go

See also: Appendix:Variations of "go"

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English gon, goon, from Old English gān (“to go”), from Proto-West Germanic *gān, from Proto-Germanic *gāną (“to go”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₁- (“to leave”).

The inherited past tense form yode (compare Old English ēode) was replaced through suppletion in the 15th century by went, from Old English wendan (“to go, depart, wend”).

cognates and related terms

Cognate with Scots gae (“to go”), West Frisian gean (“to go”), Dutch gaan (“to go”), Low German gahn (“to go”), German gehen (“to go”), Swedish and Danish gå (“to go”), Norwegian gå (“to walk”). Compare also Albanian ngah (“to run, drive, go”), Ancient Greek κιχάνω (kikhánō, “to meet with, arrive at”), Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬰𐬁𐬨𐬌‎ (zazāmi), Sanskrit जहाति (jáhāti).

Pronunciation

enPR: gō, IPA^(key): /ɡoʊ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): [ɡəʊ]
- (General American) IPA^(key): [ɡoʊ]
- (General Australian) IPA^(key): [ɡəʉ]
- (New Zealand) IPA^(key): [ɡɐʉ]
- (Black Country) IPA^(key): [ɡu]
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Hyphenation: go
Rhymes: -əʊ

Verb

go (third-person singular simple present goes, present participle going, simple past went or (archaic) yode, past participle gone or (nonstandard) went)

To move:
Synonyms: move, fare, tread, draw, drift, wend, cross

Antonyms: freeze, halt, remain, stand still, stay, stop
1. (intransitive) To move through space (especially to or through a place). (May be used of tangible things like people or cars, or intangible things like moods or information.)
  - 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VI, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y., London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
    She was so mad she wouldn't speak to me for quite a spell, but at last I coaxed her into going up to Miss Emmeline's room and fetching down a tintype of the missing Deacon man.
  - 2005, David Neilson, Standstill, →ISBN, page 159:
    […] there was a general sense of panic going through the house; […]
  - 2013, Mike Vouri, The Pig War: Standoff at Griffin Bay, →ISBN, page 177:
    Telegrams to London went by wire to Halifax, Nova Scotia, thence by steam mail packet to Liverpool, […]
  - 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
    I have to go now.
    
    Audio (US) (file)
  Why don’t you go with us?
  
  This train goes through Cincinnati on its way to Chicago.
  
  Chris, where are you going?
  
  There's no public transit where I'm going.
  
  Wow, look at him go!
2. (intransitive) To move or travel through time (either literally—in a fictional or hypothetical situation in which time travel is possible—or in one's mind or knowledge of the historical record). (See also go back.)
  - 2002 September 18, Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the 107th Congress, second session; Senate, page 17033:
    You have to go all the way back to Herbert Hoover to see a performance in the Standard & Poors 500 equal to what we are experiencing right now.
  - 2010, Charlotte Sadler, Time for One More Dance, →ISBN, page 162:
    "I don't know how to tell you this, Aubrey, but you can't go back to 1938 […] the program won't accept any date that I input before 1941." […] "Well, I'll go to 1941, then."
  Yesterday was the second-wettest day on record; you have to go all the way back to 1896 to find a day when more rain fell.
  
  Fans want to see the Twelfth Doctor go to the 51st century to visit River in the library.
3. (intransitive) To navigate (to a file or folder on a computer, a site on the internet, a memory, etc).
  - 2009, David J. Clark, The Unofficial Guide to Microsoft Office Word 2007, →ISBN, page 536:
    To access Office-related TechNet resources, go to www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/office.
  - 2009, Lisa W. Coyne, Amy R. Murrell, The Joy of Parenting, →ISBN:
    Go to your earliest memory and to your favorite one, then to one that's difficult to consider.
  - 2012, Glen E. Clarke, Edward Tetz, CompTIA A+ Certification All-in-One For Dummies, →ISBN, page 280:
    Go to drive C: through My Computer (or Computer in Windows 7 and Vista) and double-click the c:\data folder.
4. To move (a particular distance, or in a particular fashion).
  - 2003, Harrison E. Salisbury, The 900 Days: The Siege of Leningrad, →ISBN, page 307:
    The car went a short distance, then halted. There was something wrong with the carburetor.
  We've only gone twenty miles today.
  
  This car can go circles around that one.
5. (intransitive) To move or travel in order to do something, or to do something while moving.
  We went swimming.
  
  Let's go shopping.
  - 1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 2:
    ’[R]e you another agoin’ on this crazy voyage?
6. (intransitive) To leave; to move away.
  Synonyms: depart, leave, exit, go away, go out
  
  Antonyms: come, arrive, approach
  
  Please don't go!
  
  I really must be going.
  
  Workmen were coming and going at all hours of the night.
  - 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], part II (books IV–VI), London: […] [Richard Field] for William Ponsonby, →OCLC, stanza 39, page 167:
    And following Dee, which Britons long ygone / Did call diuine, that doth by Cheſter tend; […]
7. (obsolete, intransitive) To walk; to travel on one's feet. [11th–19th c.]
  - 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte d'Arthur, Book XII:
    ‘As for that,’ seyde Sir Trystram, ‘I may chose othir to ryde othir to go.’
  - 1624, John Smith, Generall Historie, Kupperman, published 1988, page 129:
    Master Piercie our new President, was so sicke hee could neither goe nor stand.
  - 1684, John Bunyan, “Battle with Giant Slay-good”, in The Pilgrim's Progress, Part II Section 3:
    Other brunts I also look for; but this I have resolved on, to wit, to run when I can, to go when I cannot run, and to creep when I cannot go.
- Move definition
  To change place or posture; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another. (1 of 16 move definitions)
- Fare definition
  A going; journey; travel; voyage; course; passage. (1 of 6 fare definitions)
- Tread definition
  To step or walk (on or across something); to trample. (1 of 10 tread definitions)
- Draw definition
  To pull or exert force.
  1. To pull (something) in a particular manner or direction. (1 of 65 draw definitions)
- Drift definition
  Movement; that which moves or is moved.
  1. Anything driven at random.
  2. A mass of matter which has been driven or forced onward together in a body, or thrown together in a heap, etc., especially by wind or water. (1 of 37 drift definitions)
- Wend definition
  To turn; change, to adapt. (1 of 4 wend definitions)
- Cross definition
  A geometrical figure consisting of two straight lines or bars intersecting each other such that at least one of them is bisected by the other. (1 of 22 cross definitions)
- Freeze definition
  Especially of a liquid, to become solid due to low temperature. (1 of 12 freeze definitions)
- Halt definition
  To limp; move with a limping gait. (1 of 5 halt definitions)
- Remain definition
  That which is left; relic; remainder. (1 of 4 remain definitions)
- Stand Still definition
  To stop moving, to remain motionless.
- Stay definition
  To prop; support; sustain; hold up; steady. (1 of 22 stay definitions)
- Stop definition
  ITU & IMO radiotelephony clear code (spelling alphabet name) for full stop.
- Space definition
  Of time.
  1. Free time; leisure, opportunity. (1 of 20 space definitions)
- Travel definition
  To be on a journey, often for pleasure or business and with luggage; to go from one place to another. (1 of 6 travel definitions)
- Time definition
  The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events. (1 of 27 time definitions)
- Time Travel definition
  Travel to the past or the future, typically by means of a time machine or a wormhole. (1 of 2 time travel definitions)
- Go Back definition
  To return to a place or state after having been there at a previous time.
- Navigate definition
  To plan, control and record the position and course of a vehicle, ship, aircraft, etc., on a journey; to follow a planned course. (1 of 5 navigate definitions)
- Leave definition
  To have a consequence or remnant.
  1. To cause or allow (something) to remain as available; to refrain from taking (something) away; to stop short of consuming or otherwise depleting (something) entirely. (1 of 15 leave definitions)
- Depart definition
  To leave. (1 of 9 depart definitions)
- Exit definition
  An act of going out or going away, or leaving; a departure. (1 of 6 exit definitions)
- Go Away definition
  A command encouraging someone to leave.
- Go Out definition
  To leave, especially a building. (1 of 16 go out definitions)
- Come definition
  To move from further away to nearer to. (1 of 27 come definitions)
- Arrive definition
  To reach; to get to a certain place. (1 of 6 arrive definitions)
- Approach definition
  To come or go near, in place or time; to move toward; to advance nearer; to draw nigh. (1 of 10 approach definitions)
- Walk definition
  To move on the feet by alternately setting each foot (or pair or group of feet, in the case of animals with four or more feet) forward, with at least one foot on the ground at all times. Compare run. (1 of 18 walk definitions)
(intransitive, chiefly of a machine) To work or function (properly); to move or perform (as required).
Synonyms: function, work, operate

The engine just won't go anymore.
- 1997, New Scientist, volume 154, page 105:
  'Although the lemon is now black and shrivelled the motor is still going strong. If I can make my small motor run for month after month on a single lemon, just imagine how much "juice" there must be in a whole sackful', Mr Ashill said.
- 2008, Michael Buckley, Shangri-La: A Practical Guide to the Himalayan Dream, →ISBN, page 146:
  […] though his publisher swears black and blue that Kelder is still going strong and still remains an intensely private person.
- Work definition
  Employment.
  1. labour, occupation, job. (1 of 19 work definitions)
- Function definition
  What something does or is used for. (1 of 12 function definitions)
- Operate definition
  To perform a work or labour; to exert power or strength, physical or mechanical; to act. (1 of 7 operate definitions)
(intransitive) To start; to begin (an action or process).
Get ready, get set, go!

On your marks, get set, go!

On your marks, set, go!

Here goes nothing.

Let's go and hunt.
- 1693, [William] Congreve, The Old Batchelour, a Comedy. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Peter Buck, […], →OCLC, Act V, page 45:
  At leaſt, I'm ſure I can fiſh it out of her. She's the very Sluce to her Lady's Secrets;—'Tis but ſetting her Mill agoing, and I can drein her of 'em all.
- 2001 June 18, a prophecy, quoted in Mary and the Unity of the Church →ISBN, page 49:
  Be listening for my voice. Go when you hear my voice say go.
- Start definition
  The beginning of an activity. (1 of 7 start definitions)
- On Your Marks, Get Set, Go definition
  Alternative form of on your mark, get set, go
- On Your Marks definition
  Interjection used to start a race, followed by "Get set, go!" or "Set, go!".
(intransitive) To take a turn, especially in a game.
Synonyms: move, make one's move, take one’s turn

It’s your turn; go.
- Turn definition
  To make a non-linear physical movement.
  1. Of a body, person, etc, to move around an axis through itself. (1 of 36 turn definitions)
- Game definition
  (1 of 30 game definitions)
(intransitive) To attend.
I go to school at the schoolhouse.

She went to Yale.

They only go to church on Christmas.
- Attend definition
  To listen to (something or someone); to pay attention to; regard; heed. (1 of 10 attend definitions)
To proceed:
1. (intransitive) To proceed (often in a specified manner, indicating the perceived quality of an event or state).
  That went well.
  
  "How are things going?" "Not bad, thanks."
  - c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:
    How goes the night, boy?
  - 1727, John Arbuthnot, Tables of Ancient Coins, Weights and Measures. Explain'd and exemplify'd in several dissertations:
    I think, as the world goes, he was a good sort of man enough.
  - 1725, Isaac Watts, Logick: Or, The Right Use of Reason in the Enquiry after Truth, […], 2nd edition, London: […] John Clark and Richard Hett, […], Emanuel Matthews, […], and Richard Ford, […], published 1726, →OCLC:
    Whether the cause goes for me or against me, you must pay me the reward.
  - 1986, The Opera Quarterly, volume 4, numbers 3-4, page 24:
    I certainly won't mention it to Ben, and will go carefully if he mentions it to me.
2. (intransitive, colloquial, with another verb, sometimes linked by and) To proceed (especially to do something foolish).
  Why'd you have to go and do that?
  
  Why'd you have to go do that?
  
  He just went and punched the guy.
  - 2011, Debra Glass, Scarlet Widow, →ISBN, page 96:
    And even if she had believed the story about a John Smith, she might go telling everyone in town about what she'd seen.
- Proceed definition
  To move, pass, or go forward or onward; to advance; to carry on (1 of 8 proceed definitions)
- Foolish definition
  Lacking good sense or judgement; unwise. (1 of 2 foolish definitions)
To follow or travel along (a path):
1. To follow or proceed according to (a course or path).
  - 1951?, Gunther Olesch et al., Siddhartha, translation of original by Hermann Hesse:
    I'm repeating it: I wish that you would go this path up to its end, that you shall find salvation!
  Let's go this way for a while.
  
  She was going that way anyway, so she offered to show him where it was.
2. To travel or pass along.
  - 2010, Luke Dixon, Khartoum, →ISBN, page 60:
    A shady promenade went the length of the street and the entrance to the hotel was a few steps back in the darkness, away from the glaring sunshine.
- Follow definition
  To go after; to pursue; to move behind in the same path or direction, especially with the intent of catching. (1 of 9 follow definitions)
(intransitive) To extend (from one point in time or space to another).
This property goes all the way to the state line.
- 1946, Hearings Before the Joint Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack, Congress of the United States, Seventy-ninth Congress, First Session, page 2459:
  I think those figures start from 1932 and go to 1941, inclusive, […]
- 2007, Math for All: Differentiating instruction, grades K-2, →ISBN, page 38:
  Even though they can give a basic fact such as 4×4, I don't know that this knowledge goes very deep for them.
- Extend definition
  To increase in extent. (1 of 10 extend definitions)
(intransitive) To lead (to a place); to give access to.
Does this road go to Fort Smith?
- 2013, Without Delusion, →ISBN, page 191:
  “Where does this door go?” Bev asked as she pointed to a door painted a darker green than the powder green color of the carpet. Janet answered. “That door goes to the back yard.”
- Lead definition
  (1 of 10 lead definitions)
(copulative) To become. (The adjective that follows usually describes a negative state.)
Synonyms: become, turn, change into

You'll go blind. The milk went bad.

I went crazy.

After failing as a criminal, he decided to go straight.

The video clip went viral.

Don't tell my Mum: she'll go ballistic.
- 2001, Saverio Giovacchini, Hollywood Modernism: Film and Politics, →ISBN, page 18:
  Referring to the American radicals who went Hollywood in the 1930s, Abraham Polonsky argues that "you can't possibly explain the Hollywood communists away […] "
- Copular Verb definition
  A verb that links a subject to a complement that refers to the subject.
- Become definition
  begin to be; turn into. (1 of 6 become definitions)
- Change definition
  To become something different. (1 of 8 change definitions)
- Into definition
  To or towards the inside of. (1 of 10 into definitions)
To assume the obligation or function of; to be, to serve as.
- 1912, The Bookseller, Newsdealer and Stationer, volume 36, page 17:
  There is scarcely a business man who is not occasionally asked to go bail for somebody.
- 2010, Jane Sanders, Youth Justice: Your Guide to Cops and Courts, →ISBN:
  Most welfare workers are not allowed to go surety for clients.
- Assume definition
  To authenticate by means of belief; to surmise; to suppose to be true, especially without proof (1 of 5 assume definitions)
- Obligation definition
  The act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone. (1 of 5 obligation definitions)
(intransitive, copulative) To continuously or habitually be in a state.
I don't want my children to go hungry.

We went barefoot in the summer.
- Continuous definition
  Without stopping; without a break, cessation, or interruption. (1 of 6 continuous definitions)
- Habitual definition
  Of or relating to a habit; established as a habit; performed over and over again; recurrent, recurring. (1 of 4 habitual definitions)
(copulative) To come to (a certain condition or state).
They went into debt, she goes to sleep around 10 o'clock.

the local shop wants to go digital, and eventually go global.
(intransitive) To change (from one value to another) in the meaning of wend.
The traffic light went straight from green to red.
To turn out, to result; to come to (a certain result).
How did your meeting with Smith go?
- 2014, Tim Harris, Politics Under the Later Stuarts, →ISBN, page 195:
  When Wharton had to relinquish his seat in Buckinghamshire on his elevation to the peerage in 1696, he was unable to replace himself with a suitable man, and the by-election went in favour of a local Tory, Lord Cheyne.
- Turn Out definition
  To end up; to result. (1 of 17 turn out definitions)
- Result definition
  To proceed, spring up or rise, as a consequence, from facts, arguments, premises, combination of circumstances, consultation, thought or endeavor. (1 of 4 result definitions)
(intransitive) To tend (toward a result).
Well, that goes to show you.

These experiences go to make us stronger.
- Tend definition
  To make a tender of; to offer or tender. (1 of 3 tend definitions)
To contribute to a (specified) end product or result.
qualities that go to make a lady / lip-reader / sharpshooter
- 1839, A Challenge to Phrenologists; Or, Phrenology Tested, page 155:
  What can we know of any substance or existence, but as made up of all the qualities that go to its composition: extension, solidity, form, colour; take these away, and you know nothing.
- 1907, Patrick Doyle, Indian Engineering, volume 41, page 181:
  The avoirdupois pound is one of 7,000 grains, and go to the pound.
To pass, to be used up:
1. (intransitive, of time) To elapse, to pass; to slip away. (Compare go by.)
  The time went slowly.
  - 1850, “Sketches of New England Character”, in Holden's Dollar Magazine, volumes 5-6, page 731:
    But the days went and went, and she never came; and then I thought I would come here where you were.
  - 2008, Sue Raymond, Hidden Secrets, →ISBN, page 357:
    The rest of the morning went quickly and before Su knew it Jean was knocking on the door […]
2. (intransitive) To end or disappear. (Compare go away.)
  Synonyms: disappear, vanish, go away, end, dissipate
  
  Antonyms: remain, stay, hold
  
  After three days, my headache finally went.
3. (intransitive) To be spent or used up.
  His money went on drink.
  - 2011, Ross Macdonald, Black Money, →ISBN, page 29:
    All I have is a sleeping bag right now. All my money goes to keep up the cars.
- Pass definition
  To change place.
  1. To move or be moved from one place to another. (1 of 49 pass definitions)
- Elapse definition
  To pass or move by.
- Go By definition
  To pass or go past without much interaction. (1 of 3 go by definitions)
- End definition
  The terminal point of something in space or time. (1 of 14 end definitions)
- Disappear definition
  To vanish. (1 of 4 disappear definitions)
- Vanish definition
  To become invisible or to move out of view unnoticed. (1 of 3 vanish definitions)
- Dissipate definition
  To drive away, disperse. (1 of 5 dissipate definitions)
- Hold definition
  To grasp or grip. (1 of 26 hold definitions)
- Spend definition
  To pay out (money). (1 of 9 spend definitions)
- Use Up definition
  to consume, deplete or exhaust (1 of 2 use up definitions)
(intransitive) To die.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:die
- 1808 February 22, Walter Scott, “(please specify the introduction or canto number, or chapter name)”, in Marmion; a Tale of Flodden Field, Edinburgh: […] J[ames] Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Company, […]; London: William Miller, and John Murray, →OCLC:
  By Saint George, he's gone! / That spear wound hath our master sped.
- 1978, David Galloway, A Family Album, London: John Calder, →ISBN, page 36:
  After two years of swaddled invalidism, Mrs. Morton emitted a final gassy sigh and died, whereas twenty years later Elihu was to go “just like that,” as the neighbors said, from a stroke.
- 1997, John Wheatcroft, The Education of Malcolm Palmer‎^[1], →ISBN, page 85:
  "Your father's gone." "Okay, okay, the Gaffer's kicked off. What happened?"
- Die definition
  To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.
  1. followed by of; general use: (1 of 23 die definitions)
(intransitive, cricket) To be lost or out:
1. (intransitive, cricket, of a wicket) To be lost.
2. (intransitive, cricket, of a batsman) To be out.
- Cricket definition
  (1 of 6 cricket definitions)
- Lose definition
  To cause (something) to cease to be in one's possession or capability due to unfortunate or unknown circumstances, events or reasons. (1 of 15 lose definitions)
- Out definition
  Away from the inside, centre or other point of reference. (1 of 9 out definitions)
To break down or apart:
1. (intransitive) To collapse or give way, to break apart.
  Synonyms: crumble, collapse, disintegrate, give way
  - 1998, Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek‎^[2], →ISBN, page 157:
    I wonder if I hopped up and down, would the bridge go?
  - 2011, Shaunti Feldhahn, The Lights of Tenth Street, →ISBN:
    Sober-eyed commentators safe in their television studios interviewed engineers about the chances that the rest of the dam could go.
  - 2012, Carolyn Keene, Mardi Gras Masquerade, →ISBN, page 38:
    Jackson shook his head. "The contractor said those panes could go at any moment." / "Right. Just like the wiring could go at any moment, and the roof could go at any moment."
2. (intransitive) To break down or decay.
  My mind is going.
  
  She's 83; her eyesight is starting to go.
- Collapse definition
  To break apart and fall down suddenly; to cave in. (1 of 7 collapse definitions)
- Crumble definition
  To fall apart; to disintegrate. (1 of 3 crumble definitions)
- Disintegrate definition
  To undo the integrity of, break into parts.
  1. To cause to break up into infinitesimal parts through the use of a disintegrator.
  (1 of 3 disintegrate definitions)
- Give Way definition
  To yield to persistent persuasion. (1 of 7 give way definitions)
- Break Down definition
  To stop functioning. (machine, computer, vehicle) (1 of 12 break down definitions)
- Decay definition
  The process or result of being gradually decomposed. (1 of 4 decay definitions)
(intransitive) To be sold.
The car went for five thousand dollars.

The store is closing down so everything must go.
- Sell definition
  To transfer goods or provide services in exchange for money. (1 of 7 sell definitions)
(intransitive) To be discarded or disposed of.
This chair has got to go.

All this old rubbish can go.
- Discard definition
  To throw away, to reject. (1 of 3 discard definitions)
- Dispose definition
  To eliminate or to get rid of something. (1 of 6 dispose definitions)
(intransitive) To be given, especially to be assigned or allotted.
The property shall go to my wife.

The award went to Steven Spielberg.
- 2007, David Bouchier, The Song of Suburbia: Scenes from Suburban Life, →ISBN, page 19:
  If my money goes to education, I want a report card.
- Give definition
  To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.
  1. To transfer one's possession or holding of (something) to (someone). (1 of 28 give definitions)
- Assigned definition
  simple past and past participle of assign
- Allot definition
  To distribute or apportion by (or as if by) lot. (1 of 2 allot definitions)
(transitive, intransitive) To survive or get by; to last or persist for a stated length of time.
- 1983, Princeton Alumni Weekly, volume 84, page 48:
  Against the Big Green, Princeton went the entire first and third quarters without gaining a first down, […]
- 2011 June 4, Phil McNulty, “England 2-2 Switzerland”, in BBC‎^[3]:
  England have now gone four games without a win at Wembley, their longest sequence without a victory in 30 years, and still have much work to do to reach Euro 2012 as they prepare for a testing trip to face Bulgaria in Sofia in September.
- 2011, H. R. F. Keating, Zen there was Murder →ISBN:
  'Surely one cannot go for long in this world to-day without at least a thought for St Simon Stylites?'
How long can you go without water?

We've gone without your help for a while now.

I've gone ten days now without a cigarette.

Can you two go twenty minutes without arguing?!
- Survive definition
  Of a person, to continue to live; to remain alive. (1 of 6 survive definitions)
- Get By definition
  To subsist; to succeed, survive, or manage, at least at a minimal level.
(transitive, sports) To have a certain record.
They've gone one for three in this series.

The team is going five in a row.
- Sports definition
  plural of sport
- Record definition
  An item of information put into a temporary or permanent physical medium. (1 of 6 record definitions)
To be authoritative, accepted, or valid:
1. (intransitive) Of an opinion or instruction, to have (final) authority; to be authoritative.
  Whatever the boss says goes, do you understand?
2. (intransitive) To be accepted.
  Anything goes around here.
  - 1691, [John Locke], Some Considerations of the Consequences of the Lowering of Interest, and Raising the Value of Money. […], London: […] Awnsham and John Churchill, […], published 1692, →OCLC:
    The money which remains should go according to its true value.
3. (intransitive) To be valid.
  - 2014, Shayna Lance King, If You'd Read This Book: You'd Be Employed By Now, →ISBN, page 22:
    [To job interviews, wear] muted colors. No pink or paisley (that goes for you too, guys!) […]
- Authority definition
  Power or right to make or enforce rules or give orders; or a position having such power or right. (1 of 6 authority definitions)
- Accept definition
  To receive, especially with a consent, with favour, or with approval. (1 of 10 accept definitions)
- Valid definition
  Well grounded or justifiable, pertinent. (1 of 6 valid definitions)
To say (something), to make a sound:
1. (transitive, colloquial) To say (something, aloud or to oneself). (Often used in present tense.)
  I go, "As if!" And she was all like, "Whatever!"
  
  As soon as I did it, I went "that was stupid."
2. (transitive) To make the (specified) sound.
  Cats go "meow". Motorcycles go "vroom".
3. (intransitive) To sound; to make a noise.
  - 1992 June 24, Edwina Currie, Diary:
    At 4pm, the phone went. It was The Sun: 'We hear your daughter's been expelled for cheating at her school exams […] ' / / She'd made a remark to a friend at the end of the German exam and had been pulled up for talking. / / As they left the exam room, she muttered that the teacher was a 'twat'. He heard and flipped—a pretty stupid thing to do, knowing the kids were tired and tense after exams. Instead of dropping it, the teacher complained to the Head and Deb was carpeted.
  I woke up just before the clock went.
- Say definition
  To pronounce. (1 of 8 say definitions)
- Make definition
  To create.
  1. To build, construct, produce, or originate. (1 of 41 make definitions)
- Sound definition
  Healthy. (1 of 7 sound definitions)
- Pull Up definition
  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pull,‎ up.
  1. To lift upwards or vertically. (1 of 13 pull up definitions)
- Twat definition
  The vagina or vulva. (1 of 2 twat definitions)
- Flip definition
  A maneuver which rotates an object end over end. (1 of 8 flip definitions)
- Head definition
  The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs. (1 of 68 head definitions)
- Carpet definition
  A fabric used as a complete floor covering. (1 of 5 carpet definitions)
To be expressed or composed (a certain way).
The tune goes like this.

As the story goes, he got the idea for the song while sitting in traffic.
- Express definition
  Moving or operating quickly, as a train not making local stops. (1 of 4 express definitions)
- Compose definition
  To make something by merging parts. (1 of 9 compose definitions)
(intransitive) To resort (to).
I'll go to court if I have to.
- Resort definition
  A place where people go for recreation, especially one with facilities such as lodgings, entertainment, and a relaxing environment. (1 of 3 resort definitions)
To apply or subject oneself to:
1. To apply oneself; to undertake; to have as one's goal or intention. (Compare be going to.)
  I'm going to join a sports team.
  
  I wish you'd go and get a job.
  
  He went to pick it up, but it rolled out of reach.
  
  He's going to leave town tomorrow.
  - a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the page number)”, in Fulke Greville, Matthew Gwinne, and John Florio, editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590, →OCLC; republished in Albert Feuillerat, editor, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia (Cambridge English Classics: The Complete Works of Sir Philip Sidney; I), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: University Press, 1912, →OCLC:
    Seeing himself confronted by so many, like a resolute orator, he went not to denial, but to justify his cruel falsehood.
  - 1990, Celestine Sibley, Tokens of myself, →ISBN, page 73:
    Now I didn't go to make that mistake about the record-breaking drought of more than fifty years ago, but, boy, am I glad I made it. Otherwise, I wouldn't have heard from Joe Almand.
2. (intransitive) To make an effort, to subject oneself (to something).
  You didn't have to go to such trouble.
  
  I never thought he'd go so far as to call you.
  
  She went to great expense to help them win.
3. (intransitive) To work (through or over), especially mentally.
  I've gone over this a hundred times.
  
  Let's not go into that right now.
- Apply definition
  To lay or place; to put (one thing to another) (1 of 10 apply definitions)
- Subject definition
  Likely to be affected by or to experience something. (1 of 4 subject definitions)
- Be Going To definition
  Expresses the prospective aspect relative to a given time frame: something that will happen, or is intended, at the time, to happen. (1 of 2 be going to definitions)
- Effort definition
  The work involved in performing an activity; exertion. (1 of 3 effort definitions)
- Mental definition
  Of or relating to the mind or specifically the total emotional and intellectual response of an individual to external reality.
  1. Of or relating to intellectual as contrasted with emotional activity. (1 of 11 mental definitions)
To fit (in a place, or together with something):
1. (intransitive, often followed by a preposition) To fit.
  Synonyms: fit, pass, stretch, come, make it
  
  Do you think the sofa will go through the door?
  
  The belt just barely went around his waist.
2. (intransitive) To be compatible, especially of colors or food and drink.
  Synonym: harmonize
  
  Antonym: clash
  
  This shade of red doesn't go with the drapes.
  
  White wine goes better with fish than red wine.
3. (intransitive) To belong (somewhere).
  Synonyms: belong, have a place
  
  My shirts go on this side of the wardrobe.
  
  This piece of the jigsaw goes on the other side.
- Fit definition
  Suitable, proper. (1 of 5 fit definitions)
- Stretch definition
  To lengthen by pulling. (1 of 13 stretch definitions)
- Make It definition
  To succeed in doing something, for example in reaching a place, going somewhere, attending an event, arriving in time for something, adding to one's schedule or itinerary, or in getting where one wants to be in one's life or career, which sometimes means becoming or wanting to become successful (succeed in a big way) or famous. (1 of 4 make it definitions)
- Compatible definition
  Capable of easy interaction. (1 of 3 compatible definitions)
- Harmonize definition
  To be in harmonious agreement. (1 of 5 harmonize definitions)
- Clash definition
  A loud sound, like the crashing together of metal objects. (1 of 8 clash definitions)
- Belong definition
  To have its proper place. (1 of 7 belong definitions)
- Have definition
  To possess, own. (1 of 32 have definitions)
- Place definition
  An area; somewhere within an area.
  1. An open space, particularly a city square, market square, or courtyard.
  2. A street, sometimes but not always surrounding a public place, square, or plaza of the same name. (1 of 25 place definitions)
(intransitive) To date.
Synonyms: go out (with), date, see

How long have they been going together?

He's been going with her for two weeks.
- Date definition
  The fruit of the date palm, Phoenix dactylifera, somewhat in the shape of an olive, containing a soft, sweet pulp and enclosing a hard kernel. (1 of 2 date definitions)
- See definition
  To perceive or detect someone or something with the eyes, or as if by sight.
  1. To witness or observe by personal experience. (1 of 20 see definitions)
(transitive) To (begin to) date or have sex with (a particular race).
- 2005, Frederick Smith, Down For Whatever, Kensington Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 197:
  You can date black, you can do white, on a slow night maybe even go for an Asian boy, but most likely you'll go Latino unless the aforementioned guys speak a little Spanish […]
- 2010 November 9, Greg Fitzsimmons, Dear Mrs. Fitzsimmons: Tales of Redemption from an Irish Mailbox, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 166:
  I felt that was an insult to John Lennon, but I married her anyway. Thinking back, I should have gone Asian.
- 2010, Marty Nazzaro, The City of Presidents, FriesenPress, →ISBN, page 131:
  “I could give a flying fuck less if Ronnie dated a Martian, but the fact of the matter is that it would not be cool for him to go Asian. He knows it and I know it.” Ronnie did not respond at all. Shit, he wanted to date Tai in the worst way, […]
- 2011 May 3, Sandra Guzmán, The New Latina’s Bible: The Modern Latina’s Guide to Love, Spirituality, Family, and La Vida‎^[4], Basic Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC:
  In fact, Hispanics and Asians are riding the wave—26 percent of Latino and 31 percent of Asian newlywed couples were mixed race or ethnicity. And, when marrying out, we went white—four in ten Latinos married a white spouse, […]
- 2012 March 1, Sylvia Lett, All Night Lover, Kensington Publishing Corp., →ISBN, →OCLC, page 182:
  She's gone black now. That's a big change for you, Cassie. So tell me, is it true what they say about black men?
- 2017 May 16, Judith A. Yates, "She Is Evil!": Madness and Murder in Memphis‎^[5], WildBlue Press, →ISBN, →OCLC:
  “She went black,” he remembers. “She only started dating black guys. Or foreigners.”
- 2018 November 27, M.J. Kane, A Heart Not Easily Broken (Butterfly Memoirs)‎^[6], Written Musings, →ISBN:
  “Your twin is dating a white man,” Lashana interjected. […] “ […] Now, let me get this straight, Eb, you've gone white?”
- 2022 January 4, Radhika Sanghani, 30 Things I Love About Myself‎^[7], Penguin, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC:
  She's hot. Hey, how are your parents about it all? I mean, you're breaking two taboos there—you're dating women, and you've gone white.
- Have Sex definition
  To engage in sex. (1 of 2 have sex definitions)
To attack:
1. (intransitive) To fight or attack.
  - 2002, “Objects in Space”, in Firefly, Jayne Cobb (actor):
    You wanna go, little man?
  I went at him with a knife.
2. (transitive, obsolete, US, slang) To fight.
  - 1900, Burt L. Standish, Frank Merriwell's Tricks: Or True Friends and False‎^[8]:
    You've shown me his weak points, and I'll go him whether you stick by me or not.
3. (transitive, Australian slang) To attack.
  - 1964, Robert Close, Love Me Sailor, page 131:
    As big as me. Strong, too. I was itching to go him, And he had clouted Ernie.
  - 2002, James Freud, I am the Voice Left from Drinking, unnumbered page:
    Then I′m sure I heard him mutter ‘Why don′t you get fucked,’ under his breath.
    It was at that moment that I became a true professional. Instead of going him, I announced the next song.
  - 2005, Joy Dettman, One Sunday, page 297:
    Tom stepped back, considered the hill, and taking off down it. She was going to go him for blowing that flamin′ whistle in her ear all day.
- Attack definition
  An attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of opponent or enemy. (1 of 12 attack definitions)
- Fight definition
  Senses relating to physical conflict:
  1. To engage in combat with; to oppose physically, to contest with. (1 of 9 fight definitions)
To be in general; to be usually; often in comparison to others of the same group.
- 1975, Private Eye, numbers 340-366, page 9:
  Booster is not a loud trumpeter as elephants go.
- 1982, Fernand Braudel, On History, →ISBN, page 40:
  They are fairly rough and ready as models go, not often driven to the rigor of an authentic scientific law, and never worried about coming out with some revolutionary mathematical language — but models nonetheless, […]
- 1991, Katherine Paterson, Lyddie:
  She was, as girls go, scrawny and muscular, yet her boyish frame had in the last year betrayed her.
(transitive) To take (a particular part or share); to participate in to the extent of.
- 1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], →OCLC:
  They were to go equal shares in the booty.
Let's go halves on this.
- Part definition
  A portion; a component.
  1. A fraction of a whole. (1 of 18 part definitions)
- Share definition
  A portion of something, especially a portion given or allotted to someone. (1 of 6 share definitions)
(transitive) To yield or weigh.
- 1910, Ray Stannard Baker, Adventures in Friendship‎^[9], page 182:
  This'll go three tons to the acre, or I'll eat my shirt.
Those babies go five tons apiece.
- Yield definition
  to give
  1. To pay, give in payment; repay, recompense; reward; requite.
  2. To furnish; to afford; to render; to give forth.
  3. To give, or give forth, (anything).
  (1 of 14 yield definitions)
- Weigh definition
  To determine the weight of an object. (1 of 12 weigh definitions)
(transitive, intransitive) To offer, bid or bet an amount; to pay.
That's as high as I can go.

We could go two fifty.

I'll go a ten-spot.

I'll go you a shilling.

I'll go him one better.
- Offer definition
  A proposal that has been made. (1 of 3 offer definitions)
- Bid definition
  To issue a command; to tell. (1 of 3 bid definitions)
- Bet definition
  (1 of 4 bet definitions)
- Pay definition
  To give money or other compensation to in exchange for goods or services. (1 of 8 pay definitions)
- Go One Better definition
  To take a bet and add another to it. (1 of 2 go one better definitions)
(transitive, colloquial) To enjoy. (Compare go for.)
I could go a beer right about now.
- Enjoy definition
  To receive pleasure or satisfaction from something. (1 of 4 enjoy definitions)
- Go For definition
  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go,‎ for. (1 of 9 go for definitions)
(intransitive, colloquial) To urinate or defecate.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:urinate, see also Thesaurus:defecate

I really need to go.

Have you managed to go today, Mrs. Miggins?
- 2006, Kevin Blue, Practical Justice: Living Off-Center in a Self-Centered World, →ISBN, page 54:
  Clarence was just as surprised to see Richard, and he went—right there in the doorway. I had slept through all this mayhem on the other side of the apartment. By the time I got up, these were all semi-comical memories and the urine had been cleaned up.
- Urinate definition
  To pass urine from the body.
- Defecate definition
  To excrete feces from one's bowels. (1 of 3 defecate definitions)
(imperative) Expressing encouragement or approval.
Go, girl! You can do it!

Usage notes

Along with do, make, and to a lesser extent other English verbs, go is often used as a substitute for a verb that was used previously or that is implied, in the same way a pronoun substitutes for a noun. For example:
Chris: Then he goes like this: (Chris then waves arms around, implying that the phrase means then he waves his arms).
Some speakers use went for the past participle, especially in informal contexts, though this is considered nonstandard and is proscribed.
Like other English verbs, the verb go once had an alternative present participle formed with the suffix -and, i.e. goand. Goand is now obsolete, having been replaced by going, except in a few rural dialects in Scotland and Northern England, where it is considered archaic. Even in such dialects, it is never used to form the continuous tenses. These examples are from the Highlands:
Goand snell athwart the houf, hoo hent 'im be the swyr.

Goand oot of the holt, she saw a woundor baist.

Conjugation

Conjugation of go

infinitive	(to) go
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	go	went, yode^†
2nd-person singular	go, goest^†	went, yode^†, wentest^†
3rd-person singular	goes, goeth^†	went, yode^†
plural	go	went, yode^†

subjunctive	go	went, yode^†

imperative	go	—

participles	going, goand^†	gone, yode^†

^†Archaic or obsolete.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:go.

Derived terms

Translations

walk — see walk

to move through space (especially from one place to another)

Afrikaans: gaan (af)
Akkadian: 𒁺 (alāku, DU)
Albanian: ecën
Ambonese Malay: pi, pigi
American Sign Language: 1@NearHand-FingerUp-1@InsideChesthigh-FingerUp 1@NearHand-FingerForward-1@DistalInsideChesthigh-FingerForward
Arabic: ذَهَبَ‎ (ar) (ḏahaba), رَاحَ‎ (ar) (rāḥa)
Egyptian Arabic: راح‎ (rāḥ)

Gulf Arabic: راح‎ (rāḥ)

Hijazi Arabic: راح‎ (rāḥ)

South Levantine Arabic: راح‎ (rāḥ)
Aragonese: ir
Armenian: գնալ (hy) (gnal), (dialectal) էթալ (hy) (ētʿal), (dialectal) երթալ (hy) (ertʿal)
Aromanian: njergu, nergu, imnu (roa-rup)
Assamese: যা (za)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܵܙܹܠ‎ (āzēl)
Asturian: dir (ast)
Avar: ине (ine)
Azerbaijani: getmək (az)
Basque: joan
Belarusian: (abstract, on foot) хадзі́ць impf (xadzícʹ), пахадзі́ць pf (paxadzícʹ), (concrete, on foot) ісці́ impf (iscí), пайсці́ pf (pajscí), (abstract, by transport) е́здзіць (jézdzicʹ), пае́здзіць pf (pajézdzicʹ), (concrete, by transport) е́хаць impf (jéxacʹ), пае́хаць pf (pajéxacʹ)
Bengali: যাওয়া (bn) (jaōẇa)
Borôro: kodu, tu
Brahui: darr
Breton: mont (br)
Bulgarian: оти́вам (bg) (otívam), хо́дя (bg) (hódja), вървя́ (bg) (vǎrvjá), я́здя (jázdja) (by transport) impf
Burmese: သွား (my) (swa:)
Catalan: anar (ca)
Chagatai: بارادو‎ (bārādū)
Cherokee: ᎡᎦ (ega)
Chickasaw: aya, ayya, iyya
Chinese:
Cantonese: 去 (heoi³)

Dungan: чў (čw)

Hakka: 去 (hi)

Mandarin: 去 (zh) (qù)

Min Dong: 行 (giàng, hèng)

Min Nan: 去 (zh-min-nan) (khì), 來去／来去 (zh-min-nan) (lâi-khì)
Classical Nahuatl: yauh
Cornish: mos
Crimean Tatar: ket
Czech: chodit (cs), (on foot) ^{(please verify)} jít (cs) impf, jet (cs), jezdit (cs), (by transport)
Dalmatian: andur, zer
Danish: gå (da)
Dutch: gaan (nl)
Eastern Arrernte: alheme
Egyptian:

(zj)
Eshtehardi: شوتَن‎ (šutan)
Esperanto: iri (eo)
Estonian: minema (et)
Even: ӈэн- (ŋən-)
Evenki: ӈэнэдеми (ŋənəʒemi)
Faroese: fara
Finnish: mennä (fi)
French: aller (fr)
Friulian: lâ
Galician: ir (gl)
Gallurese: andà
Georgian: სვლა (svla)
German: gehen (de)
Alemannic German: gaa
Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽 (gaggan)
Greek: πάω (el) (páo), πηγαίνω (el) (pigaíno)
Ancient: εἶμῐ (eîmi), ἔρχομαι (érkhomai), εἰμῐ́ (eimí), ἦλθον (êlthon), βαίνω (baínō), βᾰδῐ́ζω (badízō), πορεύομαι (poreúomai), βλώσκω (blṓskō) (Epic), ἐλαύνω (elaúnō), κίνυμαι (kínumai), κῑνέω (kīnéō), νέομαι (néomai), νίσσομαι (níssomai), ᾰ̓́γω (ágō)

Mycenaean: 𐀂𐀍𐀳 (i-jo-te)
Guaraní: ho
Haitian Creole: ale, al
Hawaiian: hele
Hebrew: הָלַךְ‎ (he) (halákh), נָסַע‎ (he) (nasá), טָס‎ (he) (tas)
Hindi: जाना (hi) (jānā)
Hittite: 𒄿𒄿𒀀𒀜𒋫 (i-ya-at-ta)
Hungarian: megy (hu), jár (hu), halad (hu), utazik (hu)
Icelandic: fara (is)
Ido: irar (io)
Indonesian: pergi (id)
Ingrian: männä, käyvvä, lovata
Interlingua: ir, vader (ia)
Irish: téigh
Istriot: zì
Italian: andare (it)
Japanese: 行く (ja) (いく, iku), (honorific) いらっしゃる (ja) (irassharu), (humble) 参る (ja) (まいる, mairu)
Javanese: lunga (jv) (casual), kesah (semi-polite), tindak (polite)
Jingpho: sa
Kabuverdianu: bai, bá
Kala Lagaw Ya: please add this translation if you can
Kambera: laku
Kannada: ಹೋಗು (kn) (hōgu)
Kashubian: jic
Kazakh: бару (kk) (baru), кету (kk) (ketu)
Khakas: парарға (pararğa)
Khmer: ទៅ (km) (tɨv)
Kituba: kwenda
Korean: 가다 (ko) (gada)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: چوون‎ (çûn), ڕۆیشتن‎ (ckb) (royiştin)

Northern Kurdish: çûn (ku)
Kyrgyz: баруу (ky) (baruu), жүрүү (ky) (jürüü)
Laboya: kako
Ladin: jì
Lao: ໄປ (pai)
Latgalian: īt
Latin: eō (la), vādō, gradior (la), baetō, bītō, bētō
Latvian: iet
Lingala: kɛndɛ, kokende
Lithuanian: eiti (lt)
Livonian: lǟdõ
Low German: gan (nds), gahn (nds)
German Low German: gaan (nds)
Lü: ᦂᦱᧈ (k̇aa¹), ᦺᦔ (ṗay)
Lushootseed: ʔux̌ʷ
Luwian: 𒄿𒋾 (i-ti)
Luxembourgish: goen (lb)
Macedonian: оди (odi), иде (ide)
Malay: pergi (ms)
Malayalam: പോവുക (pōvuka), പോകുക (ml) (pōkuka)
Maltese: mar
Manchu: ᠶᠠᠪᡠᠮᠪᡳ (yabumbi)
Manx: immee
Maquiritari: ütö
Marathi: जाणे (mr) (jāṇe)
Mazanderani: بوردن‎ (boordan)
Mbyá Guaraní: o
Middle English: gon, faren, waden
Mizo: kal
Mongolian: явах (mn) (javax), ᠶᠠᠪᠤᠬᠤ (yabuqu)
Murrinh-Patha: please add this translation if you can
Nanai: энэури
Navajo: déyá
Neapolitan: i
Nepali: जानु (ne) (jānu)
Norman: aller
North Frisian: gunge
Northern Thai: ᨻᩱ (pai)
Norwegian: reise (no), fare (no), dra (no)
Nynorsk: fara
Occitan: anar (oc)
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: (abstract) ходити (xoditi), (concrete) ити (iti)

Glagolitic: (abstract) ⱈⱁⰴⰹⱅⰹ (xoditi), (concrete) ⰹⱅⰹ (iti)
Old English: gān, faran
Old Javanese: lunga
Old Norse: ganga, fara
Old Persian: 𐎠𐎡𐎫𐎡𐎹 (a-i-t-i-y /⁠aitiy⁠/)
Old Saxon: gān, gangan, wadan, faran, fōrian
Oromo: deemuu
Ossetian: цӕуын (cæwyn)
Pennsylvania German: geh
Persian: رفتن‎ (fa) (raftan), شدن‎ (fa) (šodan)
Piedmontese: andè
Pipil: yawi, yahui
Pitjantjatjara: ananyi
Polabian: x́üdĕt
Polish: (abstract, on foot) chodzić (pl) impf, (concrete, on foot) iść (pl) impf, pójść (pl) pf; (abstract, by vehicle) jeździć (pl) impf, (concrete, by vehicle) jechać (pl) impf, pojechać (pl) pf
Portuguese: ir (pt)
Punjabi: ਜਾਣਾ (jāṇā)
Quechua: puriy, riy (qu), rii, aiwai
Romanian: merge (ro), duce (ro)
Romansch: ir
Russian: ходи́ть (ru) (xodítʹ), идти́ (ru) (idtí) (on foot) impf, е́здить (ru) (jézditʹ), е́хать (ru) (jéxatʹ) (by transport) impf
Sanskrit: एति (sa) (éti), याति (sa) (yāti), गम् (sa) (gam), आचरति (sa) (ācarati), चरति (sa) (carati), गच्छति (sa) (gacchati), जिगाति (jigāti)
Sardinian:
Campidanese: andai

Logudorese: vaiare
Sassarese: andà
Scottish Gaelic: rach, falbh
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ѝћи

Roman: ići
Shan: ၵႂႃႇ (shn) (kwàa)
Sherpa: འགྲོ ('gro)
Sichuan Yi: (general) ꁧ (bbo), (downwards) ꒉ (yy), (upwards) ꆹ (li)
Sicilian: iri (scn), jiri (scn), annari (scn)
Sinhalese: යනවා (yanawā)
Slovak: (abstract, on foot or by vehicle) chodiť impf, (concrete, on foot or by vehicle) ísť (sk) impf
Slovene: īti (sl), odíti (sl), hodīti (sl)
Slovincian: (abstract, on foot) xʉ̀ɵ̯ʒĕc impf, (concrete, on foot) jĩ́c impf
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: (abstract, on foot) chójźiś impf, (concrete, on foot) hyś impf, (abstract, by vehicle) jězdźiś impf, (concrete, by vehicle) jěś impf; se póraś impf

Upper Sorbian: (abstract, on foot) chodźić impf, (concrete, on foot) hić impf, (abstract, by vehicle) jězdźić impf, (concrete, by vehicle) jěć pf
Southern Altai: барар (barar)
Spanish: ir (es)
Sumerian: 𒁺 (DU)
Swahili: gura (sw), kwenda (sw)
Swedish: gå (sv) (by walking), resa (sv), åka (sv) (by vehicle), fara (sv)
Sylheti: ꠎꠣꠃꠣ (zaua)
Tabaru: tagi
Tagalog: magpatuloy, pumunta, magpunta
Tajik: рафтан‍ (raftan‍), шудан (tg) (šudan)
Tamil: செல் (ta) (cel), போ (ta) (pō)
Tatar: барырга (tt) (barırga)
Telugu: వెళ్ళు (te) (veḷḷu), పోవు (te) (pōvu), వెళ్ళిపోవు (veḷḷipōvu)
Ternate: tagi
Tetum: la'o
Thai: ไป (th) (bpai)
Tibetan: འགྲོ ('gro), ཕེབས (phebs) (honorific), ཐད (thad) (honorific)
Tiwi: please add this translation if you can
Tocharian B: i-, (preterite stem') mäs-
Tofa: баар (baar), чоруур (coruur)
Tok Pisin: go
Turkish: gitmek (tr)
Turkmen: gitmek
Tuvan: баар (baar), чоруур (çoruur)
Ugaritic: 𐎅𐎍𐎋 (hlk)
Ukrainian: (abstract, on foot) ходи́ти (uk) (xodýty), (concrete, on foot) іти́ (uk) (itý), йти (uk) impf (jty), піти́ pf (pitý), (abstract, by transport) ї́здити (uk) impf (jízdyty), пої́здити pf (pojízdyty) (concrete, by transport), ї́хати (uk) impf (jíxaty) пої́хати pf (pojíxaty)
Urdu: جانا‎ (jānā)
Uyghur: بارماق‎ (ug) (barmaq), كەتمەك‎ (ketmek)
Uzbek: bormoq (uz)
Venetian: ndar (vec)
Veps: mända
Vietnamese: đi (vi)
Võro: käümä
Votic: menne
Walloon: aler (wa)
Warlpiri: please add this translation if you can
Welsh: mynd (cy)
West Frisian: gean (fy)
White Hmong: please add this translation if you can
Yakut: бар (bar), ис (is)
Yiddish: גיין‎ (geyn)
Zazaki: şiyen
Zhuang: please add this translation if you can
ǃXóõ: sâa

leave — see leave

of a machine, to work

Catalan: funcionar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 運作／运作 (zh) (yùnzuò), 工作 (zh) (gōngzuò), 運轉／运转 (zh) (yùnzhuǎn), 運行／运行 (zh) (yùnxíng)
Czech: fungovat (cs)
Finnish: toimia (fi)
French: fonctionner (fr), marcher (fr)
Hungarian: működik (hu), jár (hu)
Italian: funzionare (it)
Japanese: 動く (ja) (うごく, ugoku)
Korean: 작동하다 (ko) (jakdonghada)
Latin: labō
Macedonian: тера (tera)
Norwegian: gå (no), virke (no), være i gang
Polish: działać (pl)
Portuguese: funcionar (pt), andar (pt), ir (pt)
Swahili: gura (sw)
Swedish: gå (sv), fungera (sv)
Tagalog: umandar
Vietnamese: chạy (vi), vận hành (vi)

to take a turn

Czech: chodit (cs), šlapat (cs) (informal)
Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} preni sian vicon
Finnish: pelata (fi) vuoro (fi), käyttää (fi) vuoro (fi)
German: dran (de) sein (de), ziehen (de)
Hungarian: lép (hu)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: بڕۆ‎ (brro)
Portuguese: ir (pt)
Russian: ходи́ть (ru) (xodítʹ)
Swahili: gura (sw)

attend — see attend

extend — see extend

lead (tend or reach in a certain direction) — see lead

to become

Danish: blive (da)
Finnish: tulla (fi)
French: devenir (fr)
Hebrew: נעשה‎ (ne'esá)
Hungarian: -ul (hu), -ül (hu), -odik (hu), -edik (hu), -ödik (hu), válik (hu), változik (hu)
Indonesian: menjadi (id)
Italian: diventare (it)
Japanese: なる (ja) (naru)
Latin: fīō (la)
Macedonian: станува (stanuva)
Norwegian: bli (no)
Polish: stawać się (pl), robić się (pl)
Portuguese: virar (pt), ficar (pt), tornar-se
Russian: станови́ться (ru) (stanovítʹsja)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: би̏ти

Roman: bȉti (sh)
Spanish: hacerse (es) (roles, professions), ponerse (es) (moods)
Swahili: gura (sw)
Swedish: bli (sv)
Tagalog: maging

to habitually be in a state

Finnish: olla (fi)
Hungarian: marad (hu)
Tagalog: maging

change — see change

turn out — see turn out

of time: elapse, pass — see elapse,‎ pass

to disappear

Arabic: ذَهَبَ‎ (ar) (ḏahaba), زَالَ‎ (zāla), اِخْتَفَى‎ (ar) (iḵtafā)
Catalan: desaparèixer (ca), anar-se’n
Chinese:
Mandarin: 走 (zh) (zǒu), 消失 (zh) (xiāoshī)
Czech: odejít (cs)
Dutch: verdwijnen (nl), weggaan (nl)
Esperanto: foriri (eo)
Finnish: kadota (fi), mennä (fi) pois (fi)
French: s’en aller, (to go away) partir (fr), (to disappear) disparaitre (fr)
German: verschwinden (de), weggehen (de), fortgehen (de)
Hebrew: עזב‎ (he) (azáv)
Hungarian: elmúlik (hu), eltűnik (hu), tűnik (hu)
Indonesian: lenyap (id), menghilang (id)
Italian: sparire (it)
Japanese: 見えなくなる (みえなくなる, mienaku naru), 去る (ja) (さる, saru), 消える (ja) (きえる, kieru)
Korean: 사라지다 (ko) (sarajida)
Latin: ēsvānēscō, ēvānēscō
Macedonian: оди (odi), исчезнува (isčeznuva)
Mizo: chhuak, luang, kal bo, kalsan
Norwegian: forsvinne (no), gå over
Old Saxon: wendian
Polish: znikać (pl), zniknąć (pl) pf
Portuguese: desaparecer (pt), sumir (pt), ir-se
Romanian: dispărea (ro)
Russian: исчеза́ть (ru) (isčezátʹ), пропада́ть (ru) (propadátʹ)
Serbo-Croatian: izčeznuti, propadnuti (sh)
Spanish: desaparecer (es)
Swahili: gura (sw)
Swedish: försvinna (sv)
Tagalog: mawala
Vietnamese: biến mất (vi)
Walloon: endaler (wa), si passer (wa) (pain), disparexhe (wa)

die — see die

to be destroyed

Catalan: destruir (ca)
Czech: odejít (cs), rozbít se
Esperanto: rompiĝi
Finnish: tuhoutua (fi)
German: kaputtgehen (de), kaputt (de) sein (de), ^{(please verify)} zerstört sein
Hebrew: נשמד‎ (nishmád)
Hungarian: összeesik (hu), összeomlik (hu), betörik (hu), beszakad (hu)
Italian: distruggere (it), disintegrare (it)
Japanese: 崩れる (ja) (くずれる, kuzureru)
Latin: dēleō (la)
Norwegian: ødelegges
Portuguese: ir-se
Romanian: distruge (ro)
Russian: слома́ться (ru) (slomátʹsja), распада́ться (ru) (raspadátʹsja)
Serbo-Croatian: ràspasti (sh), slòmiti (sh)
Spanish: destruir (es)
Swahili: gura (sw)
Swedish: förstöras (sv)
Tagalog: masira, mawasak
Vietnamese: bị phá hủy

to be given; to be assigned or allotted

Finnish: mennä (fi)
Hungarian: jut (hu)

survive — see survive

to have final authority; to be authoritative

Finnish: päteä (fi)
Hungarian: érvényes (hu), elfogadott (hu), történik (hu)

to say

Catalan: dir (ca)
Esperanto: diri (eo)
Finnish: sanoa (fi)
French: faire (fr)
Hungarian: mond (hu), szól (hu)
Italian: dire (it)
Latin: dīcō (la)
Macedonian: вика (vika), вели (veli)
Portuguese: dizer (pt)
Russian: говори́ть (ru) (govorítʹ), сказа́ть (ru) (skazátʹ)
Swahili: gura (sw)

to make (a specified sound)

Catalan: fer (ca)
Czech: dělat (cs)
Esperanto: fari (eo)
Finnish: päästää (fi) (ääni (fi)), äännellä (fi), sanoa (fi), (dialectal) panna (fi)
French: faire (fr)
German: machen (de)
Hebrew: עָשָׂה‎ (he) (asá)
Hungarian: csinál (hu), hangot ad (hu), hangzik (hu), megszólal (hu)
Italian: fare (it)
Japanese: 鳴く (ja) (なく, naku)
Korean: 내다 (ko) (naeda)
Latin: faciō (la), agō (la)
Macedonian: прави (mk) (pravi)
Norwegian: si (no)
Polish: robić (pl)
Portuguese: fazer (pt)
Russian: говори́ть (ru) (govorítʹ)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: на̀правити, ка́зати, гово̀рити

Roman: nàpraviti (sh), kázati (sh), govòriti (sh)
Spanish: hacer (es)
Swahili: gura (sw)
Swedish: ljuda (sv), låta (sv), säga (sv)

to fit

Armenian: սազել (hy) (sazel)
Danish: passe (da)
Finnish: sopia (fi)
French: aller (fr)
Hebrew: הלך‎ (he) (halákh)
Hungarian: fér (hu), befér (hu), bemegy (hu)
Japanese: 通る (ja) (とおる, tōru)
Latin: vādō, eō (la), gradior (la)
Macedonian: проаѓа (proaǵa)
Norwegian: passe (no)
Polish: pasować (pl)
Portuguese: caber (pt)
Russian: подходи́ть (ru) (podxodítʹ), годи́ться (ru) (godítʹsja)
Swahili: gura (sw)
Swedish: passa (sv), gå (sv)

to belong; to have as its/their proper place

Finnish: kuulua (fi)
Hebrew: הלך‎ (he) (halákh)
Hungarian: való (hu), megy (hu), tartozik (hu)
Japanese: 納まる (ja) (おさまる, osamaru)
Macedonian: оди (odi), одговара (odgovara)
Norwegian: ligge (no), høre til
Portuguese: ir (pt)
Swahili: gura (sw)

to date

Catalan: sortir amb
Czech: ^{(please verify)} chodit (s někým)
Finnish: seurustella (fi)
French: sortir avec (fr)
Hebrew: יצא‎ (he) (yatzá)
Hungarian: jár (hu), randevúzik (hu), randizik (hu)
Japanese: 付き合う (ja) (つきあう, tsukiau)
Macedonian: излегува (izleguva)
Norwegian: gå ut med, date (no), være sammen med
Portuguese: sair (pt)
Russian: встреча́ться (ru) (vstrečátʹsja)
Serbo-Croatian: ìzāći
Spanish: datar (es), salir (es) (con (es))
Swahili: gura (sw)
Swedish: gå ut (sv) (med (sv)), dejta (sv)

attack — see attack

to be in general

Finnish: olla (fi), toimia (fi)
Hungarian: szokott lenni

urinate, defecate — see urinate,‎ defecate

imperative: expressing encouragement or approval

German: los (de)
Hungarian: hajrá (hu), ez az, csak így tovább
Icelandic: áfram (is)

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Guaraní: ^{(please verify)} ha (gn)
Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} pergi (id)
Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} ir, ^{(please verify)} vader (ia)
Mongolian: ^{(please verify)} явах (mn) (javax)
Tupinambá: ^{(please verify)} só
West Frisian: ^{(please verify)} gean (fy)

Noun

go (countable and uncountable, plural goes)

(uncommon) The act of going.
- 1993, Francis J. Sheed, Theology and Sanity, →ISBN:
  The Apostles were to be the first of a line. They would multiply successors, and the successors would die and their successors after them, but the line would never fail; and the come and go of men would not matter, since it is the one Christ operating through all of them.
- 2009, Mark Raney, David Midgett, →ISBN, page 68:
  They talk easily together and they hear the come and go of the breeze in the soon to be turning burnt leaves of the high trees.
- Going definition
  present participle and gerund of go (1 of 2 going definitions)
A turn at something, or in something (e.g. a game).
Synonyms: stint, (turn in a game) turn, (turn in a game) move, turn

You’ve been on that pinball machine long enough—now let your brother have a go.

It’s your go.
- Stint definition
  To stop (an action); cease, desist. (1 of 6 stint definitions)
An attempt, a try.
Synonyms: attempt, bash, shot, stab, try

I’ll give it a go.
- 2012, Alex Montgomery, Martin O'Neill: The Biography, →ISBN, page 196:
  You have to stay and we will have a go at winning the championship next season."
- Attempt definition
  To try. (1 of 4 attempt definitions)
- Try definition
  To attempt; to endeavour. Followed by infinitive. (1 of 25 try definitions)
- Bash definition
  To strike heavily. (1 of 3 bash definitions)
- Shot definition
  Worn out or broken. (1 of 5 shot definitions)
- Stab definition
  An act of stabbing or thrusting with an object. (1 of 7 stab definitions)
An approval or permission to do something, or that which has been approved.
Synonym: green light

We will begin as soon as the boss says it's a go.
- 1894, Bret Harte, The Sheriff of Siskyou:
  "Well, Tom, is it a go? You can trust me, for you'll have the thousand in your pocket before you start. […] "
- 2009, Craig Nelson, Rocket Men: The Epic Story of the First Men on the Moon, →ISBN:
  And as soon as we gave them the go to continue, we lost communication.
- Approval definition
  An expression granting permission; an indication of agreement with a proposal; an acknowledgement that a person, thing, or event meets requirements. (1 of 3 approval definitions)
- Green Light definition
  A traffic light in its green state (indicating that vehicles may proceed). (1 of 3 green light definitions)
An act; the working or operation.
- 1598, John Marston, Pigmalion, The Metamorphosis of Pigmalions Image and Certaine Satyres, 1856, J. O. Halliwell (editor), The Works of John Marston: Reprinted from the Original Editions, Volume 3, page 211,
  Let this suffice, that that same happy night,
  So gracious were the goes of marriage […]
(slang, dated) A circumstance or occurrence; an incident, often unexpected.
- 1839, Charles Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby, in 1868, The Works of Charles Dickens, Volume 2: Nicholas Nickleby, Martin Chuzzlewit, American Notes, page 306,
  “Well, this is a pretty go, is this here! An uncommon pretty go!
- 1869, Punch, volume 57, page 257:
  “Ain't this a rum go? This is a queer sort of dodge for lighting the streets.”
- 1839, Charles Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby:
  The images of Mrs. Squeers, my daughter, and my son Wackford, all short of vittles, is perpetually before me; every other consideration melts away and vanishes, in front of these; the only number in all arithmetic that I know of, as a husband and a father, is number one, under this here most fatal go!
- 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
  "Supposing now that some of them were to slip into the boat at night and cut the cable, make off with her? That would be a pretty go, that would."
- 2018 February 11, Colin Dexter, Russell Lewis, 01:02:03 from the start, in Endeavour(Cartouche), season 5, episode 2 (TV series), spoken by DCI Fred Thursday (Roger Allam):
  “It’s a rum go and no mistake.”
(dated) The fashion or mode.
Synonyms: mode, style, trend

quite the go
- 1852, Jane Thomas (née Pinhorn), The London and Paris ladies' magazine of fashion (page 97)
  We are blowing each other out of the market with cheapness; but it is all the go, so we must not be behind the age.
- Fashion definition
  A current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons. (1 of 5 fashion definitions)
- Mode definition
  One of several ancient Greek scales. (1 of 14 mode definitions)
- Style definition
  Senses relating to a thin, pointed object.
  1. A sharp stick used for writing on clay tablets or other surfaces; a stylus; an instrument used to write with ink; a pen.
  2. A tool with a sharp point used in engraving; a burin, a graver, a stylet, a stylus.
  3. The gnomon or pin of a sundial, the shadow of which indicates the hour.
  4. The stalk that connects the stigma(s) to the ovary in a pistil of a flower. (1 of 15 style definitions)
- Trend definition
  An inclination in a particular direction. (1 of 6 trend definitions)
(dated) Noisy merriment.
a high go
- 1820, Thomas Moore, W. Simpkin, R. Marshall, Jack Randall's Diary of Proceedings at the House of Call for Genius:
  Gemmen (says he), you all well know
  The joy there is whene'er we meet;
  It's what I call the primest go,
  And rightly named, 'tis—'quite a treat,' […]
- Merriment definition
  A state of enjoyable exuberance. (1 of 2 merriment definitions)
(slang, archaic) A glass of spirits; a quantity of spirits.
Synonyms: gage, measure
- 1836, Charles Dickens, Sketches by Boz:
  When the cloth was removed, Mr. Thomas Potter ordered the waiter to bring in two goes of his best Scotch whiskey, with warm water and sugar, and a couple of his "very mildest" Havannas,
- 1868 March, In a City Bus, in the Eclectic Magazine, new series volume VII, number 3:
  “Then, if you value it so highly,” I said, “you can hardly object to stand half a go of brandy for its recovery.”
- Glass definition
  An amorphous solid, often transparent substance, usually made by melting silica sand with various additives (for most purposes, a mixture of soda, potash and lime is added). (1 of 16 glass definitions)
- Spirits definition
  third-person singular simple present indicative of spirit
- Gage definition
  To bind (someone) by pledge or security; to engage. (1 of 3 gage definitions)
- Measure definition
  A prescribed quantity or extent.
  1. Moderation, temperance.
  2. A limit that cannot be exceeded; a bound. (Now chiefly in set phrases.)
  3. An (unspecified) portion or quantity.
  (1 of 23 measure definitions)
(dated) A portion
- 1904, Edith Nesbit, The New Treasure Seekers, Chapter 1:
  Albert's uncle had had a jolly good breakfast—fish and eggs and bacon and three goes of marmalade.
- Portion definition
  An allocated amount. (1 of 6 portion definitions)
(uncountable) Power of going or doing; energy; vitality; perseverance.
Synonyms: energy, flair, liveliness, perseverance, pizzazz, spirit, verve, vigour, vim, vitality, zest

There is no go in him.
- Energy definition
  The impetus behind all motion and all activity. (1 of 7 energy definitions)
- Vitality definition
  The capacity to live and develop. (1 of 4 vitality definitions)
- Perseverance definition
  Continuing in a course of action without regard to discouragement, opposition or previous failure.
- Flair definition
  A natural or innate talent or aptitude. (1 of 4 flair definitions)
- Liveliness definition
  The quality of being lively; animation; energy.
- Pizzazz definition
  Flair, vitality, or zest; energy; vigor.
- Spirit definition
  The soul of a person or other creature. (1 of 15 spirit definitions)
- Verve definition
  Enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist, musician, or writer, in composing or performing. (1 of 2 verve definitions)
- Vigour definition
  Active strength or force of body or mind; capacity for exertion, physically, intellectually, or morally; energy. (1 of 3 vigour definitions)
- Vim definition
  Ready vitality and vigour.
- Zest definition
  The outer skin of a citrus fruit, used as a flavouring or garnish. (1 of 4 zest definitions)
(cribbage) The situation where a player cannot play a card which will not carry the aggregate count above thirty-one.
- Cribbage definition
  A point-counting card game for two players, with variants for three or four players; the cribbage board used for scoring to 61 or 121 points in numerous small increments is characteristic. (1 of 3 cribbage definitions)
A period of activity.
ate it all in one go
- 1995, William Noel, The Harley Psalter, →ISBN, page 65:
  This could mean that the artist traced the illustration in two goes, as it were, or that the Utrecht Psalter slipped while he was tracing, but I do not think that the relative proportions are consistent enough to demonstrate this.
- Activity definition
  The state or quality of being active; activeness. (1 of 6 activity definitions)
(obsolete, British slang) A dandy; a fashionable person.
- 1881, Pierce Egan, chapter VII, in Tom and Jerry‎^[10], page 136:
  That TOM, who was the GO among the GOES, in the very centre of fashion in London, should have to encounter the vulgar stare of this village; or, that the dairy-maid should leave off skimming her cream to take a peep at our hero, as he mounted his courser, is not at all surprising: and TOM only smiled at this provincial sort of rudeness.
- 2012, Kate Ross, A Broken Vessel:
  He's a go among the goes, is Mr. Kestrel. He's only got to sport a new kind of topper, or tie his crumpler a new way, and every gentry-cove in town does just the same.
See Thesaurus:dandy
- Dandy definition
  A man very concerned about his physical appearance, refined language, and leisurely hobbies, pursued with the appearance of nonchalance in a cult of self. (1 of 4 dandy definitions)

Derived terms

Translations

turn at something

Catalan: volta (ca) f, torn (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 輪到／轮到 (zh) (lúndào)
Czech: tah (cs) m
Esperanto: vico (eo)
Finnish: vuoro (fi), siirto (fi)
French: tour (fr) m
Hebrew: הזדמנות‎ (he) f (hizdamnút), תור‎ (he) m (tór)
Italian: tocca (it) f
Japanese: 番 (ja) (ばん, ban)
Korean: 차례 (ko) (charye)
Macedonian: ред m (red), потег m (poteg)
Polish: kolej (pl) f
Portuguese: vez (pt) f, turno (pt) m
Russian: о́чередь (ru) f (óčeredʹ)
Swahili: gura (sw)
Swedish: tur (sv) c

attempt

Catalan: temptativa f, intent (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 嘗試／尝试 (zh) (chángshì)
Esperanto: provo
Finnish: yritys (fi)
French: essai (fr) m
German: Versuch (de)
Hebrew: נסיון‎ (he) m (nisayón)
Italian: prova (it) f
Macedonian: обид m (obid)
Polish: próba (pl) f
Portuguese: tentativa (pt) f
Romanian: tentativă (ro) f
Russian: попы́тка (ru) f (popýtka)
Spanish: intento (es) m
Swahili: gura (sw)
Swedish: försök (sv) n

approval

Catalan: aprovació (ca) f
Czech: souhlas (cs) m
Finnish: lupa (fi)
French: approbation (fr) f, feu vert (fr) m
Italian: approvazione (it)
Polish: pozwolenie (pl) n
Swahili: gura (sw)

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Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} vice, ^{(please verify)} torno, ^{(please verify)} tentativa
Romanian: ^{(please verify)} rând (ro) n, ^{(please verify)} încercare (ro) f, ^{(please verify)} tentativă (ro) f

Adjective

go (not comparable)

(postpositive, chiefly military and space flight) Working correctly and ready to commence operation; approved and able to be put into action.
- 1962, United States. Congress, Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the […] Congress, page 2754:
  John Glenn reports all systems are go.
- 1964, Instruments and Control Systems:
  "Life support system is go," said the earphone.
- 2011, Matthew Stover, Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor: Star Wars Legends, Del Rey, →ISBN:
  “Green One has four starts and is go.”
- 2016, Tim Brewster, Stuck: It's About to Get Very Weird […] , Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 118:
  “Weapons ready?” Sam and I pull our loaded BB guns out of the bag and slot them into place in the longholsters on our backs.“ Weapons are go,” Sam replied.
- Military definition
  Characteristic of members of the armed forces. (1 of 4 military definitions)
- Space Flight definition
  Flight into, from or through space. (1 of 2 space flight definitions)

Etymology 2

From the Japanese 碁 (go), one character of the game's more usual Japanese name 囲碁 (igo), taken from the Chinese 圍棋 / 围棋 (wéiqí).

Alternative forms

Go

Noun

go (uncountable)

(board games) A strategic board game, originally from China and today also popular in Japan and Korea, in which two players (black and white) attempt to control the largest area of the board with their counters.
Synonyms: weiqi, baduk
- Board Game definition
  Any of many games of strategy or chance played on a specially designed board; often involves one or more players moving pieces and using dice or cards.
- Strategic definition
  Of or pertaining to strategy. (1 of 2 strategic definitions)
- China definition
  A nation or civilization occupying the country around the Yellow, Yangtze, and Pearl Rivers in East Asia, taken as a whole under its various dynasties. (1 of 11 China definitions)
- Japan definition
  (1 of 2 Japan definitions)
- Korea definition
  (1 of 6 Korea definitions)
- Weiqi definition
  An ancient Chinese board game, today also popular in Japan and Korea, played with 181 black stones and 180 white ones, typically on a board of 19 × 19 squares.
- Baduk definition
  An ancient Chinese board game, today also popular in Japan and Korea, played with 181 black stones and 180 white ones, typically on a board of 19 × 19 squares.

Translations

board game

Amharic: ጎ (go)
Arabic: غُو‎ m (ḡū)
Armenian: գո (hy) (go)
Basque: go (eu)
Bengali: গো (gō)
Bulgarian: го (bg) (go)
Burmese: ဂို (gui)
Catalan: go (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 圍棋／围棋 (wai⁴ kei^4-2)

Mandarin: 圍棋／围棋 (zh) (wéiqí)
Czech: go (cs) n
Danish: go (da)
Dutch: go (nl) n
Esperanto: goo
Estonian: go (et)
Finnish: go (fi), go-peli
French: go (fr) m, jeu de go (fr) m
Georgian: გო (go)
German: Go (de) n
Greek: γκο (gko)
Hebrew: גו‎ (he) m
Hindi: गो (hi) (go)
Hungarian: go (hu)
Icelandic: gó
Indonesian: igo, go
Italian: go (it) m
Japanese: 囲碁 (ja) (いご, igo), 碁 (ja) (ご, go)
Khmer: please add this translation if you can
Korean: 바둑 (ko) (baduk), 위기 (ko) (wigi)
Lao: please add this translation if you can
Latvian: go (lv)
Lithuanian: go (lt)
Macedonian: го (mk) m (go)
Malay: go (ms)
Malayalam: വെയ്ക്കി (veykki)
Middle Korean: 바독 (patwok)
Mongolian: го (mn) (go)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: go (no)
Persian: گو‎ (fa) (gô)
Polish: go (pl) n
Portuguese: go (pt) m
Romanian: go (ro)
Russian: го (ru) n (go)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: го̑

Roman: gȏ (sh)
Spanish: go (es) m
Swahili: Go
Swedish: go (sv) c
Tagalog: go (tl)
Tamil: வெய்ச்சி (veycci)
Thai: หมากล้อม (th) (màak-lɔ́ɔm), โกะ (th) (gò)
Tibetan: མིག་མངས་སྒོར་སྒོར (mig mangs sgor sgor)
Turkish: go (tr)
Urdu: گو‎ (go)
Vietnamese: cờ vây
Zhuang: please add this translation if you can

Anagrams

'og, O&G, O.G., OG, Og, og

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

(particle; preposition) ga, ge, gi, gu; gan, gon
(verb) gā, gān, ga, gaa, gah, gan, ge, gi, goo, goh, gou, gu

Etymology 1

Short form of gon (“to, towards”). Particle served originally as a preposition (prespositions gon, gan still do). Cognate to (particle/preposition) Alemannic German ga, ge, gi, gu, etc. From Middle High German gon (gan, gen), from Old High German gagan, from Proto-Germanic *gagin. Cognate to German gen (“to, towards”), gegen (“against, towards”), Dutch tegen, English gain, gain-, again, against, Icelandic gegn.

Not to be confused with the verb go (“to go”) (gaa, goo, etc.).

Pronunciation

(Swiss) IPA^(key): [ɡo], [ɡɔ]
Hyphenation: go

Particle

go

to (particle follows after verbs (such as go, come); placed before infinitive)
Synonyms: (in northern and western Switzerland dialects with certain verbs) cho, lah

I(ch) gang go (ga, ge, gi, gu) schaffe. ― I am going to work.

I(ch) gahn(e) go schaffe. ― I'm going to work.

I(ch) gang go schlaaffe. ― I am going to sleep.
- To definition
  ISO 639-1 language code for Tongan.
- Infinitive definition
  The infinitive mood or mode (a grammatical mood). (1 of 3 infinitive definitions)
- Cho definition
  ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Choctaw.
- Lah definition
  ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Lahnda.
- Ga definition
  ISO 639-1 language code for Irish.
- Ge definition
  The name of the Cyrillic script letter Г / г.
- Gi definition
  A martial arts uniform.
- Gu definition
  ISO 639-1 language code for Gujarati.

Preposition

go

(dated) to, towards (indicating a direction; nowaday often replaced by uf, nach)
Synonyms: uf, nach

I(ch) gang go (ga, gi, etc.) Bäärn. ― I'm going to Bern.

I(ch) gang go (ga, gi, etc.) Züri. ― I'm going to Zurich.
- Towards definition
  Alternative form of toward
- Uf definition
  clothing
- Nach definition
  after, past (later in time) (1 of 7 nach definitions)
to (used a verb preposition; in combination with verbs and often reduplicated. See particle for more)
(used as an auxiliary time verb for perfect (tense) sentences; placed after verb sii (“being”) and causing an omission of participle gange (“went”))
- Sii definition
  fish
- Gange definition
  To protect (the part of a fishing line next to a fishhook, or the hook itself) by winding it with wire. (1 of 2 gange definitions)

Etymology 2

Cognate to (verb) Alemannic German gon (“go”), ga, gan, etc. From Middle High German gān (gēn), from Old High German gān, (gēn), from Proto-West Germanic *gān, from Proto-Germanic *gāną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₁- (“to leave”). Cognate with German gehen, Low German gan, gahn, Dutch gaan, English go, Danish and Swedish gå.

Not to be confused with the particle/preposition go (“to, towards”) (ga, ge, etc.).

Pronunciation

(Swiss) IPA^(key): [ɡoː], [ɡɔː]
Hyphenation: go

Verb

go (goo, goh) (third-person singular simple present goht, past participle ggange, past subjunctive gieng, auxiliary sii)

to go, to walk, step (movement/motion indicating starting point, direction, aim and purpose)
- Step definition
  An advance or movement made from one foot to the other; a pace. (1 of 20 step definitions)
to go away, walk away , step away
- Walk Away definition
  To withdraw from a problematic situation. (1 of 4 walk away definitions)
- Away definition
  From a place, hence. (1 of 11 away definitions)
to enter; to step in(side), walk in(side), step in(side) (+ inne (“in(side)”) (ine (“id”)); a room, house, building)
- Enter definition
  To go or come into an enclosed or partially enclosed space. (1 of 14 enter definitions)
- Inne definition
  Obsolete form of inn.
- Ine definition
  ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-5 language code for Indo-European languages.
to be in motion, to work
Es muess go (ga, gaa, gah, goo, goh). ― It has to work (It must work).
- Be definition
  ISO 639-1 language code for Belarusian.
- Motion definition
  A state of progression from one place to another. (1 of 12 motion definitions)
to flow (indicating flow direction of a river, stream, creek)
- Flow definition
  Movement in people or things characterized with a continuous motion, involving either a non solid mass or a multitude. (1 of 11 flow definitions)

Related terms

(preposition, particle) gäg, gäge, goge, gogen
(preposition, particle, verb) gango, gang go

Arigidi

Adjective

go

tall
- Tall definition
  Having a vertical extent greater than the average. For example, somebody with a height of over 6 feet would generally be considered to be tall. (1 of 9 tall definitions)

References

B. Oshodi, The HTS (High Tone Syllable) in Arigidi: An Introduction, in the Nordic Journal of African Studies 20(4): 263–275 (2011)

Czech

Etymology

From Japanese 碁 (go), from Chinese 圍棋 / 围棋 (wéiqí).

Noun

go n

(board games) go

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Dutch

Etymology

From Japanese 碁 (go), from Chinese 圍棋 / 围棋 (wéiqí).

Pronunciation

Audio (file)
Rhymes: -oː

Noun

go n (uncountable)

(board games) go

Esperanto

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɡo]
Audio:
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Hyphenation: go

Noun

go (accusative singular go-on, plural go-oj, accusative plural go-ojn)

The name of the Latin-script letter G.
- G definition
  The seventh letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.

Finnish

Etymology

From Japanese 碁 (go).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡoː/, [ˈɡo̞ː]

Noun

go

go (game)

Declension

Inflection of go (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation)
nominative		go	got
genitive		gon	goiden goitten
partitive		gota	goita
illative		gohon	goihin
		singular	plural
nominative		go	got
accusative	nom.	go	got
accusative	gen.	gon	got
genitive		gon	goiden goitten
partitive		gota	goita
inessive		gossa	goissa
elative		gosta	goista
illative		gohon	goihin
adessive		golla	goilla
ablative		golta	goilta
allative		golle	goille
essive		gona	goina
translative		goksi	goiksi
abessive		gotta	goitta
instructive		—	goin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of go (type rosé)

first-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		goni	goni
accusative	nom.	goni	goni
accusative	gen.	goni	goni
genitive		goni	goideni goitteni
partitive		gotani	goitani
inessive		gossani	goissani
elative		gostani	goistani
illative		gohoni	goihini
adessive		gollani	goillani
ablative		goltani	goiltani
allative		golleni	goilleni
essive		gonani	goinani
translative		gokseni	goikseni
abessive		gottani	goittani
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	goineni

second-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		gosi	gosi
accusative	nom.	gosi	gosi
accusative	gen.	gosi	gosi
genitive		gosi	goidesi goittesi
partitive		gotasi	goitasi
inessive		gossasi	goissasi
elative		gostasi	goistasi
illative		gohosi	goihisi
adessive		gollasi	goillasi
ablative		goltasi	goiltasi
allative		gollesi	goillesi
essive		gonasi	goinasi
translative		goksesi	goiksesi
abessive		gottasi	goittasi
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	goinesi

first-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		gomme	gomme
accusative	nom.	gomme	gomme
accusative	gen.	gomme	gomme
genitive		gomme	goidemme goittemme
partitive		gotamme	goitamme
inessive		gossamme	goissamme
elative		gostamme	goistamme
illative		gohomme	goihimme
adessive		gollamme	goillamme
ablative		goltamme	goiltamme
allative		gollemme	goillemme
essive		gonamme	goinamme
translative		goksemme	goiksemme
abessive		gottamme	goittamme
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	goinemme

second-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		gonne	gonne
accusative	nom.	gonne	gonne
accusative	gen.	gonne	gonne
genitive		gonne	goidenne goittenne
partitive		gotanne	goitanne
inessive		gossanne	goissanne
elative		gostanne	goistanne
illative		gohonne	goihinne
adessive		gollanne	goillanne
ablative		goltanne	goiltanne
allative		gollenne	goillenne
essive		gonanne	goinanne
translative		goksenne	goiksenne
abessive		gottanne	goittanne
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	goinenne

third-person possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		gonsa	gonsa
accusative	nom.	gonsa	gonsa
accusative	gen.	gonsa	gonsa
genitive		gonsa	goidensa goittensa
partitive		gotaan gotansa	goitaan goitansa
inessive		gossaan gossansa	goissaan goissansa
elative		gostaan gostansa	goistaan goistansa
illative		gohonsa	goihinsa
adessive		gollaan gollansa	goillaan goillansa
ablative		goltaan goltansa	goiltaan goiltansa
allative		golleen gollensa	goilleen goillensa
essive		gonaan gonansa	goinaan goinansa
translative		gokseen goksensa	goikseen goiksensa
abessive		gottaan gottansa	goittaan goittansa
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	goineen goinensa

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡo/
Rhymes: -o

Etymology 1

From Japanese 碁 (go), from Chinese 圍棋 / 围棋 (wéiqí).

Noun

go m (plural go)

go (board game)
Synonym: jeu de go

Etymology 2

Noun

go m (plural gos)

Alternative form of gau
- Gau definition
  A prayer box or small container worn as jewelry and containing an amulet or similar item.

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Bambara go, itself from French gosse.

Noun

go f (plural go or gos)

(Ivory Coast, France) girlfriend
- Ivory Coast definition
  (1 of 2 Ivory Coast definitions)
- France definition
  (1 of 5 France definitions)
- Girlfriend definition
  A female partner in an unmarried romantic relationship. (1 of 4 girlfriend definitions)
(Senegal, France) girl, chick
- 1998, “Agrévolution”, in Ol Kainry (lyrics), Ce n’est que l’début, performed by Agression Verbale:
  Georgetown pète le champagne, y’a du son, y’a des go et le sunshine
  Tu vois y’a pas de fringues, en caleçon et débardeurs
  Avec une bande de démarreurs, des go qui me disent “t’es speed comme Schumacher”
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- Senegal definition
  A river in West Africa. (1 of 3 Senegal definitions)
- Girl definition
  A young female human and sometimes young females of other animals. (1 of 14 girl definitions)
- Chick definition
  A young bird. (1 of 6 chick definitions)

Synonyms

fille
meuf

Hungarian

Etymology

From Japanese 碁 (go), though it is usually called 囲碁 (igo) in Japanese.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈɡoː]
Rhymes: -ɡoː

Noun

go (plural gók)

(board games) go

Declension

Inflection of go
	singular	plural
nominative	go	gók
accusative	gót	gókat
dative	gónak	góknak
instrumental	góval	gókkal
causal-final	góért	gókért
translative	góvá	gókká
terminative	góig	gókig
essive-formal	góként	gókként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	góban	gókban
superessive	gón	gókon
adessive	gónál	góknál
illative	góba	gókba
sublative	góra	gókra
allative	góhoz	gókhoz
elative	góból	gókból
delative	góról	gókról
ablative	gótól	góktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	góé	góké
non-attributive possessive - plural	góéi	gókéi

Possessive forms of go
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	góm	góim
2nd person sing.	gód	góid
3rd person sing.	gója	gói
1st person plural	gónk	góink
2nd person plural	gótok	góitok
3rd person plural	gójuk	góik

Derived terms

gózik
gotábla

Indonesian

Etymology

From the Japanese 碁 (go) character, though it is usually called 囲碁 (igo) in Japanese.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡo/
Hyphenation: go

Noun

go (first-person possessive goku, second-person possessive gomu, third-person possessive gonya)

(board games) A strategic board game, originally from China, in which two players (black and white) attempt to control the largest area of the board with their counters.

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish co, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“next to, at, with, along”). Cognate with German ge- (“with”) (collective prefix) and gegen (“toward, against”), English gain-, Spanish con (“with”), Russian ко (ko, “to”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡɔ/, /ɡə/

Conjunction

go (triggers eclipsis, takes dependent form of irregular verbs)

that (used to introduce a subordinate clause)
Deir sé go bhfuil deifir air. ― He says that he is in a hurry.
- That definition
  Introducing a clause that is the subject or object of a verb (such as one involving reported speech), or which is a complement to a previous statement. (1 of 8 that definitions)
- Subordinate Clause definition
  A clause that cannot stand alone as a sentence, but functions as either a noun, adjective or adverb in a sentence.
- Deifir definition
  hurry (rushed action)
used to introduce a subjunctive hortative
Go gcuidí Dia leo. ― May God help them.

Go maire tú é! ― May you live to enjoy it!

Go raibh maith agat. ― Thank you. (literally, “May you have good.”)
- Cuidigh definition
  to help [+le] (1 of 2 cuidigh definitions)
- Dia definition
  A language spoken in Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea.
until, till
Synonym: go dtí go

Fan go dtiocfaidh sé. ― Wait until he comes.
- Until definition
  Up to the time of (something happening). (1 of 4 until definitions)
- Till definition
  Until; to, up to; as late as (a given time). (1 of 4 till definitions)
- Go Dtí Go definition
  until

Related terms

(introducing subordinate clause; until):
- gur (for past tenses)
- nach (for negated clauses)
- nár (for past tenses in negated clauses)
(introducing subjunctive hortative): nár (for a negative wish)

Preposition

go (plus dative, triggers h-prothesis)

to (with places), till, until
dul go Meiriceá ― to go to America

Fáilte go hÉirinn ― Welcome to Ireland

go leor ― enough, plenty, galore (literally, “until plenty”)

go fóill ― still, yet, till later, in a while, later on

Usage notes

In the meaning "to", used with place names that do not start with the definite article. Place names that do start with the definite article use go dtí instead. In a few fixed phrases, the archaic form gos is used.

Synonyms

go dtí

Particle

go (triggers h-prothesis)

used to make temporary state adverbs
D’ith sé go maith. ― He ate well.

Shiúlaíodar go mall. ― They walked slowly.

go feargach ― angrily
- Adverb definition
  A word that modifies a verb, adjective, other adverbs, or various other types of words, phrases, or clauses. (1 of 2 adverb definitions)
used to make predicative adjectives expressing an opinion or value judgment
Tá an t-anraith seo go maith. ― This soup is good.

Bhí a mac go hálainn. ― Her son was beautiful.

Ní raibh an film go huafásach. ― The film wasn't awful.
- Predicative definition
  Modifying a noun while in a predicate phrase, which predicate phrase is other than the noun phrase and occurs after a verb, as a predicate; contrasted with attributive.
- Adjective definition
  (1 of 3 adjective definitions)
- Opinion definition
  A belief, judgment or perspective that a person has formed, either through objective or subjective reasoning, about a topic, issue, person or thing. (1 of 6 opinion definitions)
- Value Judgment definition
  A judgment of the rightness or wrongness of something, based on a particular set of values or on a particular value system.

Usage notes

Only used with predicate adjectives expressing a value judgment like "good/bad", "beautiful/ugly" etc. Other predicate adjectives do not take a particle:

Tá an t-anraith seo te. ― This soup is hot.

Bhí a mac ard. ― Her son was tall.

Ní raibh an film fada. ― The film wasn't long.

Italian

Etymology

From Japanese 碁 (go), from Chinese 圍棋 / 围棋 (wéiqí).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔ/^*, /ˈɡo/^*^[1]
Rhymes: -ɔ, -o
Hyphenation: gò, gó

Noun

go m (uncountable)

(board games) go

References

^ go in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Iu Mien

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *qʷuw (“far”), from Chinese 迂 (OC *qʷ(r)a, *[ɢ]ʷ(r)a). Cognate with White Hmong deb and Western Xiangxi Miao [Fenghuang] ghoub.

Adjective

go

far, distant
- Far definition
  Distant; remote in space. (1 of 7 far definitions)
- Distant definition
  Far off (physically, logically or mentally). (1 of 2 distant definitions)

Japanese

Romanization

go

Rōmaji transcription of ご
- Romaji definition
  A representation of Japanese in Latin script.
- ご definition
  the hiragana syllable ご (go). Its equivalent in katakana is ゴ (go).
Rōmaji transcription of ゴ
- ゴ definition
  the katakana syllable ゴ (go). Its equivalent in hiragana is ご (go).

Lhao Vo

Alternative forms

go:

Etymology

Cognate with Burmese ကာ (ka, “shield”).

Noun

go

shield
- Shield definition
  Anything that protects or defends; defense; shelter; protection.
  1. A broad piece of defensive armor, held in hand, formerly in general use in war, for the protection of the body.
  2. One who protects or defends.
  3. In lichens, a hardened cup or disk surrounded by a rim and containing the fructification, or asci.
  4. A framework used to protect workmen in making an adit under ground, and capable of being pushed along as excavation progresses.
  5. A field of energy that protects or defends.
  (1 of 17 shield definitions)

References

Dr. Ola Hanson, A Dictionary of the Kachin Language (1906).

Middle English

Verb

go

Alternative form of gon (“to go”)
- Gon definition
  ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Gondi. (1 of 2 gon definitions)

Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

From English go

Verb

go

to go
Im no go go wia wahala dey ― She will not go where there is trouble

Particle

go

Used to express the future tense, will
Im no go dey dia ― He will not be there
- Future definition
  The time ahead; those moments yet to be experienced. (1 of 8 future definitions)
- Will definition
  Used to express the future tense, sometimes with some implication of volition when used in the first person. Compare shall. (1 of 8 will definitions)

Northern Sami

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

(Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈko/

Conjunction

go

when
- When definition
  At what time? At which time? Upon which occasion or circumstance? Used to introduce direct or indirect questions about time. (1 of 5 when definitions)
when, as
- As definition
  Symbol for attosecond, an SI unit of time equal to 10 seconds. (1 of 3 as definitions)
since, because
- Since definition
  From a specified time in the past.
- Because definition
  For the reason . (1 of 3 because definitions)
(in comparisons) than
- Than definition
  Used in comparisons, to introduce the basis of comparison. (1 of 2 than definitions)

Ojibwe

Alternative forms

igo, igwa

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Particle

go

emphasis marker
Mii sa go ozhiitaawaad igo.
They were getting ready.

References

The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/main-entry/go-pc-disc

Pali

Alternative forms

𑀕𑁄 (Brahmi script)
गो (Devanagari script)
গো (Bengali script)
ගො (Sinhalese script)
ဂေါ or ၷေႃ (Burmese script)
โค (Thai script)
ᨣᩮᩤ (Tai Tham script)
ໂຄ (Lao script)
គោ (Khmer script)
𑄉𑄮 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit गो (go).

Noun

go m or f

cow, ox, bull
- Cow definition
  (1 of 16 cow definitions)
- Ox definition
  An adult castrated male of cattle (B. taurus), especially when used as a beast of burden. (1 of 2 ox definitions)
- Bull definition
  An adult male of domesticated cattle or oxen.
  1. Specifically, one that is uncastrated.
  2. Any bovine of an aggressive or long-horned breed regardless of age and sex.
  (1 of 18 bull definitions)

Declension

Declension table of "go" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	go	gavo or gāvo
Accusative (second)	gavaṃ or gāvuṃ or gāvaṃ	gavo or gāvo
Instrumental (third)	gavena or gāvena	gohi or gobhi
Dative (fourth)	gavassa or gāvassa	gunnaṃ or gavaṃ or gonaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	gavasmā or gavamhā or gavā or gāvā or gāvasmā or gāvamhā	gohi or gobhi
Genitive (sixth)	gavassa or gāvassa	gunnaṃ or gavaṃ or gonaṃ
Locative (seventh)	gavasmiṃ or gavamhi or gave or gāve or gāvasmiṃ or gāvamhi	gavesu or gāvesu or gosu
Vocative (calling)	go	gavo or gāvo

Derived terms

gāvī

Pijin

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Etymology

From English go.

Verb

go

to go; to leave; to go to; to go toward
- 1988, Geoffrey Miles White, Bikfala faet: olketa Solomon Aelanda rimembarem Wol Wo Tu‎^[14], page 75:
  Bihaen hemi finisim skul blong hem, hemi go minista long sios long ples blong hem long 'Areo.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- Toward definition
  In the direction of. (1 of 4 toward definitions)

Polish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡɔ/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -ɔ
Syllabification: go

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronoun

go m

genitive/accusative singular mute of on
Widzisz go? ― Can you see him?
- On definition
  In the state of being active, functioning or operating. (1 of 11 on definitions)

Pronoun

go n

genitive singular mute of ono
- Ono definition
  Abbreviation of or nearest offer. (1 of 2 ono definitions)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Japanese 碁 (go).

Noun

go n (indeclinable)

go

Portuguese

Etymology

From Japanese 碁 (go), from Chinese 圍棋 / 围棋 (wéiqí).

Noun

go m (uncountable)

(board games) go (Chinese strategy board game)

Salar

Alternative forms

gau, gavu

Etymology

Borrowed from Amdo Tibetan [script needed] (go, “door”). Related to 口 (kǒu). Unrelated to Turkish kapı, Uyghur [script needed] (qovuq).

Pronunciation

(Chahandusi, Jiezi, Gaizi, Qingshui, Mengda, Hanbahe, Baizhuang, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA^(key): [koː]
(Mengda, Xunhua, Qinghai, Ili, Yining, Xinjiang) IPA^(key): [qoː]
(Qingshui, Baizhuang, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA^(key): [ko]

Noun

go

door
- Door definition
  A portal of entry into a building, room, or vehicle, typically consisting of a rigid plane movable on a hinge. It may have a handle to help open and close, a latch to hold it closed, and a lock that ensures it cannot be opened without a key. (1 of 8 door definitions)

References

Potanin, G.N. (1893), “go”, in Тангутско-Тибетская окраина Китая и Центральная Монголия (in Russian)
Kakuk, S. (1962). “Un Vocabulaire Salar.” Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 14, no. 2: 173–96. [15]
Tenishev, Edhem (1976), “go”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, pages 385, 463
林 (Lin), 莲云 (Lianyun) (1985), “go”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar], Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, →OCLC, page 113
Yakup, Abdurishid (2002), “go”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon, Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 107
Ma, Chengjun; Han, Lianye; Ma, Weisheng (December 2010), “go”, in 米娜瓦尔艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary], 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 231
马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2016), “go”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages - Salar Language Studies], 青海 (Qinghai): 国家社会科学基金项目 (National Social Science Foundation Project), page 274

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

gȏl (Croatia)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *golъ, from Proto-Indo-European *gelH- (“naked, bald”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡôː/

Adjective

gȏ (definite gȍlī, comparative gòlijī, Cyrillic spelling го̑)

(Bosnia, Serbia) naked, nude, bare
- Naked definition
  Bare, not covered by clothing. (1 of 15 naked definitions)
- Nude definition
  Without clothing or other covering of the skin; without clothing on the genitals or female nipples. (1 of 3 nude definitions)
- Bare definition
  Minimal; that is or are just sufficient. (1 of 11 bare definitions)

Declension

indefinite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		go	gola	golo
genitive		gola	gole	gola
dative		golu	goloj	golu
accusative	inanimate animate	go gola	golu	golo
vocative		go	gola	golo
locative		golu	goloj	golu
instrumental		golim	golom	golim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		goli	gole	gola
genitive		golih	golih	golih
dative		golim(a)	golim(a)	golim(a)
accusative		gole	gole	gola
vocative		goli	gole	gola
locative		golim(a)	golim(a)	golim(a)
instrumental		golim(a)	golim(a)	golim(a)

definite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		goli	gola	golo
genitive		golog(a)	gole	golog(a)
dative		golom(u/e)	goloj	golom(u/e)
accusative	inanimate animate	goli golog(a)	golu	golo
vocative		goli	gola	golo
locative		golom(e/u)	goloj	golom(e/u)
instrumental		golim	golom	golim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		goli	gole	gola
genitive		golih	golih	golih
dative		golim(a)	golim(a)	golim(a)
accusative		gole	gole	gola
vocative		goli	gole	gola
locative		golim(a)	golim(a)	golim(a)
instrumental		golim(a)	golim(a)	golim(a)

South Efate

Etymology

Probably related to Big Nambas ka-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡo/

Conjunction

go

and
- And definition
  As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other.
  1. Used simply to connect two noun phrases, adjectives or adverbs.
  2. Simply connecting two clauses or sentences.
  3. Introducing a clause or sentence which follows on in time or consequence from the first.
  4. Yet; but.
  5. Used to connect certain numbers: connecting units when they precede tens ; connecting tens and units to hundreds, thousands etc. (now often omitted in US); to connect fractions to wholes.
  6. Used to connect more than two elements together in a chain, sometimes to stress the number of elements.
  7. Connecting two identical elements, with implications of continued or infinite repetition.
  8. Introducing a parenthetical or explanatory clause.
  9. Introducing the continuation of narration from a previous understood point; also used alone as a question: ‘and so what?’.
  10. Used to connect two verbs where the second is dependent on the first: ‘to’. Used especially after come, go and try.
  11. Introducing a qualitative difference between things having the same name; "as well as other".
  12. Used to combine numbers in addition; plus (with singular or plural verb).
  (1 of 17 and definitions)

Spanish

Noun

go m (uncountable)

go (game)

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English go.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡo/

Verb

go

To go

Swedish

Adjective

go (comparative goare, superlative goast)

(colloquial) Alternative form of god (chiefly of taste)
Glassen var riktigt go
The ice cream was really tasty
- God definition
  A deity or supreme being; a supernatural, typically immortal, being with superior powers, to which personhood is attributed. (1 of 8 god definitions)
(colloquial) appealing, usually in a cozy, cuddly, cute, or charming way
Kudden var mjuk och go
The pillow was soft and cozy

Hennes kaniner är så goa
Her rabbits are so cute and sweet
- Appealing definition
  Having appeal; attractive.
- Cozy definition
  US standard spelling of cosy.
- Cuddly definition
  Suitable for cuddling; designed to be cuddled. (1 of 2 cuddly definitions)
- Cute definition
  Possessing physical features, behaviors, personality traits or other properties that are mainly attributed to infants and small or cuddly animals; e.g. fair, dainty, round, and soft physical features, disproportionately large eyes and head, playfulness, fragility, helplessness, curiosity or shyness, innocence, affectionate behavior. (1 of 6 cute definitions)
- Charming definition
  Pleasant, charismatic. (1 of 2 charming definitions)

Declension

Inflection of go
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative²
Common singular	go	goare	goast
Neuter singular	gott	goare	goast
Plural	goa	goare	goast
Masculine plural³	goe	goare	goast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular¹	goe	goare	goaste
All	goa	goare	goaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

Noun

go n

(colloquial) go (initiative, perseverance, etc.)
Synonym: jävlar anamma

Det är inget go i honom
There's no go in him
- Jävlar Anamma definition
  fighting spirit, grit, vigor, go

Noun

go

(board games) go

References

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English go.

Verb

go

go, leave

Tyap

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡəu/

Verb

go

to maintain, nurture, incubate
- Maintain definition
  To keep up; to preserve; to uphold (a state, condition etc.). (1 of 4 maintain definitions)
- Nurture definition
  The act of nourishing or nursing; tender care (1 of 3 nurture definitions)
- Incubate definition
  To brood, raise, or maintain eggs, organisms, or living tissue through the provision of ideal environmental conditions. (1 of 2 incubate definitions)

Venetian

Verb

go

first-person singular present indicative of gaver
- Gaver definition
  indefinite plural of gave

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ɣɔ˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ɣɔ˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ɣɔ˧˧]

Etymology 1

Noun

go • (𩸰)

(Northern Vietnam) gills
- 1920, François Chaize [Cố Thịnh], “Phần II. Hạng vật có xương sống (Vertébrés)”, in Địa cầu vạn vật luận - Động vật (Histoire naturelle - zoologie):
  4° Lớp ếch nhái ( Batraciens ) Có máu lạnh; lái tim có 3 ngăn; vật ấy hoá hình, lúc bé có go để thở dưới nước rồi thay go lấy phổi để thở trong khí giời; có da trơn trụi lông; thường có 4 chân; hầu hết đẻ trứng.
  4° Amphibians ( Batraciens ) are ectothermic; they have three-chambered hearts and undergo metamorphosis, as when they are juvenile, they have gills to breathe underwater but lose their gills for lungs in order to breathe air; their skin is smooth and furless; they are often quadruped; most are oviparous.
- 1920, Nguyễn Can Mộng, “Bài 50”, in Nam học Hán văn khoá bản:
  鰓 Tai = go cá, ouïes.
  鰓 Tai = fish gills, ouïes.
- Gills definition
  plural of gill
- Lái Tim definition
  northern Vietnam form of trái tim (“heart”)
- Giời definition
  northern Vietnam form of trời (“sky”)

Etymology 2

Noun

go • (𦁣)

woof, weft
- Woof definition
  The set of yarns placed crosswise in a loom, interlaced with the warp, carried by the shuttle; weft. (1 of 3 woof definitions)
- Weft definition
  The horizontal threads that are interlaced through the warp in a woven fabric. (1 of 3 weft definitions)

Volapük

Adverb

go

absolutely
- Absolutely definition
  In an absolute or unconditional manner; utterly, positively, wholly. (1 of 2 absolutely definitions)

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh gwo-, from Old Welsh guo-, from Proto-Brythonic *gwo-, from Proto-Celtic *uɸo- (“under”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡoː/

Adverb

go (causes soft mutation)

pretty, a bit, fairly
- Pretty definition
  Pleasant to the sight or other senses; attractive, especially of women or children. (1 of 7 pretty definitions)
- A Bit definition
  To a small extent; in a small amount. (1 of 4 a bit definitions)
- Fairly definition
  In a fair manner; fair; not biased or skewed or favouring a certain party (1 of 7 fairly definitions)

Derived terms

go iawn (“real, proper”)
go lew (“decent, alright”)

Yola

Etymology 1

Verb

go

Alternative form of goeth (“goes”)
- 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 2:
  Ha deight ouse var gabble, tell ee zin go t'glade.
  You have put us in talk, 'till the sun goes to set.
- Goeth definition
  third-person singular simple present indicative of go

Etymology 2

Verb

go

Alternative form of goe (“to go”)
- 1867, “VERSES IN ANSWER TO THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 2:
  Go gaame abuth Forth, thou unket saalvache.
  Go, make game about Forth, thou uncouth sloven.
- Goe definition
  Archaic spelling of go.

References

Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 84 & 100

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡò/

Verb

gò

to cover or put something in a coop; usually referring to birds
ó go adìẹ náà ― She put the chicken in a coop
- Cover definition
  A lid. (1 of 19 cover definitions)
- Put definition
  To place something somewhere. (1 of 12 put definitions)
- Coop definition
  A basket, pen or enclosure for birds or small animals. (1 of 4 coop definitions)
- Birds definition
  plural of bird

Usage notes

go before a direct object

Derived terms

àgò (“coop”)

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

ga (SY)
gọn (Ìjẹ̀bú)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡō/

Verb

go

(Ondo, Ifẹ, Ikalẹ) to be tall
Ulí yí Olú kọ́ go ― The house Olu built is tall (Oǹdó)

Zhuang

Pronunciation

(Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /ko˨˦/
Tone numbers: go¹
Hyphenation: go

Etymology 1

From Chinese 棵.

Classifier

go (1957–1982 spelling go)

Used with plants.

Etymology 2

From Middle Chinese 歌 (kɑ).

Noun

go (1957–1982 spelling go)

song
- Song definition
  (1 of 9 song definitions)

Etymology 3

From Middle Chinese 哥 (kɑ).

Noun

go (1957–1982 spelling go)

elder brother
Synonyms: (dialectal) goq, (dialectal) goj
- Elder Brother definition
  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see older,‎ brother. (This entry is a translation hub.)
- Goq definition
  peel, skin, shell
- Goj definition
  a goy, gentile in the Jewish sense of ethnic non-Jew (1 of 2 goj definitions)
male relative outside of one's nuclear family, of the same generation, and older than oneself; brother-in-law or cousin
- Male definition
  Belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or to the gender which is typically associated with it. (1 of 6 male definitions)
- Relative definition
  Connected to or depending on something else; comparative. (1 of 6 relative definitions)
- Nuclear Family definition
  A family unit consisting of two parents (traditionally a mother and a father) and their children.
- Generation definition
  The act of creating something or bringing something into being; production, creation. (1 of 12 generation definitions)
- Brother-In-Law definition
  A male relative of one's generation, separated by one degree of marriage:
  1. The brother of one's spouse.
  2. The husband of one's sibling.
  (1 of 6 brother-in-law definitions)
- Cousin definition
  The child of a person's uncle or aunt; a first cousin. (1 of 6 cousin definitions)

Etymology 4

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Particle

go (1957–1982 spelling go)

Used sentence-finally to express certainty or decisiveness.
Synonym: (dialectal) goh
- Goh definition
  ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Old High German.

[1] Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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Contents

go

Overview

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Verb

Move definition

Fare definition

Tread definition

Draw definition

Drift definition

Wend definition

Cross definition

Freeze definition

Halt definition

Remain definition

Stand Still definition

Stay definition

Stop definition

Space definition

Travel definition

Time definition

Time Travel definition

Go Back definition

Navigate definition

Leave definition

Depart definition

Exit definition

Go Away definition

Go Out definition

Come definition

Arrive definition

Approach definition

Walk definition

Work definition

Function definition

Operate definition

Start definition

On Your Marks, Get Set, Go definition

On Your Marks definition

Turn definition

Game definition

Attend definition

Proceed definition

Foolish definition

Follow definition

Extend definition

Lead definition

Copular Verb definition

Become definition

Change definition

Into definition

Assume definition

Obligation definition

Continuous definition

Habitual definition

Turn Out definition

Result definition

Tend definition

Pass definition

Elapse definition

Go By definition

End definition

Disappear definition

Vanish definition

Dissipate definition

Hold definition

Spend definition

Use Up definition

Die definition

Cricket definition

Lose definition

Out definition

Collapse definition

Crumble definition

Disintegrate definition

Give Way definition

Break Down definition

Decay definition