Go Definition

goes, going, gon, gone, went
verb
goes, going, gone, went
To move along; travel; proceed.
To go 90 miles an hour.
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To travel or proceed along.
To go Route 90
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To be moving.
Who goes there?
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To pursue a certain course.
Messages that go through diplomatic channels to the ambassador.
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To tolerate; put up with.
I can't go him.
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noun
goes
The act of going.
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Something that operates successfully; a success.
To make a go of a marriage.
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The time or period of an activity.
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The power of going; animation; energy.
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A try; attempt; endeavor.
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pronoun
A board game played for over 2000 years. It is played with 181 black stones and 180 white ones, typically on a board of squares 19 squares wide and 19 deep.
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(computing) A compiled, garbage-collected, concurrent programming language developed by Google.

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adjective
Functioning properly or ready to go.
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All right; OK.
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abbreviation
General order(s)
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idiom
from the word go
  • From the very beginning.
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go all the way
  • To have sexual intercourse.
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go back on
  • To fail to honor or keep:

    go back on a promise.

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go begging
  • To be in little or no demand:
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go belly up
  • To undergo total financial failure:
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Other Word Forms of Go

Noun

Singular:
go
Plural:
goes

Origin of Go

  • Japanese of Chinese origin, possibly from Early Middle Chinese (also the source of Mandarin )

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Middle English gon from Old English gān ghē- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition