Going-on - definition, pronunciation

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Amer.   American pronunciation of the word going-on
Brit.   British pronunciation of the word going-on

preposition

- Indicates a time or age in the very near future.
It's going on three o'clock.
"How old are you?" ―"Going on nineteen."

verb

- Present participle of go on.

Extra examples

We began work at 12 and went on till half-past one.

Do go on, I am listening.

He goes on to quote two passages from Seneca.

The king is now determined to go on without parliament at all.

For the first two days he went on very well.

There's a wedding going on at the church.

The street lights go on when it gets dark and go off at midnight.

Grandmother is going on (for) 80.

He appealed to his judges to consider his age (he was going on seventy).

It was going on for eight o'clock.

How is your work going on?

Affairs in Spain go on swimmingly.

How long has this been going on?

I was so nervous when I went on.

I only got small parts, and it's dreadful to have to go on with nothing to say.

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