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Push On

Definition: Push On

Push On

Verb

1. Continue moving forward.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Push On

Synonyms: plough on (v), press on (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Push On

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Activity

Interjection: be alive, look alive, look sharp! move on, push on! keep moving! go ahead! stir your stumps! age quod agis! jaldi! karo! step lively!

Haste

Verb: haste, hasten; make haste, make a dash; Noun: hurry on, dash on, whip on, push on, press on, press forward; hurry, skurry, scuttle along, barrel along, bundle on, dart to and fro, bustle, flutter, scramble; plunge, plunge headlong; dash off; rush; (violence); express.

Sequence

Verb: advance; proceed, progress; get on, get along, get over the ground; gain ground; forge ahead; jog on, rub on, wag on; go with the stream; keep one;s course, hold on one's course; go on, move on, come one, get on, pass on, push on, press on, go forward, move forward, come forward, get forward, pass forward, push forward, press forward, go forwards, move forwards, come forwards, get forwards, pass forwards, push forwards, press forwards, go ahead, move ahead, come ahead, get ahead, pass ahead, push ahead, press ahead; make one's way, work one's way, carve one's way, push one's way, force one's way, edge one's way, elbow one's way; make progress, make head, make way, make headway, make advances, make strides, make rapid strides; (velocity); go ahead, shoot ahead; distance; make up leeway.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Push On

English words defined with "push on": To go ahead. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Push On

DomainTitle

High Tech

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Speeches: Push On

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Ronald Reagan

1981-1989Our second American Revolution will push on to new possibilities not only on Earth but in the next frontier of space.

George Bush

1989-1993A new breeze is blowing, and a nation refreshed by freedom stands ready to push on.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Expression: Push On

Expression using "push on": To push on. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Push On

Language Translations for "push on"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

vazhdoj (carry on, carry over, continue, extend, go ahead, go on, hold on, hold over, keep, keep on, maintain, pick up, press on, proceed, prosecute, pursue, run, spread), vë në vend (catch up, emplace, expiate, make good, make up, put back, reset, set). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏واصل سيره, ‏واصل (carry on, continue, follow in his footsteps, gear, go on, hold on, keep, persist, press, proceed, pursue, push, push along, roll on, stay, stick to smth., sustain), ‏حث (actuate, admonish, debriefing, dub, encourage, encouragement, goad, gun, hurry, impel, incitation, incite, induce, induce to speak, inducement, interest, motivate, motivation, motive, persuade, precipitate, press, prod, prompt, prompting, propel, provocation, provoke, recommend, rouse, solicit, solicitation, spur, stimulate, stimulation, stir, tempt). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

вървя (foot, go, gone, move, pass, pike, progress, ride, run, sell, step, track, tread, walk, work), напредвам решително (push ahead), напредвам (advance, develop, forge ahead, gain, get on, go, go ahead, move, move on, move onwards, proceed, progress, push, push forward, push up, roll, walk), продължавам (carry on, continue, extend, go ahead, go on, keep, keep on, last, lengthen, proceed, produce, prolong, prosecute, protract, reach, resume, spread, stretch). (various references)

   

Czech

  

pospíchat (haste, hurry, post, press on, rush), hnát se (belt, career, hurtle, plunge, pursue, race, rush, shift, shoot, spurt, tear along, urge). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

aanschuiven (draw up to the table, shove on, sit down to table). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

alŝovi (shove on). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

tunkeutua eteenpäin (press forward). (various references)

   

French

  

pousser (push, push along, push over), inciter, continuer son chemin. (various references)

   

German

  

weitermachen (carry on, continue, hurry on, keep on, keep up, pick up, proceed, resume, to continue, to keep up), weitergehen (go on, keep, keep on, move along, move on, proceed, to go on, to move along, to move on, walk on), weiterfahren (carry on driving, continue, drive on, go on, keep, keep on, move along, move on, press on, proceed, travel on), festdrücken (pack, pat down, press in), aufdrängen (force, force on, impose, impose on, intrusion, obtrude, obtrusion). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

למ"ר (hasten, hurry, pelt, precipitate, quicken, rush, speed), ל"משיך (carry on, continue, draw, extend, go, go ahead, lengthen, prolong, resume). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

továbblök, elõmozdít (facilitate, forward, Foster, promote, prosper). (various references)

   

Italian

  

continuare (continue, go, go on, hold, keep, keep on, last, pick up, ply, press on, proceed, proceed with, prosecute, stand). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

突き進む (to plunge forward, to push on, to push one's way to). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

つきすすむ (to plunge forward, to push on, to push one's way to). (various references)

   

Manx

  

seiy er oai (obtrude, push forward). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ushpay onay

   

Romanian

  

sili (bind, coerce, compel, constrain, endeavor, endeavour, force, huff, necessitate, oblige, squeeze, try, urge), grãbi (accelerate, anticipate, bustle, expedite, force, forward, hasten, hurry, hustle, mend one's pace, precipitate, press, push, quicken, rush, smarten up, speed, spur, wing), accelera (accelerate, dispatch, expedite, force, forward, hasten, hurry, mend, precipitate, push, quicken, smarten up, speed up, wing). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

продвигаться вперед (forge ahead, march on, press ahead, progress). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

napredovati (advance, get along, get on, move on, move up, progress, prosper, thrive), ići dalje (get a move on, move on, push forward). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

irse a hacer algo, hacer adelantar, empujar (dig, drive, drive along, heave, hustle, intrigue, jog, jolt, jostle, move, nudge, poke, press, propel, push, push back, push in, push to, roll, sack, shove, thrust, urge, wheel), continuar (carry on, continue, drag on, endure, get along with smth., go on, hold, keep, keep on, keep up, last, last out, proceed with, pursue, remain, resume, sustain), avanzar (advance, come forward, come on, develop, encroach, forward, go forward, go off, go on, lumber, lurch along, move, move along, move in, proceed, push forward, thrust forward, toil, track, trundle on), activar (activate, enable, press on with). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

tränga på. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

ilerlemek (advance, develop, forge ahead, gain, get along, go ahead, go along, go forward, go on, improve, keep going, make headway, make one's way, make progress, move, move on, proceed, progress, run on). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

спонукати (abet, actuate, cause, excite, impel, impulse, induce, motivate, motive, prick, prod, prompt, provoke, rouse, set off, spur, urge), квапитися (busk, haste, hie, hurry up, powder, skip, wing-ding). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Push On

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "h-n-o-p-s-u"

-1 letter: ouphs, phons.

-2 letters: hons, hops, huns, nosh, nous, onus, opus, ouph, phon, pons, posh, puns, push, shop, shun, soph, soup, spun, upon.

-3 letters: hon, hop, hun, hup, noh, nos, nus, ohs, ons, ops, poh, pun, pus, son, sop, sou, sun, sup, uns, upo, ups.

-4 letters: ho, no, nu, oh, on, op, os, sh, so.

 Words containing the letters "h-n-o-p-s-u"
 

+2 letters: homespun, pushdown, sulphone, sunporch.

 

+3 letters: euphonies, homespuns, hornpouts, penthouse, puncheons, pushdowns, saphenous, sphagnous, sulphones.

 

+4 letters: consulship, cousinship, diaphanous, epiphanous, euphonious, euphoniums, houseplant, hypogynous, hypotenuse, outpunches, outpushing, penthouses, pincushion, polyanthus, postlaunch, pothunters, sousaphone, sunporches, unpolished, upshooting.

 

+5 letters: cacophonous, consulships, cousinships, cowpunchers, euphoriants, groupthinks, homophonous, hopefulness, houseparent, houseperson, houseplants, hypotenuses, hypothenuse, monophagous, muttonchops, naturopaths, neutrophils, phosphonium, pincushions, polyphonous, pothuntings, prognathous, protohumans, punchboards, sousaphones, springhouse, symphonious.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Quotations: Speeches
6. Expressions
7. Translations: Modern
8. Anagrams
9. Bibliography


  

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