Go Definition
gō
goes, going, gon, gone, went
verb
goes, going, gone, went
To move along; travel; proceed.
To go 90 miles an hour.
Webster's New World
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.
American Heritage
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.
American Heritage
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.
Wiktionary
(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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idiom
from the word go
- From the very beginning.
American Heritage
go all the way
- To have sexual intercourse.
American Heritage
go back on
- To fail to honor or keep:
go back on a promise.
American Heritage
go begging
- To be in little or no demand:
American Heritage
go belly up
- To undergo total financial failure:
American Heritage
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Go
- from the word go
- go all the way
- go back on
- go begging
- go belly up
- go bust
- go by the board
- go down the line
- go fly a kite
- go for broke
- go for it
- go in for
- going forward
- go in with
- go it alone
- go missing
- go off the deep end
- go one better
- go out for
- go out of (one's) way
- go out the window
- go places
- go steady
- go the distance
- go there
- go the vole
- go to extremes
- go to it
- go to (one's) head
- go to pieces
- go to the mat
- go to the wall
- go to town
- go up in flames
- go without saying
- on the go
- to go
- as people (or things) go
- from the word “go''
- go about
- go after
- go against
- go along
- go around
- go at
- go back on
- go beyond
- go by
- go down
- go down on
- go for
- go hard with
- go in for
- go into
- go in with
- go it
- go missing
- go off
- go on
- go (a person) one better
- go out
- go over
- go some
- go there
- go through
- go through with
- go to!
- go together
- go under
- go up
- go up in flames (or smoke)
- go with
- go without
- have a go at
- let go
- let oneself go
- no go
- on the go
- to go
- what goes?
Origin of Go
Japanese of Chinese origin, possibly from Early Middle Chinese gɨ (also the source of Mandarin qí)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Middle English gon from Old English gān ghē- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
