнаблизитися, наближатисяTo busy oneself with.
- go withу /в мене, матиUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, with.
- go byвикористовувати, використатиTo pass or go past without much interaction.
- go aheadTo proceed with; to begin.
- go roundTo physically swirl or rotate.
Synonyms
59 synonyms- start running, functioning, or operating:come upcome on
- continue talking:continuecarry onproceed
- continue a certain state, condition, or activity:continueproceedgo alongkeep
- come to pass:happenhappass offoccurpassfall outcome abouttake place
- move forward, also in the metaphorical sense:advanceprogresspass onmove onmarch on
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb