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View synonyms for run-on
run-on
[ ruhn-on, -awn ]
adjective
- 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.
noun
- run-on matter.
- Automotive. after-run.
run on
verb
- intr to continue without interruption
- to write with linked-up characters
- printing to compose text matter without indentation or paragraphing
noun
- 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
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Word History and Origins
Origin of run-on1
First recorded in 1900–05; adj., noun use of verb phrase run on
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Example Sentences
Winding, run-on sentences are common; so are fishermen.
From New York Times
There was a coy, sometimes run-on exuberance about many indie bands in the aughts, though few encapsulated that as expressively as the Welsh group Los Campesinos!
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These suggest a heightened attention to potential hazards, but they also evoke the joyous run-on reels of avant-garde diarists like the filmmaker Jonas Mekas.
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Sometimes, the phrases are like run-on sentences; elsewhere, they are poetic, rhetorical, filled with pauses and hesitations.
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She obviously inspired joy as much as run-on sentences.
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