go

English

/ɡəʊ/, /ɡoʊ/, /ɡəʉ/, /ɡɐʉ/

verb
Definitions
  • To move:
  • (intransitive) To work or function (properly); to move or perform (as required).
  • (intransitive) To start; to begin (an action or process).
  • (intransitive) To take a turn, especially in a game.
  • (intransitive) To attend.
  • To proceed:
  • To follow or travel along (a path):
  • (intransitive) To extend (from one point in time or space to another).
  • (intransitive) To lead (to a place); to give access to.
  • (copulative) To become. The adjective that follows usually describes a negative state.
  • To assume the obligation or function of; to be, to serve as.
  • (intransitive) To continuously or habitually be in a state.
  • (copulative) To come to (a certain condition or state).
  • (intransitive) To change (from one value to another) in the meaning of wend.
  • To turn out, to result; to come to (a certain result).
  • (intransitive) To tend (toward a result).
  • To contribute to a (specified) end product or result.
  • To pass, to be used up:
  • (intransitive) To die.
  • (intransitive) To be discarded.
  • (intransitive) To be lost or out:
  • To break down or apart:
  • (intransitive) To be sold.
  • (intransitive) To be given, especially to be assigned or allotted.
  • (transitive) To survive or get by; to last or persist for a stated length of time.
  • (transitive) To have a certain record.
  • To be authoritative, accepted, or valid:
  • To say (something), to make a sound:
  • To be expressed or composed (a certain way).
  • (intransitive) To resort (to).
  • To apply or subject oneself to:
  • To fit (in a place, or together with something):
  • (intransitive) To date.
  • To attack:
  • To be in general; to be usually.
  • (transitive) To take (a particular part or share); to participate in to the extent of.
  • (transitive) To yield or weigh.
  • (transitive) To offer, bid or bet an amount; to pay.
  • (transitive) To enjoy. Compare go for.
  • (intransitive) To urinate or defecate.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English gon inherited from Old English gān (go) inherited from Proto-Germanic *gāną (go) derived from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₁- (leave, leave behind, abandon), *ǵʰeh₁- (leave, leave behind, abandon).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*ǵʰeh₁-

Gloss

leave, leave behind, abandon

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Emoji

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