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English [edit]

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Etymology 1 [edit]

From Middle English gon, goo, from Old English gān (“to go”), from Proto-Germanic *gāną (“to go”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰēh₁- (“to leave”). Cognate with Scots ga (“to go”), West Frisian gean (“to go”), Low German gan (“to go”), gahn, Dutch gaan (“to go”), German gehen (“to go”), Swedish gå (“to go”), Danish gå (“to go”). Compare also Albanian ngaj, Ancient Greek κιχάνω (kichanō, “to meet with, arrive at”), Avestan zazāmi, Sanskrit jáhāti).
Inherited past tense forms (compare Old English ēode), however, have since the 15th century been replaced by forms from Old English wendan (“to go, depart, wend”); this process is called suppletion.

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Verb [edit]

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

  1. (obsolete, intransitive) To walk; to fare on one's feet. [11th-19th c.]
    • 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XII:
      ‘As for that,’ seyde Sir Trystram, ‘I may chose othir to ryde othir to go.’
    • 1624, John Smith, Generall Historie, in Kupperman 1988, p. 129:
      Master Piercie our new President, was so sicke hee could neither goe nor stand.
  2. (intransitive) To move from one place to another. syn. ant. transl.
    Why don’t you go with us?
    This train goes to Chicago.
    Chris, where are you going?
  3. (intransitive) To leave; to move away. syn. ant.
    Please don't go!
    I really must be going.
  4. (intransitive) To be given, especially to be assigned or allotted.
    The property shall go to my wife.
    The award went to Steven Spielberg.
  5. (intransitive) To extend (from one point to another).
    This property goes all the way to the state line.
  6. (intransitive) To lead (in a direction).
    Does this road go to Fort Smith?
  7. (intransitive) To elapse.
    The time went slowly.
  8. (intransitive) To start.
    Get ready, get set, go!
    On your marks, get set, go!
    On your marks, set, go!
  9. To begin an action or process.
    Here goes nothing.
    Let's go and hunt.
  10. (intransitive) To resort (to).
    I'll go to court if I have to.
  11. (intransitive) To change from one value to another.
    The price keeps going up.
  12. (intransitive) To end or disappear. syn. transl.
    After three days, my headache finally went.
  13. (intransitive) To be spent or used up.
    His money went on drink.
  14. (intransitive) To be discarded.
    This chair has got to go.
  15. (intransitive) To be sold.
    Everything must go.
    The car went for five thousand dollars.
  16. (intransitive) To die.
    • 1997, John Wheatcroft, The Education of Malcolm Palmer[1], ISBN 0845348639, page 85:
      "Your father's gone." "Okay, okay, the Gaffer's kicked off. What happened?"
  17. (intransitive) To collapse. syn. transl.
  18. (intransitive) To break down or decay.
    This meat is starting to go.
    My mind is going.
  19. (intransitive) To proceed (often to indicate the perceived quality of an event or state).
    That went well.
    A: How are things going? B: Not bad, thanks.
  20. (intransitive) To work (through or over), especially mentally.
    I've gone over this a hundred times.
    Let's not go into that right now.
  21. (intransitive) To tend or contribute toward a result.
    Well, that goes to show you.
    These experiences go to make us stronger.
  22. (intransitive, often followed by a preposition) To fit. syn. transl.
    Do you think the sofa will go through the door?
    The belt just barely went around his waist.
  23. (intransitive) To be compatible, especially of colors or food and drink.
    This shade of red doesn't go with the drapes.
    White wine goes better with fish than red wine.
  24. (intransitive) To belong (somewhere). syn. transl.
    My shirts go on this side of the wardrobe.
    This piece of the jigsaw goes on the other side.
  25. To be expressed or composed (a certain way).
    The tune goes like this.
  26. (intransitive) To take a turn, especially in a game. syn. transl.
    It’s your turn; go.
  27. (intransitive) To attend.
    I go to school at the schoolhouse.
  28. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) (intransitive) To take up a profession.
    Gone for soldiers, every one.
    She's gone to be a teacher.
  29. (intransitive) To be in a state continuously.
    I don't want my children to go hungry.
    We went barefoot in the summer.
  30. (intransitive) To survive or get by; to last or persist for a stated length of time.
    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.
    • 2011 June 4, Phil McNulty, “England 2 - 2 Switzerland”, BBC:
      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.
  31. (intransitive) To move or travel in order to do something, or to do something while moving.
    We went swimming.
    Let's go shopping.
  32. (intransitive) To make an effort.
    You didn't have to go to such trouble.
    I never thought he'd go so far as to call you.
  33. (intransitive) To date. syn. transl.
    How long having they been going together?
    He's been going with her for two weeks.
  34. (intransitive) To fight or attack.
    I went at him with a knife.
    • 2002, Jayne Cobb, “Objects in Space”, Firefly episode:
      You wanna go, little man?
  35. (intransitive, of a machine) To work or function. syn. transl.
    The engine just won't go anymore.
  36. (intransitive) To have authority.
    Whatever the boss says goes, do you understand?
  37. (intransitive) To be valid or accepted.
    Anything goes around here.
    • 1503, “19 Henry VII. c. 5: Coin”, in A Collection of Statutes Connected with the General Administration of the Law[3], published 1836, page 158:
      […] every of them, being gold, whole and weight, shall go and be current in payment throughout this his realm for the sum that they were coined for.
  38. (intransitive) To be told; to circulate.
    There's a story going through the town about you.
  39. (intransitive) To be known or considered.
    That goes as murder in my book.
    He went by name of Sanders.
  40. (intransitive) To sound; to make a noise.
    I woke up just before the clock went.
  41. (intransitive, colloquial) To urinate or defecate. syn. transl.
    I really need to go.
    Have you managed to go today, Mrs. Miggins?
  42. (intransitive, colloquial, usually with "and") To do, especially to do something foolish.
    Why'd you have to go and do that?
  43. (intransitive, archaic) To walk.
    • 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.
  44. (intransitive, cricket, of a wicket) To be lost.
  45. (intransitive, cricket, of a batsman) To be out.
  46. (copula) To become. The adjective that follows usually describes a negative state. syn. transl.
    You'll go blind.
    I went crazy.
    After failing as a criminal, he decided to go straight.
  47. (transitive) To move for a particular distance or in a particular fashion.
    We've only gone twenty miles today.
    This car can go circles around that one.
  48. (transitive) To take a particular part or share.
    Let's go halves on this.
  49. (transitive) To bet or venture (an amount).
    I'll go a ten-spot.
  50. (transitive) To yield or weigh.
    Those babies go five tons apiece.
    • 1910, Ray Stannard Baker, Adventures in Friendship[4], page 182:
      This'll go three tons to the acre, or I'll eat my shirt.
  51. (transitive) To follow (a course or path).
    Let's go this way for a while.
    • 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!
  52. (transitive) To offer or bid an amount.
    That's as high as I can go.
    We could go two fifty.
  53. (transitive) To make (a specified sound). transl.
    Cats go meow.
  54. (transitive, colloquial) To enjoy.
    I could go a beer right about now.
  55. (transitive, sports) To have a certain record.
    They've gone one for three in this series.
    The team is going five in a row.
  56. (transitive, slang) To say (something). Often used in present tense. transl.
    I go, "As if!" And she was all like, "Whatever!"
  57. (transitive, slang) To think or say to oneself.
    As soon as I did it, I went "that was stupid."
  58. (transitive, Australian slang) To attack.
    • 1964, Robert Close, Love Me Sailor[5], 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.
Usage notes [edit]
  • Go, along with do, make, and to a lesser extent other English verbs, is often used as a substitute verb for a verb used previously or one that is implied, in the same way a pronoun substitutes for a noun. For example:
    Chris: Then he goes like this: (Chris waves arms around, implying the phrase means Then he moves his arms like this).
Quotations [edit]
Synonyms [edit]
Antonyms [edit]
Derived terms [edit]
Terms derived from go (verb)
Related terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
to move from a place to another that is further away def. syn. ant.
to disappear def. syn. ant.
to be destroyed def. syn.
of a machine, to work def. syn.
to fit def. syn.
to have as its/their proper place def. syn.
to take a turn def. syn.
to urinate def. syn.
to date def. syn.
to make (a specified sound) def.
slang: to say def.
to become def. syn.
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Noun [edit]

go (plural goes)

  1. A turn at something.
    You’ve been on it long enough—now let your brother have a go.
  2. (gaming) A turn in a game.
    It’s your go.
  3. An attempt.
    I’ll give it a go.
  4. An approval to do something, or that which has been approved.
    We will begin as soon as the boss says it's a go.
  5. 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 ...
  6. (slang, dated) A circumstance or occurrence; an incident.
    • 1839, Charles Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby, 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! […] .
  7. (dated) The fashion or mode.
    quite the go
  8. (dated) Noisy merriment.
    a high go
  9. (slang, archaic) A glass of spirits.
  10. Power of going or doing; energy; vitality; perseverance.
    There is no go in him.
  11. (cribbage) The situation where a player cannot play a card which will not carry the aggregate count above thirty-one.
Synonyms [edit]
Derived terms [edit]
terms derived from go (noun)
Translations [edit]
turn at something
turn in a game
attempt
approval
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Etymology 2 [edit]

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

Noun [edit]

go (uncountable)

  1. (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.
Synonyms [edit]
Translations [edit]
board game

Statistics [edit]

Anagrams [edit]

Czech [edit]

Noun [edit]

go n

  1. (board games) go

Dutch [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

go n (uncountable)

  1. (board games) go

Esperanto [edit]

Noun [edit]

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

  1. The name of the Latin script letter G/g.

See also [edit]

French [edit]

Noun [edit]

go m (invariable)

  1. go

Synonyms [edit]

Irish [edit]

Etymology [edit]

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

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: [ɡɔ], [ɡə]

Conjunction [edit]

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

  1. that (qualifier|used to introduce a subordinate clause}}
    Deir sé go bhfuil deifir air  — He says that he is in a hurry
  2. 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 (May you have good)
  3. until, till
    Fan go dtiocfaidh sé  — Wait until he comes

Synonyms [edit]

Related terms [edit]

  • (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 [edit]

go (prefixes "h" to vowels)

  1. to (with places), till, until
    dul go Meiriceá  — to go to America
    Fáilte go hÉirinn  — Welcome to Ireland
    go leor  — enough, plenty, galore (lit. until plenty)
    go fóill  — still, yet, till later, in a while, later on

Synonyms [edit]

Particle [edit]

go (prefixes "h" to vowels)

  1. used to make temporary state adverbs and predicative adjectives
    D'ith sé go maith  — he ate well
    Shiúlaíodar go mall  — They walked slowly
    go feargach  — angrily
    Táim go maith  — I am well (cf. Is maith mé I am good)

Italian [edit]

Noun [edit]

go m

  1. (board games) go

Japanese [edit]

Romanization [edit]

go

  1. See ご
  2. See ゴ

Lojban [edit]

Cmavo [edit]

go

  1. (conjunction, logical connective) iff

Usage notes [edit]

  • This is a coordinating conjunction: a Lojban sentence of the form "go A gi B" corresponds to an English sentence of the form "A if and only if B".
  • This cmavo go is a logical connective and does not imply causation.
  • This is a so-called "forethought connective". Its corresponding "afterthought connective" is .ijo.

Derived terms [edit]

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Ojibwe [edit]

Particle [edit]

go

  1. just then
  2. indeed (expressing assurance, assertiveness, affirmation)
  3. formerly
  4. it was the custom to
  5. it used to be

Alternative forms [edit]

Pijin [edit]

Etymology [edit]

English go

Verb [edit]

go

  1. To go; to leave; to go to; to go toward
    • 1988, Geoffrey Miles White, Bikfala faet: olketa Solomon Aelanda rimembarem Wol Wo Tu[6], page 75:
      Bihaen hemi finisim skul blong hem, hemi go minista long sios long ples blong hem long 'Areo.


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Polish [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

Pronoun [edit]

go

  1. Genitve singular mute form of on
  2. Accusative singular mute form of on
    Widzisz go?
    Can you see him?
  3. Genitive singular mute form of ono

Etymology 2 [edit]

From Japanese 碁 (go)

Noun [edit]

go n (indeclinable)

  1. go

Serbo-Croatian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Proto-Slavic *golъ.

Alternative forms [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /ɡôːl/

Adjective [edit]

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

  1. (Bosnia, Serbia) naked, nude, bare

Declension [edit]

    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)

Sranan Tongo [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From English go (“to go”)

Verb [edit]

go

  1. To go

Tok Pisin [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From English go.

Verb [edit]

go

  1. go, leave

Vietnamese [edit]

Noun [edit]

go

  1. woof, weft

Volapük [edit]

Adverb [edit]

go

  1. absolutely
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