Run-on Definition

rŭnŏn, -ôn
noun
Matter that is appended or added without a formal break.
American Heritage
Run-on matter.
Webster's New World
A derived term, often formed by the addition of an affix, that is included undefined at the end of a dictionary entry.
American Heritage
Any thing that runs on, as a run-on entry in a dictionary.
Most dictionaries cover most adverbs with only 'run-on entries.
Wiktionary

(machining) The period when a power saw or other tool continues to run after being powered off.

Wiktionary
adjective
That is run on.
Webster's New World
Designating or of a line of verse that has little or no natural syntactic pause between it and the next line.
Webster's New World

Continuing on where a rhetorical pause would be more appropriate.

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Other Word Forms of Run-on

Noun

Singular:
run-on
Plural:
run-ons

Run-on Sentence Examples

  • In 1886 the old Liberal party was run on the rocks and went to pieces.

  • Jackson lingered in the shower; bracing his hands on the wall, letting the water run on the back of his neck.

  • In the system devised by Mr Louis Brennaxi the cars run on a single rail laid on the ground, their stability being maintained by a heavy gyrostat revolving at great speed in a vacuum.

  • In Great Britain the mineral trucks can ordinarily hold from 8 to io tons (long tons, 2240 lb), and the goods trucks rather less, though there are wagons in use holding 12 or 15 tons, and the specifications agreed to by the railway companies associated in the Railway Clearing House permit private wagon owners (who own about 45% of the wagon stock run on the railways of the United Kingdom) to build also wagons holding 20, 30, 40 and 56 tons.

  • Now and then it has been dealt with piecemeal, when some particular class of creditors has become too pressing, but it is more than probable that the piece got rid of has been more or less rapidly replaced by fresh liabilities occasioned by budgetary deficits, or by the mere accumulation of interest on debts allowed to run on.

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Words Starting With

RRURUN

Words Ending With

NON

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Words Starting With R and Ending With N

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With R6 Letter Words Ending With N