run-on
English
Adjective
- Continuing on where a rhetorical pause would be more appropriate.
- Placed or coming at the end of something, such as at the end of a dictionary entry.
- Most dictionaries cover most adverbs with only run-on entries.
Noun
- (soccer, rugby, etc.) An amount of time spent playing on the field during a game, especially so as to evaluate a player's abilities.
- A run-on sentence.
- 1974 April 27, Barba Biccirilli, “Learning To Dare”, in Gay Community News, page 3:
- She reads musically. No harsh stops, no broken-breathy run-ons, no ups and down soft and fast fluctuations.
- Anything that runs on, such as a run-on entry in a dictionary.
- (machining) The period when a power saw or other tool continues to run after being powered off.
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