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Meaning of run-on sentence

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

run-on

noun

Definitions

  1. (etc.) An amount of time spent playing on the field during a game, especially so as to evaluate a player's abilities.

  2. A run-on sentence.

  3. Anything that runs on, such as a run-on entry in a dictionary.

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

adjective

Definitions

  1. Continuing on where a rhetorical pause would be more appropriate.

  2. Placed or coming at the end of something, such as at the end of a dictionary entry.

    Example: Most dictionaries cover most adverbs with only run-on entries.