Go definition

Etymology 1

Mainly representing , from , from . Cognate with Old High German . Past tense forms, however, have since the 15th century been replaced by forms from .

Detailed Wikipedia article on go’s etymology

Verb

To move from one place to another.

Why don’t you go with us?

This train goes to Chicago.
To leave; to move away.

Please don't go!

I really must be going.
To be given, especially to be assigned or allotted.

The property shall go to my wife.

The award went to Steven Spielberg.
To extend (from one point to another).

This property goes all the way to the state line.
To lead (in a direction).

Does this road go to Fort Smith?
To elapse.

The time went slowly.
To start.

Get ready, get set, go!
To resort (to).

I'll go to court if I have to.
To change from one value to another.

The price keeps going up.
To end or disappear.

After three days, my headache finally went.
To be spent or used up.

His money went on drink.
To be discarded.

This chair has got to go.
To be sold.

Everything must go.

The car went for five thousand dollars.
To die.
- 1. To collapse.
    - 1. To break down or decay.
        
        This meat is starting to go.
        
        My mind is going.
      2. To proceed (well or poorly).
        
        That went well.
        
        How are things going?
      3. To work (through or over), especially mentally.
        
        I've gone over this a hundred times.
        
        Let's not go into that right now.
      4. To search.
        
        Somebody went through my things while I was out.
      5. To tend or contribute toward a result.
        
        Well, that goes to show you.
        
        These experiences go to make us stronger.
      6. To fit.
        
        Do you think the sofa will go through the door?
        
        The belt just barely went around his waist.
      7. To be compatible, especially visually.
        
        This shade of red doesn't go with the drapes.
        
        They go together nicely, don't you think?
      8. To belong (somewhere).
        
        My shirts go on this side of the wardrobe.
        
        This piece of the jigsaw goes on the other side.
      9. To be expressed or composed (a certain way).
        
        The tune goes like this.
      10. To take a turn, especially in a game.
        
        It’s your turn; go.
      11. To attend.
        
        I go to school at the schoolhouse.
      12. To take up a profession.
        
        Gone for soldiers, every one.
        
        She's gone to be a teacher.
      13. To be in a state continuously.
        
        I don't want my children to go hungry.
        
        We went barefoot in the summer.
      14. To survive or get by.
        
        How long can you go without water?
        
        We've gone without your help for a while now.
      15. To move or travel in order to do something, or to do something while moving.
        
        We went swimming.
        
        Let's go shopping.
      16. 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.
      17. To date.
        
        How long having they been going together?
        
        He's been going with her for two weeks.
      18. To fight or attack.
        
        I went at him with a knife.
        
        To be pregnant (with).
        
        She goes with child.
        
        To work or function.
        
        The engine just won't go anymore.
        
        To have authority.
        
        Whatever the boss says goes, do you understand?
        
        To be valid or accepted.
        
        Anything goes around here.
        
        To be told; to circulate.
        
        There's a story going through the town about you.
        
        To be known or considered.
        
        That goes as murder in my book.
        
        He went by name of Sanders.
        
        To sound; to make a noise.
        
        I woke up just before the clock went.
        
        To urinate or defecate.
        
        I really need to go.
        
        Have you managed to go today, Mrs. Miggins?
        
        To do, especially to do something foolish.
        
        Why'd you have to go and do that?
        
        To walk.
        
        To be lost.
        
        To be out.
        
        To become. The adjective that follows usually describes a negative state.
        
        You'll go blind.
        
        I went crazy.
        
        After failing as a criminal, he decided to go straight.
        
        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.
        
        To take a particular part or share.
        
        Let's go halves on this.
        
        To bet or venture (an amount).
        
        I'll go a ten-spot.
        
        To yield or weigh.
        
        Those babies go five tons apiece.
        
        To follow (a course or path).
        
        Let's go this way for a while.
        
        To offer or bid an amount.
        
        That's as high as I can go.
        
        We could go two fifty.
        
        To make (a specified sound).
        
        Cats go meow.
        
        To enjoy.
        
        I could go a beer right about now.
        
        To have a certain record.
        
        They've gone one for three in this series.
        
        The team is going five in a row.
        
        To say (something). Often used in present tense.
        
        I go, "As if!" And she was all like, "Whatever!"
        
        To think or say to oneself.
        
        As soon as I did it, I went "that was stupid."
        
        To attack.
        
        Synonyms
        move, travel, wend, cross depart, leave, exit, go away, go out disappear, vanish, go away; end, dissipate crumble, collapse, disintegrate, give way function, work fit, pass, stretch, come, make it belong, have a place move, make one's move, take one’s turn become, turn, change into pee go out (with), date, see
        
        Antonyms
        freeze, halt, remain, stand still, stay, stop come, arrive, approach remain, stay, hold
        
        Noun
        
        A turn at something.
        
        You’ve been on it long enough—now let your brother have a go.
        
        A turn in a game.
        
        It’s your go.
        
        An attempt.
        
        I’ll give it a go.
        
        An approval to do something or a something that has been approved to do.
        
        We will begin as soon as the boss says it's a go.
        
        Etymology 2
        
        From the Japanese character 碁 (go), though it is usually called 囲碁 (igo) in Japanese.
        
        Noun
        
        A board game, originally from China, played in East Asia, mostly in China, Japan, and Korea.

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