run-on
of or designating something that is added or run on: a run-on entry in a dictionary.
Prosody. (of a line of verse) having a thought that carries over to the next line, especially without a syntactical break.
run-on matter.
Automotive. after-run.
Origin of run-on
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How to use run-on in a sentence
I have computed the figures for The Fatal Dowry in regard to double or feminine endings and run-on lines.
The Fatal Dowry | Philip MassingerThe French name enjambement is sometimes used to designate a "run-on" line.
Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism | F. V. N. PainterThere is always a pause at the end of a line in Old English; run-on lines are uncommon.
The Translations of Beowulf | Chauncey Brewster TinkerThe dominant characteristic of this verse is its avoidance of enjambement, or run-on lines, still more of run-on couplets.
English Verse | Raymond MacDonald Alden, Ph.D.There is a fairly free use of run-on lines; according to Schipper, 35 in the first 250 of the translation.
English Verse | Raymond MacDonald Alden, Ph.D.
British Dictionary definitions for run on
(intr) to continue without interruption
to write with linked-up characters
printing to compose text matter without indentation or paragraphing
printing
text matter composed without indenting
(as modifier): run-on text matter
a word added at the end of a dictionary entry whose meaning can be easily inferred from the definition of the headword
(as modifier): a run-on entry
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with run-on
Keep going, continue; also, remain in effect. For example, That murder trial has been running on for months, or How much longer can this debt be allowed to run on? [Late 1500s]
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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