go

Plural: goes

Noun

• a time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
  • "it's my go"
• street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine
• a usually brief attempt
• a board game for two players who place counters on a grid; the object is to surround and so capture the opponent's counters
• The act of going.
• A turn at something, or in something (e.g. a game).
• An attempt, a try.
• A period of activity.
• A time; an experience.
• A circumstance or occurrence; an incident, often unexpected.
• An approval or permission to do something, or that which has been approved.
• An act; the working or operation.
• The fashion or mode.
• Noisy merriment.
• A glass of spirits; a quantity of spirits.
• A portion
• Power of going or doing; energy; vitality; perseverance.
• The situation where a player cannot play a card which will not carry the aggregate count above thirty-one.
• A dandy; a fashionable person.
• 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.

Verb

Verb Forms: went, gone, going, goes

• To move or proceed from one place or state to another.
• change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
  • "How fast does your new car go?"
• follow a procedure or take a course
  • "We should go farther in this matter"
  • "go about the world in a certain manner"
  • "Messages must go through diplomatic channels"
• move away from a place into another direction
  • "Go away before I start to cry"
• enter or assume a certain state or condition
  • "Get going!"
• be awarded; be allotted
  • "The first prize goes to Mary"
• have a particular form
  • "as the saying goes..."
• stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
  • "His knowledge doesn't go very far"
• follow a certain course
  • "how did your interview go?"
• be abolished or discarded
  • "These ugly billboards have to go!"
  • "These luxuries all had to go under the Khmer Rouge"
• be or continue to be in a certain condition
• make a certain noise or sound
• perform as expected when applied
  • "The washing machine won't go unless it's plugged in"
• to be spent or finished
  • "The money had gone after a few days"
• progress by being changed
  • "The speech has to go through several more drafts"
• continue to live through hardship or adversity
• pass, fare, or elapse; of a certain state of affairs or action
  • "How is it going?"
  • "The day went well until I got your call"
• pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
• be in the right place or situation
  • "Let's put health care where it belongs--under the control of the government"
  • "Where do these books go?"
• be ranked or compare
  • "This violinist is as good as Juilliard-trained violinists go"
• begin or set in motion
  • "Ready, set, go!"
• have a turn; make one's move in a game
  • "Can I go now?"
• be contained in
  • "How many times does 18 go into 54?"
• be sounded, played, or expressed
  • "How does this song go again?"
• blend or harmonize
  • "This sofa won't go with the chairs"
• lead, extend, or afford access
  • "This door goes to the basement"
• be the right size or shape; fit correctly or as desired
• go through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way
• be spent
• give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number
• stop operating or functioning
• To move, either physically or in an abstract sense:
• To move through space (especially to or through a place). (May be used of tangible things such as people or cars, or intangible things such as moods or information.)
• To move, either physically or in an abstract sense:
• 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.)
• To move, either physically or in an abstract sense:
• To navigate (to a file or folder on a computer, a site on the internet, a memory, etc).
• To move, either physically or in an abstract sense:
• To move (a particular distance, or in a particular fashion).
• To move, either physically or in an abstract sense:
• To move or travel in order to do something, or to do something while moving.
• To move, either physically or in an abstract sense:
• To leave; to move away.
• To move, either physically or in an abstract sense:
• To follow or proceed according to (a course or path).
• To move, either physically or in an abstract sense:
• To travel or pass along.
• To move, either physically or in an abstract sense:
• To walk; to travel on one's feet.
• To work or function (properly); to move or perform (as required).
• To start; to begin (an action or process).
• To take a turn, especially in a game.
• To attend.
• To proceed:
• To proceed (often in a specified manner, indicating the perceived quality of an event or state).
• To proceed:
• To proceed (especially to do something foolish).
• To extend along.
• To extend (from one point in time or space to another).
• To lead (to a place); to give access (to).
• To become, move to or come to (a state, position, situation)
• To become. (The adjective that follows often, but not always, describes a negative state.)
• To become, move to or come to (a state, position, situation)
• To move to (a position or state).
• To become, move to or come to (a state, position, situation)
• To come (to a certain condition or state).
• To change (from one value to another).
• To assume the obligation or function of; to be, to serve as.
• To continuously or habitually be in a state.
• To turn out, to result; to come to (a certain result).
• To tend (toward a result)
• To contribute to a (specified) end product or result.
• To pass, to be used up:
• To elapse, to pass; to slip away. (Compare go by.)
• To pass, to be used up:
• To end or disappear. (Compare go away.)
• To pass, to be used up:
• To be spent or used up.
• To die.
• To be lost or out:
• To be lost.
• To be lost or out:
• To be out.
• To break down or apart:
• To collapse or give way, to break apart.
• To break down or apart:
• To break down or decay.
• To be sold.
• To be discarded or disposed of.
• To be given, especially to be assigned or allotted.
• To survive or get by; to last or persist for a stated length of time.
• To have a certain record.
• To be authoritative, accepted, or valid:
• Of an opinion or instruction, to have (final) authority; to be authoritative.
• To be authoritative, accepted, or valid:
• To be accepted.
• To be authoritative, accepted, or valid:
• To be valid or applicable.
• To say (something), to make a sound:
• To say (something, aloud or to oneself).
• To say (something), to make a sound:
• To make the (specified) sound.
• To say (something), to make a sound:
• To sound; to make a noise.
• To be expressed or composed (a certain way).
• To resort (to).
• To apply or subject oneself to:
• To apply oneself; to undertake; to have as one's goal or intention. (Compare be going to.)
• To apply or subject oneself to:
• To make an effort, to subject oneself (to something).
• To apply or subject oneself to:
• To work (through or over), especially mentally.
• To fit (in a place, or together with something):
• To fit.
• To fit (in a place, or together with something):
• To be compatible, especially of colors or food and drink.
• To fit (in a place, or together with something):
• To belong (somewhere).
• To fit (in a place, or together with something):
• Of a ball, to be capable of being potted, not having its path to the pocket obstructed by other balls.
• To date.
• To (begin to) date or have sex with (a particular race).
• To attack:
• To fight or attack.
• To attack:
• To fight.
• To attack:
• To attack.
• Used to express how some category of things generally is, as a reference for, contrast to, or comparison with, a particular example.
• To take (a particular part or share); to participate in to the extent of.
• To yield or weigh.
• To offer, bid or bet an amount; to pay.
• To enjoy. (Compare go for.)
• To go to the toilet; to urinate or defecate.
• Expressing encouragement or approval.
• Clipping of go to the.
• To fight, usually with the fists.
• To pass (a specified time) in gestation; to be pregnant.

Adjective

• functioning correctly and ready for action
  • "all systems are go"

Adj

• Working correctly and ready to commence operation; approved and able to be put into action.

Examples

• "How are things going?" "Not bad, thanks."
• a high go
• After failing as a criminal, he decided to go straight.
• After three days, my headache finally went.
• All this old rubbish can go.
• Anything goes around here.
• As far as burgers go, this is one of the best.
• As soon as I did it, I went "that was stupid."
• As the story goes, he got the idea for the song while sitting in traffic.
• ate it all in one go
• Can you two go twenty minutes without arguing?!
• Careful! It looks as if that ceiling could go at any moment!
• Cats go "meow". Motorcycles go "vroom".
• Chris, where are you going?
• Do you think the sofa will go through the door?
• Does this road go to Fort Smith?
• Don't put your hand inside while the motor's going!
• Don't tell my Mum: she'll go ballistic.
• Fans want to see the Twelfth Doctor go to the 51st century to visit River in the library.
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• Go, girl! You can do it!
• Have you managed to go today, Mrs. Miggins?
• He just went and punched the guy.
• He went to pick it up, but it rolled out of reach.
• He'd like to pot the pink, but I don't think it will go. The green's in the way.
• He's been going with her for two weeks.
• He's going to leave town tomorrow.
• His life story goes the gamut, from poverty-stricken upbringing to colossal wealth.
• His money went on drink.
• How long can you go without water?
• How long have they been going together?
• I could go a beer right about now.
• I don't want my children to go hungry.
• I go to school at the schoolhouse.
• I go, "As if!" And she was all like, "Whatever!"
• I never thought he'd go so far as to call you.
• I really must be going.
• I really need to go.
• I want to go in my sleep.
• I went at him with a knife.
• I went crazy.
• I wish you'd go and get a job.
• I woke up just before the clock went.
• I'll go a ten-spot.
• I'll go him one better.
• I'll go you a shilling.
• I'm going to join a sports team.
• I've gone over this a hundred times.
• I've gone ten days now without a cigarette.
• I've got all vowels. I don't think I can go.
• If we can win on Saturday, we'll go top of the league.
• It’s your go.
• It’s your turn; go.
• I’ll give it a go.
• Let's go halves on this.
• Let's go shopping.
• Let's go this way for a while.
• Let's not go into that right now.
• My cat Fluffy is very timid, as cats go.
• My mind is going.
• My shirts go on this side of the wardrobe.
• Players must GO for the highest-scoring word, even if shorter, high-value plays exist in Scrabble.
• Please don't go!
• Please go and get me some envelopes.
• qualities that go to make a lady / lip-reader / sharpshooter
• quite the go
• She goes to sleep around 10 o'clock.
• She was going that way anyway, so she offered to show him where it was.
• She went to great expense to help them win.
• She went to Yale.
• She's 83; her eyesight is starting to go.
• Smith bowls ... Jones hits it straight up in the air ... and ... caught! Jones has gone!
• That went well.
• That's as high as I can go.
• The award went to Steven Spielberg.
• The baked beans can go on this shelf, and the same goes for all these other tins.
• The belt just barely went around his waist.
• The car went for five thousand dollars.
• The decision went the way we expected.
• The engine just won't go anymore.
• The fence goes the length of the boundary.
• The fight went the distance and was decided on points.
• The local shop wants to go digital, and eventually go global.
• The milk went bad.
• The nylon gears kept breaking, so we went to stainless steel.
• The property shall go to my wife.
• The rumour went all around town.
• The store is closing down so everything must go.
• The team is going five in a row.
• The third wicket went just before lunch.
• The time went slowly.
• The traffic light went straight from green to red.
• The tune goes like this.
• The video clip went viral.
• The working week goes from Monday to Friday.
• There is no go in him.
• There's no public transit where I'm going.
• These experiences go to make us stronger.
• They only go to church on Christmas.
• They went into debt.
• They went level with their rivals.
• They've gone one for three in this series.
• This car can go circles around that one.
• This chair has got to go.
• This piece of the jigsaw goes on the other side.
• This property goes all the way to the state line.
• This shade of red doesn't go with the drapes.
• This train goes through Cincinnati on its way to Chicago.
• Those babies go five tons apiece.
• We could go two fifty.
• We went barefoot in the summer.
• We went swimming.
• We went the full length of the promenade before we found a place to sit down.
• We will begin as soon as the boss says it's a go.
• We've gone without your help for a while now.
• We've only gone twenty miles today.
• Well, that goes to show you.
• Whatever the boss says goes, do you understand?
• White wine goes better with fish than red wine.
• Why don’t you go with us?
• Why'd you have to go and do that?
• Why'd you have to go do that?
• Workmen were coming and going at all hours of the night.
• Wow, look at him go!
• 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.
• You didn't have to go to such trouble.
• You said WHAT about my mom? Do you want to go, bro?
• You'll go blind.
• You've got thirty seconds to solve the anagram, starting now. Go!
• You’ve been on that pinball machine long enough—now let your brother have a go.

Synonyms

Adam, become, belong, blend, blend in, break, break down, buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, conk out, crack, cristal, croak, decease, depart, die, disco biscuit, drop dead, ecstasy, endure, exit, expire, extend, fail, fit, fling, function, get, get going, give out, give way, give-up the ghost, go away, go bad, go game, hold out, hold up, hug drug, kick the bucket, last, lead, live, live on, locomote, move, offer, operate, pass, pass away, perish, plump, pop off, proceed, rifle, run, run low, run short, snuff it, sound, spell, start, survive, tour, travel, turn, whirl, work, X, XTC, assume room temperature, attempt, auger in, baduk, bash, be called home, be gathered to one's fathers, be no more, be with Jesus, be with the Lord, bite the big one, bite the biscuit, bite the dust, boo-boo, break the seal, buy it, cack, cark it, cash in, check out, choke a darkie, close one's eyes for the last time, code, collapse, come, crap, cross, cross over, cross rainbow bridge, cross the Great Divide, cross the Styx, crumble, date, decompose, defecate, dematerialize, disappear, disincarnate, disintegrate, dissipate, do a number two, do one's ease, do one's easement, draw, draw one's last breath, drift, drite, drop a bomb, drop a chalupa, drop a deuce, drop anchor, drop off the hooks, drop the kids off at the pool, dung, ease oneself, end, energy, exrementize, fare, feceate, flair, flatline, forfare, gage, get to be like the one, give one's all, give up the ghost, go for a burton, go gentle into that good night, go out, go over to the majority, go the way of all flesh, go the way of the dinosaurs, go the way of the dodo, go the way of the dodo bird, go to glory, go to one's reward, go west, green light, grow, hand in one's checks, hand in one's dinner pail, harmonize, have a place, have a shit, hit the head, hop the twig, join the choir invisible, keel over, kick off, knock off, leave, liquidate, liveliness, lose my life for Jesus Christ, lose the number of one's mess, make it, make one's move, measure, meet one's doom, meet one's end, meet one's maker, micturate, mode, move one's bowels, pass in one's checks, pass in one's marble, pass on, pass over, pass the river, pass water, pay nature's debt, pay the debt of nature, pee, peg out, perseverance, piddle, pinch a loaf, pinch one off, piss, pizzazz, poo, pooh, poop, pop one's clogs, see, sharn, shart, shiss, shit, shite, shot, shuffle off this mortal coil, sink, slash, sleep with one's fathers, slip away, spirit, stab, stint, stool, stretch, style, succumb, take a crap, take a dirt nap, take a dump, take a leak, take a piss, take a shit, take a whiz, take one’s turn, take the Browns to the Super Bowl, tread, trend, try, turn up one's toes, uncoil, urinate, vanish, verve, vigour, vim, vitality, void, void one's bowels, wax, wee, wee wee, weiqi, wend, whiz, widdle, yield up the ghost, zest

Antonyms

be born, come, malfunction, no-go, stay in place, stop, approach, arrive, clash, freeze, halt, hold, remain, stand still, stay

Anagrams of go