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Meaning of "something to go on" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SOMETHING TO GO ON

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SOMETHING TO GO ON

somersault
Somerset
Somerset House
Somerville
somesthesia
somesthesis
somesthetic
something
something else
something or other
something´s up
sometime
sometimes
someway
somewhat
somewhen
somewhence
somewhere
somewhile
somewhither

WORDS THAT END LIKE SOMETHING TO GO ON

and so on
come on
go down on
go easy on
go on
going on
hold on
keep tabs on
off and on
pull on
put money on
run out on
shed light on
take on
take out on
take up on
time on
turn on
walk out on
work on

Synonyms and antonyms of something to go on in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «something to go on» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SOMETHING TO GO ON

Find out the translation of something to go on to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of something to go on from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «something to go on» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

东西去
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

algo que vaya en
570 millions of speakers

English

something to go on
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कुछ पर जाने के लिए
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

شيء للذهاب في
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

то , чтобы пойти на
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

algo para ir em
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কিছু যেতে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

quelque chose à aller sur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sesuatu untuk meneruskan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

etwas weiter zu gehen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

何かが上に行くために
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

뭔가 에 이동합니다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Soko terus
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

một cái gì đó để đi vào
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

செல்ல ஏதாவது
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पुढे जाण्यासाठी काहीतरी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Devam edecekler
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

qualcosa per andare avanti
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

coś , aby przejść na
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

то , щоб піти на
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ceva pentru a merge la
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κάτι να πάει στο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

iets om te gaan op
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

något att gå på
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

noe å gå på
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of something to go on

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SOMETHING TO GO ON»

The term «something to go on» is normally little used and occupies the 132.699 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of something to go on
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SOMETHING TO GO ON» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «something to go on» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «something to go on» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about something to go on

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SOMETHING TO GO ON»

Discover the use of something to go on in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to something to go on and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
What Are We? : A Study in Personal Ontology: A Study in ...
The book does not endorse any particular account of what we are, but argues that the matter turns on more general issues in the ontology of material things.
Eric T. Olson Professor in Philosophy University of Sheffield, 2007
2
Public Bills
That Smith said he would not stop except he had something to go on with, 2361. Did you mention any other name than Smith as saying anything of the same kind ? — No, I believe not. 2362. After you told him that Smith would not stop except ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, 1866
3
Fort Da: A Report
And now, amazingly, there was something to go on, an actual boy who fit the description of Aslan. Something to go on, and even more auspiciously, somewhere to go to: according to the receptionist, the Yank sheila (surely the Lipilina) had ...
Elisabeth Sheffield, 2009
4
Philosophy and Its History: Issues in Philosophical ...
Its interpretation would be no doubt difficult. Are the marks meant as linguistic signs or are they simply decorative? But they have something to go on: previous discoveries, reports by the conquistadores, cultural (linguistic and otherwise) traces ...
Jorge J. E. Gracia, 1992
5
The Slightest Philosophy
But you have something to go on. I mean, it's already a part of the situation in which you now find yourself, no matter what — no matter what you say about it, or which language you adopt, or how you finally end up, in the end, theoretically, ...
Quee Nelson, 2007
6
Stilettos & Scoundrels
Realistically, Presley knew she wasn't going to get all the answers from the first person she talked to, but she'd hoped Ruth would give her something to go on. She decided her next stop would be Betty's Baked Goods. Not only did Betty have ...
Laina Turner-Molaski, 2009
7
Blowout in Little Man Flats
No one even thought to question Carl. Everyone assumed that it was coincidence , nothing more. If anything, the police seemed grateful, though they'd never admit it. For the first time they had something to go on, could at least add the basics of ...
Martin Greenberg, 1998
8
Celebrating 100 Years of the Texas Folklore Society, 1909-2009
And again, I finally had to threaten to go to Austin to get the book before we finally got something to go on press. Ab still will not discuss this book and there is no reason to go into any details here and get him stirred up again. Suffice it to say, ...
Kenneth L. Untiedt, 2009
9
Our Lady of the Assassins
I asked him just for the sake of it, so as to say something, to go on talking without thinking, and he told me it was because he looked like the young guy in the film of that name. 'Ah,' I murmured, 'I never saw it. I haven't been to the cinema in ...
Fernando Vallejo, 2001
10
Never Say Goodbye
'As for lunch—we need bread, milk and something to go on the bread. There's soup for Mrs Olbinski if she should wake.' 'My poor Isobel, left to wrestle with household problems while I take my ease!' He opened the freezer door and examined ...
Betty Neels, 2011

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Something to go on [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/something-to-go-on>. Apr 2024 ».
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