Source : WordNet®

go on
     v 1: 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"
          [syn: {continue}, {proceed}, {go along}, {keep}] [ant: {discontinue}]
     2: come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place
        off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed
        important" [syn: {happen}, {hap}, {pass off}, {occur}, {pass},
         {fall out}, {come about}, {take place}]
     3: move forward, also in the metaphorical sense; "Time marches
        on" [syn: {advance}, {progress}, {pass on}, {move on}, {march
        on}] [ant: {recede}]
     4: continue with one's activities; "I know it's hard," he
        continued, "but there is no choice"; "carry on--pretend we
        are not in the room" [syn: {continue}, {carry on}, {proceed}]
     5: start running, functioning, or operating; "the lights went
        on"; "the computer came up" [syn: {come up}, {come on}]
        [ant: {go off}]