go about to in English

Forms: goes about to [present, singular, third-person], going about to [participle, present], went about to [past], gone about to [participle, past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|go<goes,,went,gone> about to}} go about to (third-person singular simple present goes about to, present participle going about to, simple past went about to, past participle gone about to)

Inflected forms

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "goes about to",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "going about to",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "went about to",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gone about to",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "go<goes,,went,gone> about to"
      },
      "expansion": "go about to (third-person singular simple present goes about to, present participle going about to, simple past went about to, past participle gone about to)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (about)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (to)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To endeavor to accomplish a task."
      ],
      "id": "en-go_about_to-en-verb-NXaLbWNe",
      "links": [
        [
          "endeavor",
          "endeavor"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) To endeavor to accomplish a task."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "go about to"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "goes about to",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "going about to",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "went about to",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gone about to",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "go<goes,,went,gone> about to"
      },
      "expansion": "go about to (third-person singular simple present goes about to, present participle going about to, simple past went about to, past participle gone about to)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrasal verbs",
        "English phrasal verbs with particle (about)",
        "English phrasal verbs with particle (to)",
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To endeavor to accomplish a task."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "endeavor",
          "endeavor"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) To endeavor to accomplish a task."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "go about to"
}

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"go about to" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms