"go about" meaning in All languages combined

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "goes about",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "going about",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "went about",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gone about",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "go<goes,,went,gone> about"
      },
      "expansion": "go about (third-person singular simple present goes about, present participle going about, simple past went about, past participle gone about)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "December 7 2022, Simon Shuster, “2022 Person of the Year: Volodymyr Zelensky”, in Time",
          "text": "The workers went about their business as Zelensky looked around. One man at the wheel of a forklift seemed annoyed when the presidential entourage got in his way, and the machine beeped loudly as we tried to maneuver around him.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To busy oneself with."
      ],
      "id": "en-go_about-en-verb-cxu6KnmB",
      "links": [
        [
          "busy",
          "busy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To busy oneself with."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To tackle (a problem or task)."
      ],
      "id": "en-go_about-en-verb-ilLujlkG",
      "links": [
        [
          "tackle",
          "tackle"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To tackle (a problem or task)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to tackle",
          "word": "aanpakken"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to tackle",
          "word": "anpacken"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to tackle",
          "word": "abordar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to tackle",
          "word": "encarar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to tackle",
          "word": "gå till väga"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To circulate (in)."
      ],
      "id": "en-go_about-en-verb-8Tebqcep",
      "links": [
        [
          "circulate",
          "circulate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To circulate (in)."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "5 10 67 19",
          "sense": "to roam, wander, circulate",
          "word": "shrithe"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 96 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to circulate (in)",
          "word": "rondgaan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 96 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to circulate (in)",
          "word": "rondlopen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 96 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to circulate (in)",
          "word": "de ronde doen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 96 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "cirkulírovatʹ",
          "sense": "to circulate (in)",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "циркули́ровать"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "4 6 40 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 11 27 54",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (about)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 112",
          "text": "[I]t was commonly said that two masts, a bowsprit and a swivel gun would have transformed our dwelling into a line-of-battle ship; indeed, so seaman-like was our architect, that we feared when once we had taken possession of our new house, we might be disturbed during the night by an order being given to \"go about,\" and by hearing in the quiet hours of the morning the familiar inquiry of \"How's her head?\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To change from one tack to another. See :Wikipedia:Tack (maneuver)."
      ],
      "id": "en-go_about-en-verb-k2qjcUAn",
      "links": [
        [
          "sailing",
          "sailing"
        ],
        [
          "ship",
          "ship"
        ],
        [
          "tack",
          "tack"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, of a sailing ship) To change from one tack to another. See :Wikipedia:Tack (maneuver)."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a sailing ship"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 2 96",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "pakām",
          "sense": "to change from one tack to another",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "פָּקַם"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "go about"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs with particle (about)",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "goes about",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "going about",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "went about",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gone about",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "go<goes,,went,gone> about"
      },
      "expansion": "go about (third-person singular simple present goes about, present participle going about, simple past went about, past participle gone about)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "December 7 2022, Simon Shuster, “2022 Person of the Year: Volodymyr Zelensky”, in Time",
          "text": "The workers went about their business as Zelensky looked around. One man at the wheel of a forklift seemed annoyed when the presidential entourage got in his way, and the machine beeped loudly as we tried to maneuver around him.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To busy oneself with."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "busy",
          "busy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To busy oneself with."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To tackle (a problem or task)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tackle",
          "tackle"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To tackle (a problem or task)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To circulate (in)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "circulate",
          "circulate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To circulate (in)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 112",
          "text": "[I]t was commonly said that two masts, a bowsprit and a swivel gun would have transformed our dwelling into a line-of-battle ship; indeed, so seaman-like was our architect, that we feared when once we had taken possession of our new house, we might be disturbed during the night by an order being given to \"go about,\" and by hearing in the quiet hours of the morning the familiar inquiry of \"How's her head?\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To change from one tack to another. See :Wikipedia:Tack (maneuver)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sailing",
          "sailing"
        ],
        [
          "ship",
          "ship"
        ],
        [
          "tack",
          "tack"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, of a sailing ship) To change from one tack to another. See :Wikipedia:Tack (maneuver)."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a sailing ship"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "to roam, wander, circulate",
      "word": "shrithe"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to tackle",
      "word": "aanpakken"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to tackle",
      "word": "anpacken"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to tackle",
      "word": "abordar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to tackle",
      "word": "encarar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to tackle",
      "word": "gå till väga"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to circulate (in)",
      "word": "rondgaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to circulate (in)",
      "word": "rondlopen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to circulate (in)",
      "word": "de ronde doen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "cirkulírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to circulate (in)",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "циркули́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "pakām",
      "sense": "to change from one tack to another",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "פָּקַם"
    }
  ],
  "word": "go about"
}