go

Meanings

Plural: go, goes, went, yode

Noun

• a time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
  • "it's my go"
• street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine
• a usually brief attempt
• a board game for two players who place counters on a grid; the object is to surround and so capture the opponent's counters
• The act of going.
• A turn at something, or in something (e.g. a game).
• An attempt, a try.
• A period of activity.
• A time; an experience.
• A circumstance or occurrence; an incident, often unexpected.
• An approval or permission to do something, or that which has been approved.
• An act; the working or operation.
• The fashion or mode.
• Noisy merriment.
• A glass of spirits; a quantity of spirits.
• A portion
• Power of going or doing; energy; vitality; perseverance.
• The situation where a player cannot play a card which will not carry the aggregate count above thirty-one.
• A dandy; a fashionable person.
• A strategic board game, originally from China and today also popular in Japan and Korea, in which two players (black and white) attempt to control the largest area of the board with their counters.

Verb

• change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
  • "How fast does your new car go?"
• follow a procedure or take a course
  • "We should go farther in this matter"
  • "go about the world in a certain manner"
  • "Messages must go through diplomatic channels"
• move away from a place into another direction
  • "Go away before I start to cry"
• enter or assume a certain state or condition
  • "Get going!"
• be awarded; be allotted
  • "The first prize goes to Mary"
• have a particular form
  • "as the saying goes..."
• stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
  • "His knowledge doesn't go very far"
• follow a certain course
  • "how did your interview go?"
• be abolished or discarded
  • "These ugly billboards have to go!"
  • "These luxuries all had to go under the Khmer Rouge"
• be or continue to be in a certain condition
• make a certain noise or sound
• perform as expected when applied
  • "The washing machine won't go unless it's plugged in"
• to be spent or finished
  • "The money had gone after a few days"
• progress by being changed
  • "The speech has to go through several more drafts"
• continue to live through hardship or adversity
• pass, fare, or elapse; of a certain state of affairs or action
  • "How is it going?"
  • "The day went well until I got your call"
• pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
• be in the right place or situation
  • "Let's put health care where it belongs--under the control of the government"
  • "Where do these books go?"
• be ranked or compare
  • "This violinist is as good as Juilliard-trained violinists go"
• begin or set in motion
  • "Ready, set, go!"
• have a turn; make one's move in a game
  • "Can I go now?"
• be contained in
  • "How many times does 18 go into 54?"
• be sounded, played, or expressed
  • "How does this song go again?"
• blend or harmonize
  • "This sofa won't go with the chairs"
• lead, extend, or afford access
  • "This door goes to the basement"
• be the right size or shape; fit correctly or as desired
• go through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way
• be spent
• give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number
• stop operating or functioning
• To move, either physically or in an abstract sense:
• To move through space (especially to or through a place). (May be used of tangible things such as people or cars, or intangible things such as moods or information.)
• To move, either physically or in an abstract sense:
• To move or travel through time (either literally—in a fictional or hypothetical situation in which time travel is possible—or in one's mind or knowledge of the historical record). (See also go back.)
• To move, either physically or in an abstract sense:
• To navigate (to a file or folder on a computer, a site on the internet, a memory, etc).
• To move, either physically or in an abstract sense:
• To move (a particular distance, or in a particular fashion).
• To move, either physically or in an abstract sense:
• To move or travel in order to do something, or to do something while moving.
• To move, either physically or in an abstract sense:
• To leave; to move away.
• To move, either physically or in an abstract sense:
• To follow or proceed according to (a course or path).
• To move, either physically or in an abstract sense:
• To travel or pass along.
• To move, either physically or in an abstract sense:
• To walk; to travel on one's feet.
• To work or function (properly); to move or perform (as required).
• To start; to begin (an action or process).
• To take a turn, especially in a game.
• To attend.
• To proceed:
• To proceed (often in a specified manner, indicating the perceived quality of an event or state).
• To proceed:
• To proceed (especially to do something foolish).
• To extend along.
• To extend (from one point in time or space to another).
• To lead (to a place); to give access (to).
• To become, move to or come to (a state, position, situation)
• To become. (The adjective that follows often, but not always, describes a negative state.)
• To become, move to or come to (a state, position, situation)
• To move to (a position or state).
• To become, move to or come to (a state, position, situation)
• To come (to a certain condition or state).
• To change (from one value to another).
• To assume the obligation or function of; to be, to serve as.
• To continuously or habitually be in a state.
• To turn out, to result; to come to (a certain result).
• To tend (toward a result)
• To contribute to a (specified) end product or result.
• To pass, to be used up:
• To elapse, to pass; to slip away. (Compare go by.)
• To pass, to be used up:
• To end or disappear. (Compare go away.)
• To pass, to be used up:
• To be spent or used up.
• To die.
• To be lost or out:
• To be lost.
• To be lost or out:
• To be out.
• To break down or apart:
• To collapse or give way, to break apart.
• To break down or apart:
• To break down or decay.
• To be sold.
• To be discarded or disposed of.
• To be given, especially to be assigned or allotted.
• To survive or get by; to last or persist for a stated length of time.
• To have a certain record.
• To be authoritative, accepted, or valid:
• Of an opinion or instruction, to have (final) authority; to be authoritative.
• To be authoritative, accepted, or valid:
• To be accepted.
• To be authoritative, accepted, or valid:
• To be valid or applicable.
• To say (something), to make a sound:
• To say (something, aloud or to oneself).
• To say (something), to make a sound:
• To make the (specified) sound.
• To say (something), to make a sound:
• To sound; to make a noise.
• To be expressed or composed (a certain way).
• To resort (to).
• To apply or subject oneself to:
• To apply oneself; to undertake; to have as one's goal or intention. (Compare be going to.)
• To apply or subject oneself to:
• To make an effort, to subject oneself (to something).
• To apply or subject oneself to:
• To work (through or over), especially mentally.
• To fit (in a place, or together with something):
• To fit.
• To fit (in a place, or together with something):
• To be compatible, especially of colors or food and drink.
• To fit (in a place, or together with something):
• To belong (somewhere).
• To fit (in a place, or together with something):
• Of a ball, to be capable of being potted, not having its path to the pocket obstructed by other balls.
• To date.
• To (begin to) date or have sex with (a particular race).
• To attack:
• To fight or attack.
• To attack:
• To fight.
• To attack:
• To attack.
• Used to express how some category of things generally is, as a reference for, contrast to, or comparison with, a particular example.
• To take (a particular part or share); to participate in to the extent of.
• To yield or weigh.
• To offer, bid or bet an amount; to pay.
• To enjoy. (Compare go for.)
• To go to the toilet; to urinate or defecate.
• Expressing encouragement or approval.
• Clipping of go to the.
• To fight, usually with the fists.
• To pass (a specified time) in gestation; to be pregnant.

Adjective

• functioning correctly and ready for action
  • "all systems are go"

Adj

• Working correctly and ready to commence operation; approved and able to be put into action.

Synonyms

Adam, assume room temperature, attempt, auger in, baduk, bash, be called home, be gathered to one's fathers, be no more, be with Jesus, be with the Lord, become, belong, bite the big one, bite the biscuit, bite the dust, blend, blend in, boo-boo, break, break down, break the seal, buy it, buy the farm, cack, cark it, cash in, cash in one's chips, check out, choke, choke a darkie, close one's eyes for the last time, code, collapse, come, conk, conk out, crack, crap, cristal, croak, cross, cross over, cross rainbow bridge, cross the Great Divide, cross the Styx, crumble, date, decease, decompose, defecate, dematerialize, depart, die, disappear, disco biscuit, disincarnate, disintegrate, dissipate, do a number two, do one's ease, do one's easement, draw, draw one's last breath, drift, drite, drop a bomb, drop a chalupa, drop a deuce, drop anchor, drop dead, drop off the hooks, drop the kids off at the pool, dung, ease oneself, ecstasy, end, endure, energy, exit, expire, exrementize, extend, fail, fare, feceate, fit, flair, flatline, fling, forfare, function, gage, get, get going, get to be like the one, give one's all, give out, give up the ghost, give way, give-up the ghost, go away, go bad, go for a burton, go game, go gentle into that good night, go out, go over to the majority, go the way of all flesh, go the way of the dinosaurs, go the way of the dodo, go the way of the dodo bird, go to glory, go to one's reward, go west, green light, grow, hand in one's checks, hand in one's dinner pail, harmonize, have a place, have a shit, hit the head, hold out, hold up, hop the twig, hug drug, join the choir invisible, keel over, kick off, kick the bucket, knock off, last, lead, leave, liquidate, live, live on, liveliness, locomote, lose my life for Jesus Christ, lose the number of one's mess, make it, make one's move, measure, meet one's doom, meet one's end, meet one's maker, micturate, mode, move, move one's bowels, offer, operate, pass, pass away, pass in one's checks, pass in one's marble, pass on, pass over, pass the river, pass water, pay nature's debt, pay the debt of nature, pee, peg out, perish, perseverance, piddle, pinch a loaf, pinch one off, piss, pizzazz, plump, poo, pooh, poop, pop off, pop one's clogs, proceed, rifle, run, run low, run short, see, sharn, shart, shiss, shit, shite, shot, shuffle off this mortal coil, sink, slash, sleep with one's fathers, slip away, snuff it, sound, spell, spirit, stab, start, stint, stool, stretch, style, succumb, survive, take a crap, take a dirt nap, take a dump, take a leak, take a piss, take a shit, take a whiz, take one’s turn, take the Browns to the Super Bowl, tour, travel, tread, trend, try, turn, turn up one's toes, uncoil, urinate, vanish, verve, vigour, vim, vitality, void, void one's bowels, wax, wee, wee wee, weiqi, wend, whirl, whiz, widdle, work, X, XTC, yield up the ghost, zest

Antonyms

approach, arrive, be born, clash, come, freeze, halt, hold, malfunction, no-go, remain, stand still, stay, stay in place, stop

Anagrams of go