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Verb [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-go by.wav [US] Forms: goes by [present, singular, third-person], going by [participle, present], went by [past], gone by [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|<goes,,went,gone>}} go by (third-person singular simple present goes by, present participle going by, simple past went by, past participle gone by)
  1. (intransitive) To pass or go past without much interaction. Tags: intransitive Translations (to pass by without paying attention to): labay (Cebuano), 路過 /路过 (lou⁶ gwo³) (Chinese Cantonese), 路過 /路过 (lùguò) (Chinese Mandarin), pasi (Esperanto), mennä ohi (Finnish), passer (French), ignorer (French), vorbeigehen (German), vorbeifahren (German), 擦れ違う (surechigau) (Japanese), praeterbito (Latin), praetereo (Latin), өнгөрөх (öngöröx) (Mongolian), nitkókni wá̄ka (Northern Ohlone), mijać [imperfective] (Polish), minąć [perfective] (Polish), passar (Portuguese), проходи́ть (proxodítʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), проходи́ть ми́мо (proxodítʹ mímo) (Russian), mimoići [Latin, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-go_by-en-verb-5c~m3zqN Synonyms: pass by, go by, fly by [idiomatic], forpass [obsolete], forthglide [obsolete], overgo [UK, dialectal], pass, pass by, roll on, slip by, transpass [obsolete] Disambiguation of 'to pass by without paying attention to': 82 2 4 13
  2. (transitive) To be called, to use as a name. Tags: transitive Translations (to be called, to use as a name): 称呼 (chēng hu) (Chinese Mandarin), nomiĝi (Esperanto), kutsua (Finnish), se faire appeler (French), mieć na imię [imperfective] (Polish), mieć na nazwisko [imperfective] (Polish), llamarlo (Spanish), hacerse llamar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-go_by-en-verb-J9zSQ-zM Disambiguation of 'to be called, to use as a name': 1 95 2 1
  3. (transitive, with gender pronouns as object) To suggest or request that other people use a specific set of gender pronouns when referring to the subject. Tags: transitive Synonyms: use
    Sense id: en-go_by-en-verb-drbRtcDi
  4. (transitive) To follow; to assume as true for the purposes of making a decision, taking an action, etc. Tags: transitive Synonyms: go off Translations (to follow; to assume as true for the purposes of making a decision, taking an action, etc.): sekvi (Esperanto), noudattaa (Finnish), suivre (French), se fier à (French), sądzić po [imperfective] (Polish), osądzać po [imperfective] (Polish), osądzić po [perfective] (Polish), сле́довать (slédovatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), inferir a partir de/según (Spanish), fiarse de (Spanish), guiarse por (Spanish), seguir (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-go_by-en-verb-yOPEhxRX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "by", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Cantonese translations, Terms with Cebuano translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Mongolian translations, Terms with Northern Ohlone translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 4 19 55 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "by": 24 8 17 52 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 23 9 18 49 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 22 4 16 58 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 3 16 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Cantonese translations: 24 14 16 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Cebuano translations: 24 15 15 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 23 12 16 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 24 14 16 46 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 25 14 17 44 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 24 14 16 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 23 12 16 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 23 12 16 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 29 11 19 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Mongolian translations: 24 12 17 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Northern Ohlone translations: 19 4 12 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 25 16 17 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 25 19 14 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 23 12 16 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 24 14 16 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 22 11 16 52 Disambiguation of 'to follow; to assume as true for the purposes of making a decision, taking an action, etc.': 3 1 2 95

Inflected forms

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          "text": "I like to sit and watch the world go by. The rest of the day went by quickly.",
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        "To pass or go past without much interaction."
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        "(intransitive) To pass or go past without much interaction."
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          "word": "go by"
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          "word": "fly by"
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          "word": "roll on"
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          "_dis1": "82 2 4 13",
          "code": "ceb",
          "lang": "Cebuano",
          "lang_code": "ceb",
          "sense": "to pass by without paying attention to",
          "word": "labay"
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          "_dis1": "82 2 4 13",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "lang_code": "yue",
          "roman": "lou⁶ gwo³",
          "sense": "to pass by without paying attention to",
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          "roman": "lùguò",
          "sense": "to pass by without paying attention to",
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          "_dis1": "82 2 4 13",
          "code": "eo",
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          "sense": "to pass by without paying attention to",
          "word": "pasi"
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          "_dis1": "82 2 4 13",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "lang_code": "fi",
          "sense": "to pass by without paying attention to",
          "word": "mennä ohi"
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          "_dis1": "82 2 4 13",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
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          "sense": "to pass by without paying attention to",
          "word": "passer"
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          "_dis1": "82 2 4 13",
          "code": "fr",
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          "sense": "to pass by without paying attention to",
          "word": "ignorer"
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          "_dis1": "82 2 4 13",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
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          "sense": "to pass by without paying attention to",
          "word": "vorbeigehen"
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          "sense": "to pass by without paying attention to",
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          "code": "ja",
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          "roman": "surechigau",
          "sense": "to pass by without paying attention to",
          "word": "擦れ違う"
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          "code": "la",
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          "sense": "to pass by without paying attention to",
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          "sense": "to pass by without paying attention to",
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          "_dis1": "82 2 4 13",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "lang_code": "mn",
          "roman": "öngöröx",
          "sense": "to pass by without paying attention to",
          "word": "өнгөрөх"
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          "code": "cst",
          "lang": "Northern Ohlone",
          "lang_code": "cst",
          "sense": "to pass by without paying attention to",
          "word": "nitkókni wá̄ka"
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          "code": "pl",
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          "sense": "to pass by without paying attention to",
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          "word": "mijać"
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          "sense": "to pass by without paying attention to",
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          "sense": "to pass by without paying attention to",
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          "roman": "proxodítʹ",
          "sense": "to pass by without paying attention to",
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          "roman": "proxodítʹ mímo",
          "sense": "to pass by without paying attention to",
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          "sense": "to pass by without paying attention to",
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          "roman": "chēng hu",
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          "sense": "to be called, to use as a name",
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          "sense": "to be called, to use as a name",
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          "word": "llamarlo"
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          "_dis1": "1 95 2 1",
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          "sense": "to be called, to use as a name",
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          "text": "Or perhaps we will sink back into our culture of complacent exceptionalism and await the next plague that will surely arrive. To go by recent history, that moment will come sooner than we think.",
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        [
          "true",
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        [
          "purpose",
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        [
          "decision",
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        [
          "action",
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        "(transitive) To follow; to assume as true for the purposes of making a decision, taking an action, etc."
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "lang_code": "eo",
          "sense": "to follow; to assume as true for the purposes of making a decision, taking an action, etc.",
          "word": "sekvi"
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "to follow; to assume as true for the purposes of making a decision, taking an action, etc.",
          "word": "noudattaa"
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          "code": "fr",
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          "sense": "to follow; to assume as true for the purposes of making a decision, taking an action, etc.",
          "word": "suivre"
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          "sense": "to follow; to assume as true for the purposes of making a decision, taking an action, etc.",
          "word": "se fier à"
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          "sense": "to follow; to assume as true for the purposes of making a decision, taking an action, etc.",
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          "word": "sądzić po"
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