run on
run on verb: to continue without interruption.
Verb
run on (third-person singular simple present runs on, present participle running on, simple past ran on, past participle run on)
- To continue without interruption
- We can't afford for the performance to run on for more than the specified time.
- Using a certain time zone.
- I was still running on daylight savings time.
- Sorry, Hillary. I was running on CP time.2016 April 9, Bill de Blasio, "Shamilton" at the Inner Circle Dinner
- To continue talking for a long time.
- She ran on and wouldn't let anyone get a word in edgeways.
- To operate with a particular energy source.
- This car runs on bio-alcohol.
- To make numerous drafts or demands for payment, as upon a bank.
- Accordingly, depositors may run on a bank upon the receipt of adverse economic news that induces them to revise their assessment of a bank's soundness.2009, Heidi Mandanis Schooner, Michael W. Taylor, Global Bank Regulation: Principles and Policies, page 27
- To carry on or continue (e.g. the type for a new sentence) without making a break or commencing a new paragraph.
- To press with jokes or ridicule; to abuse with sarcasm; to bear hard on.
- To rely on (something) for popular support in an election.
- The senator is running on his record.
- To attempt to enact (a plan, trick or scheme) on (someone).
- Don'chu run game on me.
run on meaning in Bengali and Malayalam
run on in Bengali
- বিঘ্ন ছাড়াই চালিয়ে যাওয়া, দীর্ঘক্ষণ ধরে কথা বলা, ব্যঙ্গ করা
run on in Malayalam
- carry on, continue, go on
- തുടർന്നുപോകുക, തുടരുക, തുടർന്നുകൊണ്ടിരിക്കുക, തുടർന്നു നടത്തുക, അനിശ്ചിതമായി തുടരുക, നീട്ടിക്കൊണ്ടുപോകുക
- talk a lot, talk incenssantly, go on
- സംസാരം തുടരുക, നിർത്താതെ സംസാരിക്കുക, ധാരാളം സംസാരിക്കുക, വാ തോരാതെ സംസാരിക്കുക, കലപില സംസാരിക്കുക, കാടുകയറി വാദപ്രതിവാദം നടത്തുക
Forms of run on
| third-person singular present | runs on |
|---|---|
| present participle | running on |
| past | ran on |
| past participle | run on |
Questions about run on
- What does run on mean?
- Run on means to continue without interruption.
- What is run on in Bengali?
- Run on in Bengali is বিঘ্ন ছাড়াই চালিয়ে যাওয়া, দীর্ঘক্ষণ ধরে কথা বলা, ব্যঙ্গ করা. See Run on meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is run on?
- Run on is a verb.
- What is the past tense of run on?
- The past tense of run on is ran on.
Words near run on in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: run on (page history and authors); run on (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); run on (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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