Pronunciation: \?go\
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): went \?went\; gone \?go?n also ?gan\; go·ing \?go-i?, ?go?(-)i?; “going to” in sense 13 is often ?go?-n? or ?go?-n? or ?g?-n?\; goes \?goz\
Etymology: Middle English gon, from Old English gan; akin to Old High German gan to go, Greek kichanein to reach, attain
Date: before 12th century
intransitive verb
1: to move on a course : proceed — compare stop
2: to move out of or away from a place expressed or implied : leave, depart
3 a: to take a certain course or follow a certain procedure b: to pass by means of a process like journeying c: to proceed without delay and often in a thoughtless or reckless manner —used especially to intensify a complementary verb d (1): to extend from point to point or in a certain direction (2): to give access : lead
4obsolete : walk
5: to be habitually in a certain state or condition
6 a: to become lost, consumed, or spent b: die c: to slip away : elapse d: to come to be given up or discarded e: to pass by sale f: to become impaired or weakened g: to give way especially under great force or pressure : break
7 a: to move along in a specified manner : fare b: to be in general or on an average c: to be or become especially as the result of a contest d: to turn out well : succeed
8 a: to apply oneself b: to put or subject oneself cchiefly Southern & Midland : intend
9: to have recourse to another for corroboration, vindication, or decision : resort
10 a: to begin an action or motion b: to maintain or perform a certain action or motion c: to function in the proper or expected manner : run
11: to be known
12 a: to act in accordance or harmony b: to come to be determined c: to come to be applied or appropriated d: to pass by award, assignment, or lot e (1): to contribute to an end or result (2): to be of advantage
13: to be about, intending, or expecting something —used in a progressive tense before an infinitive
14 a: extend b: to come or arrive at a certain state or condition c: to come to be : become —often used to express conversion to specified values or a specified state d: to undergo a change
15 a: to be in phrasing or expression : read b: to be capable of being sung or played
16: to be compatible, suitable, or becoming : harmonize
17 a: to be capable of passing, extending, or being contained or inserted b: to have a usual or proper place or position : belong
18: to have a tendency : conduce
19 a (1): to carry authority (2): to be acceptable, satisfactory, or adequate b: to hold true : be valid
20: to empty the bladder or bowels
transitive verb
1: to proceed along or according to : follow
2: to travel through or along : traverse
3 a: to make a wager of : bet b: to make an offer of : bid
4 a: to assume the function or obligation of b: to participate to the extent of
5: yield, weigh
6 a: to put up with : tolerate b: afford c: enjoy
7 a: to cause (a characteristic sound) to occur b: say —used chiefly in oral narration of speech
8: to engage in
9of a sports team or player : to have a record of
— go·er \?go-?r\ noun
— go about : to set about
— go after : to try to get : seek
— go all the way
1: to enter into complete agreement
2: to engage in sexual intercourse
— go at
1 a: to make an attack on b: to make an approach to
2: undertake
— go back on
1: abandon
2: betray
3: fail
— go begging : to be in little demand
— go by the board
1: to be carried over a ship's side
2: to be discarded
— go easy : to be sparing
— go fly a kite : to stop being an annoyance or disturbance
— go for
1: to pass for or serve as
2: to try to secure or attain (as a goal)
3 a: favor, accept b: to have an interest in or liking for
4: attack, assail
— go for broke : to put forth all one's strength or resources
— go great guns : to achieve great success
— go hang : to cease to be of interest or concern
— go into : to be contained in <5 goes into 60 12 times>
— go it
1: to behave in a reckless, excited, or impromptu manner
2: to proceed in a rapid or furious manner
3: to conduct one's affairs : act
— go missing chiefly British : to become lost : disappear
— go one better : outdo, surpass
— go over
1: examine
2 a: repeat b: study, review
— go places : to be on the way to success
— go public : to make a public disclosure
— go steady : to date one person exclusively and frequently
— go through
1: to subject to thorough examination, consideration, or study
2: experience, undergo
3: carry out, perform
— go to bat for : to give active support or assistance to : defend, champion
— go to bed with : to have sexual intercourse with
— go to one's head
1: to cause one to become confused, excited, or dizzy
2: to cause one to become conceited or overconfident
— go to pieces : to become shattered (as in nerves or health)
— go to the mat : to make an all-out combative effort (as in support of a position)
— go to town
1: to work or act rapidly or efficiently
2: to be markedly successful
3: to indulge oneself excessively
— go with
1: date
2: choose 2
— go without saying : to be self-evident
— go with the flow : conform 2b
— to go
1: still remaining
2of prepared food : sold for consumption off the premises displayed 300 characters
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Pronunciation: \?go\
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): went \?went\; gone \?go?n also ?gan\; go·ing \?go-i?, ?go?(-)i?; “going to” in sense 13 is often ?go?-n? or ?go?-n? or ?g?-n?\; goes \?goz\
Etymology: Middle English gon, from Old English gan; akin to Old High German gan to go, Greek kichanein to reach, attain
Date: before 12th century
intransitive verb
1: to move on a course : proceed — compare stop
2: to move out of or away from a place expressed or implied : leave, depart
3 a: to take a certain course or follow a certain procedure b: to pass by means of a process like journeying c: to proceed without delay and often in a thoughtless or reckless manner —used especially to intensify a complementary verb d (1): to extend from point to point or in a certain direction (2): to give access : lead
4obsolete : walk
5: to be habitually in a certain state or condition
6 a: to become lost, consumed, or spent b: die c: to slip away : elapse d: to come to be given up or discarded e: to pass by sale f: to become impaired or weakened g: to give way especially under great force or pressure : break
7 a: to move along in a specified manner : fare b: to be in general or on an average c: to be or become especially as the result of a contest d: to turn out well : succeed
8 a: to apply oneself b: to put or subject oneself cchiefly Southern & Midland : intend
9: to have recourse to another for corroboration, vindication, or decision : resort
10 a: to begin an action or motion b: to maintain or perform a certain action or motion c: to function in the proper or expected manner : run
11: to be known
12 a: to act in accordance or harmony b: to come to be determined c: to come to be applied or appropriated d: to pass by award, assignment, or lot e (1): to contribute to an end or result (2): to be of advantage
13: to be about, intending, or expecting something —used in a progressive tense before an infinitive
14 a: extend b: to come or arrive at a certain state or condition c: to come to be : become —often used to express conversion to specified values or a specified state d: to undergo a change
15 a: to be in phrasing or expression : read b: to be capable of being sung or played
16: to be compatible, suitable, or becoming : harmonize
17 a: to be capable of passing, extending, or being contained or inserted b: to have a usual or proper place or position : belong
18: to have a tendency : conduce
19 a (1): to carry authority (2): to be acceptable, satisfactory, or adequate b: to hold true : be valid
20: to empty the bladder or bowels
transitive verb
1: to proceed along or according to : follow
2: to travel through or along : traverse
3 a: to make a wager of : bet b: to make an offer of : bid
4 a: to assume the function or obligation of b: to participate to the extent of
5: yield, weigh
6 a: to put up with : tolerate b: afford c: enjoy
7 a: to cause (a characteristic sound) to occur b: say —used chiefly in oral narration of speech
8: to engage in
9of a sports team or player : to have a record of
— go·er \?go-?r\ noun
— go about : to set about
— go after : to try to get : seek
— go all the way
1: to enter into complete agreement
2: to engage in sexual intercourse
— go at
1 a: to make an attack on b: to make an approach to
2: undertake
— go back on
1: abandon
2: betray
3: fail
— go begging : to be in little demand
— go by the board
1: to be carried over a ship's side
2: to be discarded
— go easy : to be sparing
— go fly a kite : to stop being an annoyance or disturbance
— go for
1: to pass for or serve as
2: to try to secure or attain (as a goal)
3 a: favor, accept b: to have an interest in or liking for
4: attack, assail
— go for broke : to put forth all one's strength or resources
— go great guns : to achieve great success
— go hang : to cease to be of interest or concern
— go into : to be contained in <5 goes into 60 12 times>
— go it
1: to behave in a reckless, excited, or impromptu manner
2: to proceed in a rapid or furious manner
3: to conduct one's affairs : act
— go missing chiefly British : to become lost : disappear
— go one better : outdo, surpass
— go over
1: examine
2 a: repeat b: study, review
— go places : to be on the way to success
— go public : to make a public disclosure
— go steady : to date one person exclusively and frequently
— go through
1: to subject to thorough examination, consideration, or study
2: experience, undergo
3: carry out, perform
— go to bat for : to give active support or assistance to : defend, champion
— go to bed with : to have sexual intercourse with
— go to one's head
1: to cause one to become confused, excited, or dizzy
2: to cause one to become conceited or overconfident
— go to pieces : to become shattered (as in nerves or health)
— go to the mat : to make an all-out combative effort (as in support of a position)
— go to town
1: to work or act rapidly or efficiently
2: to be markedly successful
3: to indulge oneself excessively
— go with
1: date
2: choose 2
— go without saying : to be self-evident
— go with the flow : conform 2b
— to go
1: still remaining
2of prepared food : sold for consumption off the premises displayed 300 characters
