"Go" meaning in English

See Go in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

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  1. (computer languages) A compiled, garbage-collected, concurrent programming language developed by Google. Synonyms: Golang Derived forms: goroutine
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} Go (uncountable)
  1. Alternative letter-case form of go (“strategic board game”). Tags: alt-of, uncountable Alternative form of: go (extra: strategic board game)
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