· 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"

Synonym(s): continue, proceed, go_along, keep

Hypernym(s): act, move

· come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important"

Synonym(s): happen, hap, pass_off, occur, pass, fall_out, come_about, take_place

· move forward, also in the metaphorical sense; "Time marches on"

Synonym(s): advance, progress, pass_on, move_on, march_on

Hypernym(s): travel, go, move, locomote

· continue talking; "I know it's hard," he continued, "but there is no choice"; "carry on--pretend we are not in the room"

Synonym(s): continue, carry_on, proceed

Hypernym(s): talk, speak

· start running, functioning, or operating; "the lights went on"; "the computer came up"

Synonym(s): come_up, come_on

Hypernym(s): start, go, get_going

Antonym(s): go_off