"go" meaning in English

See go in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /gəʊ/ [UK], /goʊ/ [US] Audio: en-us-go.ogg [US], en-uk-to go.ogg [UK] Forms: go [canonical], goes [third-person, singular], went [past], gone [past, participle], going [present, participle]
enPR: gō [UK], gō [US] Head templates: {{verb2|go|goes|went|gone|going}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you go, you move in space, especially to or through a place. Synonyms: leave, move
    Sense id: simple-go-en-verb-N4sprF~K
  2. If you go, you move in time, often in your mind.
    Sense id: simple-go-en-verb-TMGf-Piy
  3. If you go, you move on the computer, the internet, or in the memory.
    Sense id: simple-go-en-verb-80oa~~TN
  4. If you go, you move a certain distance or a certain way.
    Sense id: simple-go-en-verb-lb6sVFiv
  5. If you go, you leave or move away.
    Sense id: simple-go-en-verb-BMWcL7j7
  6. If you go bad, wild, blind, etc., you become like that.
    Sense id: simple-go-en-verb-5DRkUqBY
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      "form": "went",
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        {
          "text": "I go to the seashore every summer."
        },
        {
          "text": "Kathy goes to the seashore every summer, too."
        },
        {
          "text": "I went to the seashore last year."
        },
        {
          "text": "She's gone to the seashore."
        },
        {
          "text": "I'm going to the seashore next year."
        }
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "You have to go back to 1911 to find a wetter day."
        },
        {
          "text": "Marty McFly jumped in the time machine and went to 1965."
        }
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    {
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        {
          "text": "Then go to the C: drive."
        },
        {
          "text": "His mind went to the last time he saw her."
        }
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        {
          "text": "We've gone 10 kilometers today."
        },
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          "text": "Sandra is going in circles."
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        {
          "text": "Please don't go."
        },
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          "text": "People have been coming and going all day."
        }
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      ],
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Jim went blind."
        }
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      "sampa": "/g@U/",
      "tags": [
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      "enpr": "gō",
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      ]
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      "ipa": "/goʊ/",
      "tags": [
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      "form": "went",
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        {
          "text": "I go to the seashore every summer."
        },
        {
          "text": "Kathy goes to the seashore every summer, too."
        },
        {
          "text": "I went to the seashore last year."
        },
        {
          "text": "She's gone to the seashore."
        },
        {
          "text": "I'm going to the seashore next year."
        }
      ],
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        "If you go, you move in space, especially to or through a place."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "leave"
        },
        {
          "word": "move"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "You have to go back to 1911 to find a wetter day."
        },
        {
          "text": "Marty McFly jumped in the time machine and went to 1965."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If you go, you move in time, often in your mind."
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Then go to the C: drive."
        },
        {
          "text": "His mind went to the last time he saw her."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If you go, you move on the computer, the internet, or in the memory."
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "We've gone 10 kilometers today."
        },
        {
          "text": "Sandra is going in circles."
        }
      ],
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        "If you go, you move a certain distance or a certain way."
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Please don't go."
        },
        {
          "text": "People have been coming and going all day."
        }
      ],
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        "If you go, you leave or move away."
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Jim went blind."
        }
      ],
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        "If you go bad, wild, blind, etc., you become like that."
      ]
    }
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      "enpr": "gō",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/gəʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
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      "sampa": "/g@U/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
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      "enpr": "gō",
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      "tags": [
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