a run-on entry in a dictionary

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• run-on entry — run on entry, a dictionary entry which is not defined. It is usually formed by adding a common suffix to a simple root word and appears in heavy type at the end of the entry word from which it is formed. Rurally may be found as a run on entry… …   Useful english dictionary

• run-on — /run on , awn /, adj. 1. of or designating something that is added or run on: a run on entry in a dictionary. 2. Pros. (of a line of verse) having a thought that carries over to the next line, esp. without a syntactical break. n. 3. run on matter …   Universalium

• run-on — adjective (verse) without a rhetorical pause between lines • Ant: ↑end stopped * * * I. ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective Etymology: from run on, past participle of run on : continuing without rhetorical pause from one line of verse into anot …   Useful english dictionary

• run-on — /ˈrʌn ɒn/ (say run on) adjective 1. designating text which is run on without indentation: a run on entry in a dictionary. –noun 2. text matter which is run on without indentation. 3. such a piece of text …  

• run-on — 1. adjective Continuing on where a rhetorical pause would be more appropriate. 2. noun a) A run on sentence. Most dictionaries cover most adverbs with only run on entries. b) Any thing that run …   Wiktionary

• entry — n. headword and definition (in a dictionary) 1) to give, include an entry 2) a run on entry 3) at, in, under an entry act of entering 4) to make an entry (to make a triumphal entry; to make an entry in a diary) 5) to gain entry to (they gained… …   Combinatory dictionary

• run on — verb Date: 15th century intransitive verb 1. to talk or narrate at length 2. to keep going ; continue transitive verb 1. to continue (matter in type) without a break or a new paragraph ; run in 2. to place or add (as an entry in a dictionary) at… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• dictionary — /dik sheuh ner ee/, n., pl. dictionaries. 1. a book containing a selection of the words of a language, usually arranged alphabetically, giving information about their meanings, pronunciations, etymologies, inflected forms, etc., expressed in… …   Universalium

• Dictionary — For other uses, see Dictionary (disambiguation). For Wikimedia s dictionary project visit Wiktionary, or see the Wiktionary article. A multi volume Latin dictionary by Egidio Forcellini. A dic …   Wikipedia

• run — runnable, adj. runnability, n. /run/, v., ran, run, running, n., adj. v.i. 1. to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground. 2. to move with… …   Universalium

• run-on — I. adjective Date: 1877 continuing without rhetorical pause from one line of verse into another II. noun Date: circa 1909 1. something (as a dictionary entry) that is run on 2. run on sentence …   New Collegiate Dictionary