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Dictionary: run-on
(rŭn'ŏn', -ôn')
n.
  1. Printing. Matter that is appended or added without a formal break.
  2. A derived term, often formed by the addition of an affix, that is included undefined at the end of a dictionary entry.
run-on run'-on' adj.

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A run of a certain type of result is an uninterrupted sequence of results, all of the same type, bordered at each end either by the start or finish of the complete sequence or by a result of a different type.



Idioms: run on
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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.


WordNet: run-on
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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: (verse) without a rhetorical pause between lines
  Antonym: end-stopped (meaning #1)


Translations: Run-on
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - rundløbende
n. - rundløbende sats

Nederlands (Dutch)
doorlopen

Français (French)
adj. - (Typ) composé sans alinéa
n. - (Typ) texte continu sans alinéa

Deutsch (German)
n. - angehängtes Wort
adj. - angehängt

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (τυπογρ.) ασύμμετρη ή "τρελή" περασιά, (καθομ.) μεγάλη ζήτηση
attrib. - συνεχόμενος, χωρίς συνδετικό

Italiano (Italian)
stampato di seguito, continuato

Português (Portuguese)
attrib. - demorado

Русский (Russian)
текущее дело, печатающийся, спрос

Español (Spanish)
adj. - seguido
n. - texto seguido, puesto de seguido

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - stycke i svit
attr. - i svit

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
词意连贯的, 不分段的编排

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 詞意連貫的
n. - 不分段的編排

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 다음 행으로 이어지는, 행을 바꾸지 않고 계속하는
n. - 추가

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 句またがりの, 追い込みの, 追加の
n. - 追い込み事項, 追い込み語

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) الإستمرار, إنقضاء الوقت (صفه) ما يخص أضافه أو تكمله‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮דיבר בלי הרף‬
n. - ‮המשך (בהדפסה), כתיבה ללא פיסוק‬


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