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go::verb | Spocien Dictionary

go
verb
/ɡoʊ/
follow a certain course
Type Words
Synonyms proceed
Type of hap, take place, occur, go on, pass, come about, pass off, fall out, happen
Has types make out, drag on, drag, do, fare, get along, drag out, come


how did your interview go?.

go::verb | Spocien Dictionary

go
verb
/ɡoʊ/
have a particular form
Type Words
Synonyms run
Type of be


as the saying goes....

go::verb | Spocien Dictionary

go
verb
/ɡoʊ/
move away from a place into another direction
Type Words
Synonyms depart, go away
Type of go out, get out, exit, leave
Has types blow, shove off, shove along
Derivation goer, going

go::verb | Spocien Dictionary

go
verb
/ɡoʊ/
perform as expected when applied
Type Words
Synonyms function, operate, run, work
Has types double, serve, service, roll, run, cut
Verb group run, work


The washing machine won't go unless it's plugged in.

go::verb | Spocien Dictionary

go
verb
/ɡoʊ/
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
Type Words
Synonyms locomote, move, travel
Has types travel by, travel along, travel, bounce, transfer, tramp, breeze, tram, bucket along, trail, thread, taxi, take the air, cannonball along, caravan, career, carry, cast, swing, swim, swash, swap, change, swan, surpass, stray, step on it, step, steamer, circle, circuit, circulate, steam, spurt, spread, spirt, speed, snowshoe, slither, slide, slice through, slice into, come, ski, sit, sift, come down, come up, shuttle, shack, continue, seek, scramble, crank, rush along, rush, crawl, creep, cruise, run, derail, descend, rove, round, roll, do, roam, drag, rise, ride, draw, draw back, drift, drive, return, retrograde, retreat, ease, retire, resort, repair, err, recede, range, ramble, raft, race, fall, push, pursue, pull back, pull away, ferry, propagate, float, flock, fly, follow, forge, get about, progress, get around, proceed, ghost, precess, precede, prance, glide, plow, plough, play, pelt along, go around, pass over, go by, pass on, go down, pass by, pass, go forward, go on, pan, go past, go up, pace, overfly, outflank, move up, move on, move back, move around, hasten, hie, hiss, lead, lift, zoom, zip, zigzag, accompany, withdraw, advance, angle, arise, ascend, wing, automobile, wind, back, whoosh, bang, whistle, whisk, whish, whine, be adrift, wheel, wend, weave, beetle, belt along, betake oneself, billow, wander, walk, blow, vagabond, uprise, turn, trundle, tread, travel rapidly, travel purposefully, meander, march on, lance, lurch, hotfoot, hurry, hurtle, island hop, jounce, journey, jump, motor
Verb group displace, move


How fast does your new car go?.

go::verb | Spocien Dictionary

go
verb
/ɡoʊ/
be in the right place or situation
Type Words
Synonyms belong
Type of be


Let's put health care where it belongs--under the control of the government.
Where do these books go?.

go::noun | Spocien Dictionary

go
noun
/ɡoʊ/
a usually brief attempt
Type Words
Synonyms crack, fling, offer, pass, whirl
Type of effort, try, endeavour, endeavor, attempt

go::noun | Spocien Dictionary

go
noun
/ɡoʊ/
a board game for two players who place counters on a grid; the object is to surround and so capture the opponent's counters
Type Words
Synonyms go game
Type of board game

go::verb | Spocien Dictionary

go
verb
/ɡoʊ/
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
Type Words
Synonyms buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it
Type of change state, turn
Has types asphyxiate, abort, drown, predecease, suffocate, succumb, famish, fall, stifle, buy it, starve, pip out, yield
Verb group give way, go bad, break, die, give out, conk out, break down, fail
Derivation going

go::verb | Spocien Dictionary

go
verb
/ɡoʊ/
make a certain noise or sound
Type Words
Synonyms sound
Type of cause to be perceived
Has types blow, lap, make noise, knock, hum, honk, gurgle, noise, guggle, grumble, patter, peal, ping, pink, pitter-patter, glug, plunk, pop, purr, rap, rattle, resonate, resound, echo, drum, drone, reverberate, ring, ripple, roll, din, rumble, crash, rustle, crack, sing, skirl, clunk, clump, clop, clink, slosh, slush, snap, snarl, click, claxon, clank, clangour, splash, splat, splosh, clangor, squelch, clang, chug, chink, chime, chatter, swish, swoosh, swosh, buzz, tap, thrum, thud, thump, tick, ticktack, ticktock, ting, tink, tinkle, toot, burble, bubble, boom out, boom, bombinate, bombilate, trump, twang, tweet, twirp, vibrate, bleep, blare, birr, beep, beat, whir, whirr, whish, whistle, whiz, whizz, bang, babble

go::verb | Spocien Dictionary

go
verb
/ɡoʊ/
lead, extend, or afford access
Type Words
Synonyms lead
Type of be


This door goes to the basement.

go::noun | Spocien Dictionary

go
noun
/ɡoʊ/
street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine
Type Words
Synonyms adam, cristal, disco biscuit, ecstasy, hug drug, x, xtc
Type of methylenedioxymethamphetamine, mdma

go::verb | Spocien Dictionary

go
verb
/ɡoʊ/
continue to live and avoid dying
Type Words
Synonyms endure, hold out, hold up, last, live, live on, survive
Has types live out, hold up, hold water, perennate, stand up
Verb group subsist, survive, be, exist, live

go::verb | Spocien Dictionary

go
verb
/ɡoʊ/
begin or set in motion
Type Words
Synonyms get going, start
Has types come up, take off, come on, go on, get off the ground


Ready, set, go!.

go::verb | Spocien Dictionary

go
verb
/ɡoʊ/
stop operating or functioning
Type Words
Synonyms break, break down, conk out, die, fail, give out, give way, go bad
Type of change
Has types misfunction, crash, blow out, burn out, blow, go down, misfire, malfunction
Verb group snuff it, pass, break, exit, drop dead, pass away, kick the bucket, expire, conk, choke, perish, buy the farm, give-up the ghost, croak, decease, die, cash in one's chips, pop off

go::verb | Spocien Dictionary

go
verb
/ɡoʊ/
to be spent or finished
Type Words
Synonyms run low, run short
Type of terminate, stop, finish, cease, end


The money had gone after a few days.

go::noun | Spocien Dictionary

go
noun
/ɡoʊ/
a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
Type Words
Synonyms spell, tour, turn
Type of work shift, shift, duty period


it's my go.

go::verb | Spocien Dictionary

go
verb
/ɡoʊ/
blend or harmonize
Type Words
Synonyms blend, blend in
Type of accord, agree, fit in, consort, harmonise, harmonize, concord
Verb group fit


This sofa won't go with the chairs.

go::verb | Spocien Dictionary

go
verb
/ɡoʊ/
go through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way
Type Words
Synonyms rifle
Type of search

go::verb | Spocien Dictionary

go
verb
/ɡoʊ/
enter or assume a certain state or condition
Type Words
Synonyms become, get
Type of change state, turn
Has types break, sober up, sober, settle, take effect, take, work, run


Get going!.

go::verb | Spocien Dictionary

go
verb
/ɡoʊ/
have a turn; make one's move in a game
Type Words
Synonyms move
Has types check, stalemate, open, operate, draw, serve, ruff, bluff, trump, bluff out, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, cast, castle
Verb group make a motion, move


Can I go now?.

go::verb | Spocien Dictionary

go
verb
/ɡoʊ/
give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number
Type Words
Synonyms plump
Type of select, pick out, choose, take

go::verb | Spocien Dictionary

go
verb
/ɡoʊ/
stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
Type Words
Synonyms extend, lead, pass, run
Type of be
Has types come, ray, underrun, radiate, go far, go deep
Verb group range, run


His knowledge doesn't go very far.

go::verb | Spocien Dictionary

go
verb
/ɡoʊ/
follow a procedure or take a course
Type Words
Synonyms move, proceed
Type of act, move
Has types venture, embark, steamroller, steamroll, work


We should go farther in this matter.
go about the world in a certain manner.
Messages must go through diplomatic channels.

go::verb | Spocien Dictionary

go
verb
/ɡoʊ/
be the right size or shape; fit correctly or as desired
Type Words
Synonyms fit
Type of fit
Has types joint, tessellate
Verb group blend in, blend

go::verb | Spocien Dictionary

go
verb
/ɡoʊ/
progress by being changed
Type Words
Synonyms move, run
Type of change


The speech has to go through several more drafts.

go::verb | Spocien Dictionary

go
verb
/ɡoʊ/
be abolished or discarded
Type Words
Type of vanish, go away, disappear


These ugly billboards have to go!.
These luxuries all had to go under the Khmer Rouge.

go::verb | Spocien Dictionary

go
verb
/ɡoʊ/
be or continue to be in a certain condition
Type Words
Type of be

go::verb | Spocien Dictionary

go
verb
/ɡoʊ/
be ranked or compare
Type Words
Type of compare


This violinist is as good as Juilliard-trained violinists go.

go::verb | Spocien Dictionary

go
verb
/ɡoʊ/
be spent
Type Words
Verb group run short, run low

go::adjective | Spocien Dictionary

go
adjective
/ɡoʊ/
functioning correctly and ready for action
Type Words


all systems are go.

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go
/ɡoʊ/
pass, fare, or elapse; of a certain state of affairs or action
Type Words
Derivation going


How is it going?.
The day went well until I got your call.

Examples of go

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We had to beat Green Bay in the last game of the season to go into the playoffs.
From the dailyherald.com
Johnson said the Canadian Pacific investigation could go on for weeks or months.
From the dailyherald.com
From the start, Alexander was the first to hit the gym and among the last to go.
From the stltoday.com
As for herself, Coppola said she can go days without being recognized in public.
From the stltoday.com
Can you think of interesting places where we should go or people we should meet?
From the stltoday.com
The third judge said Sarvies knows who he is an artist and could go all the way.
From the stltoday.com
When I come down to making a choice, I have to go with golf for several reasons.
From the stltoday.com
The family made the decision eight years ago to go with professional management.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Who knows where the actor's career will go once the Harry Potter franchise ends.
From the forbes.com
More examples
  • A time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else); "it's my go"; "a spell of work"
  • Functioning correctly and ready for action; "all systems are go"
  • Travel: change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go? ...
  • Adam: street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine
  • Follow a procedure or take a course; "We should go farther in this matter"; "She went through a lot of trouble"; "go about the world in a certain manner"; "Messages must go through diplomatic channels"
  • Crack: a usually brief attempt; "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it a whirl"
  • The Go!! Show (also known simply as Go!!) was a top rating Australian popular music television series which aired on ATV-0 Melbourne from 1964 to 1967, and was produced by DYT Productions at the Channel 0 studios in Nunawading, Victoria.
  • Go was a television series for children that aired late-mornings on Saturdays on NBC between September of 1973 and September of 1976. It had the shortest title for a TV series until V debuted in 1984 on the same network. The first two seasons of Go explored various different occupations. ...
  • Go is a 1999 American drama film written by John August and directed by Doug Liman, with three intertwining plots that happen to involve one drug deal.
LeafTensor is a decentralized system.