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Definition: Push On |
Push OnVerb1. Continue moving forward. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Push OnSynonyms: plough on (v), press on (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms 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. | |
Crosswords: Push On |
| English words defined with "push on": To go ahead. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
High Tech |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Our second American Revolution will push on to new possibilities not only on Earth but in the next frontier of space. |
George Bush | 1989-1993 | A new breeze is blowing, and a nation refreshed by freedom stands ready to push on. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Expression using "push on": To push on. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| 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 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) продвигаться вперед (forge ahead, march on, press ahead, progress). (various references) 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) 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) tränga på. (various references) 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) 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) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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. | |
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| 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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