"go towards" meaning in English

See go towards in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Audio: en-au-go towards.ogg [Australia] Forms: goes towards [present, singular, third-person], going towards [participle, present], went towards [past], gone towards [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|go<goes,,went,gone> towards}} go towards (third-person singular simple present goes towards, present participle going towards, simple past went towards, past participle gone towards)
  1. (idiomatic, of anything that is not a person) To be a contribution to. Tags: idiomatic Translations (to contribute to): bidrage til (Danish)
    Sense id: en-go_towards-en-verb-UptQwRlH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of 'to contribute to': 74 26
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, towards.
    Sense id: en-go_towards-en-verb-zsy7l35e Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (towards) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (towards): 43 57

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for go towards meaning in English (2.1kB)

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