run-on

[ ruhn-on, -awn ]
/ ˈrʌnˌɒn, -ˌɔn /

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.

Origin of run-on

First recorded in 1900–05; adj., noun use of verb phrase run on

Definition for run on (2 of 2)

Origin of run

before 900; (v.) Middle English rinnen, rennen, partly < Old Norse rinna, renna, partly continuing Old English rinnan; cognate with German rinnen; form run orig. past participle, later extended to present tense; (noun and adj.) derivative of the v.

OTHER WORDS FROM run

British Dictionary definitions for run on (1 of 2)

run on

verb (adverb)

(intr) to continue without interruption
to write with linked-up characters
printing to compose text matter without indentation or paragraphing

noun run-on

printing
  1. text matter composed without indenting
  2. (as modifier)run-on text matter
  1. a word added at the end of a dictionary entry whose meaning can be easily inferred from the definition of the headword
  2. (as modifier)a run-on entry

British Dictionary definitions for run on (2 of 2)

run
/ (rʌn) /

verb runs, running, ran or run

noun

Word Origin for run

Old English runnen, past participle of ( ge) rinnan; related to Old Frisian, Old Norse rinna, Old Saxon, Gothic, Old High German rinnan

Idioms and Phrases with run on (1 of 2)

run on

1

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]

2

Talk at length; see go on, def. 5.

3

Continue a text without a break; see run in, def. 2.

Idioms and Phrases with run on (2 of 2)

run