go
/ɡoʊ/ verb A1- 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.) · Why don’t you go with us?· This train goes through Cincinnati on its way to Chicago.
- 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.) · 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.
- To navigate (to a file or folder on a computer, a site on the internet, a memory, etc.). · For the best definitions, go to wiktionary.org
- To move (a particular distance, or in a particular fashion). · We've only gone twenty miles today.· This car can go circles around that one.
- To move or travel in order to do something, or to do something while moving. · We went swimming.· Let's go shopping.
- To leave; to move away. · Please don't go!· I really must be going.
- To follow or proceed according to (a course or path). · Let's go this way for a while.· She was going that way anyway, so she offered to show him where it was.
- To travel or pass along. · We went the full length of the promenade before we found a place to sit down.· His life story goes the gamut, from poverty-stricken upbringing to colossal wealth.
Plural go · He/she/it goes · Past went · Past participle gone · -ing form going
Verb forms
- Base form
- go
- He/she/it
- goes
- Past
- went
- Past participle
- gone
- -ing form
- going
An irregular verb: learn its past and past participle by heart.
Phrasal verbs and expressions
- go about To busy oneself with.
- go after To pursue in attempt to catch another.
- go along Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, al...
- go around To move or spread from person to person.
- go away To depart or leave a place.
- go back To return to a place or state after having been there at ...
- go by To pass or go past without much interaction.
- go down To descend; to move from a higher place to a lower one.
- go down To alight; to get off from a vehicle.
- go in Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, in.
- go into To get involved in; to investigate or explore.
- go off To explode.
From the library
I had gone on the quay to match a piece of mulberry cloth, when I met friend Danglars.
“So, if you will allow me to join your party, I will also go to the Emerald City and ask Oz to help me.”
“No, no, my dear Edmond—my boy—my son!—no; but I did not expect you; and joy, the surprise of seeing you so suddenly—Ah, I feel as if I were going to die.”
Here I am back again, and we are going to be happy.”
Other matches
- go The act of going. B1
- go Working correctly and ready to commence operation C2
- go A strategic board game, originally from China a... C2
- go about To busy oneself with.
- go after To pursue in attempt to catch another.
- go along Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: ...
- go around To move or spread from person to person.
- go away To depart or leave a place.
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