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go

synonyms, antonyms, definitions, examples & translations of go in English

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English

Etymology 1

From Middle English gon, goon, from Old English gān (“to go”), from Proto-West Germanic *gān, from Proto-Germanic *gāną (“to go”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₁- (“to leave”).

The inherited past tense form yode (compare Old English ēode) was replaced through suppletion in the 15th century by went, from Old English wendan (“to go, depart, wend”).

Pronunciation

enPR: gō, IPA^(key): /ɡoʊ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): [ɡəʊ]
- (General American) IPA^(key): /ɡoʊ/
- (Canada) IPA^(key): [ɡoː]
- (General Australian) IPA^(key): [ɡəʉ]
- (New Zealand) IPA^(key): [ɡɐʉ]
- (Black Country) IPA^(key): [ɡu]
Hyphenation: go
Rhymes: -əʊ

Verb

go (third-person singular simple present goes, present participle going, simple past went or (obsolete) yode, past participle gone or (nonstandard) went or (substituted in certain contexts) been)

To move, either physically or in an abstract sense:
Synonyms: move, fare, tread, draw, drift, wend, cross

Antonyms: freeze, halt, remain, stand still, stay, stop
1. (intransitive) 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.)
  - 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
2. (intransitive) 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.)
  Yesterday was the second-wettest day on record; you have to go all the way back to 1896 to find a day when more rain fell.
  
  Fans want to see the Twelfth Doctor go to the 51st century to visit River in the library.
3. (intransitive) To navigate (to a file or folder on a computer, a site on the internet, a memory, etc).
4. To move (a particular distance, or in a particular fashion).
5. (intransitive) To move or travel in order to do something, or to do something while moving.
6. (intransitive) To leave; to move away.
  Synonyms: depart, leave, exit, go away, go out
  
  Antonyms: come, arrive, approach
7. To follow or proceed according to (a course or path).
  She was going that way anyway, so she offered to show him where it was.
8. To travel or pass along.
9. (obsolete, intransitive) To walk; to travel on one's feet. [11th–19th c.]
(intransitive, chiefly of a machine) To work or function (properly); to move or perform (as required).
Synonyms: function, work, operate, run
(intransitive) To start; to begin (an action or process).
- 2001 June 18, a prophecy, quoted in Mary and the Unity of the Church →ISBN, page 49:
  Be listening for my voice. Go when you hear my voice say go.
(intransitive) To take a turn, especially in a game.
Synonyms: move, make one's move, take one’s turn
(intransitive) To attend.
To proceed:
1. (intransitive) To proceed (often in a specified manner, indicating the perceived quality of an event or state).
2. (intransitive, colloquial, with another verb, sometimes linked by and) To proceed (especially to do something foolish).
(intransitive) To extend along.
(intransitive) To extend (from one point in time or space to another).
(intransitive) To lead (to a place); to give access (to).
To become, move to or come to (a state, position, situation)
1. (copulative) To become. (The adjective that follows often, but not always, describes a negative state.)
  Synonyms: become, turn
2. To move to (a position or state).
3. To come (to a certain condition or state).
(intransitive) To change (from one value to another).
To assume the obligation or function of; to be, to serve as.
(intransitive, copulative) To continuously or habitually be in a state.
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:
1. (intransitive, of time) To elapse, to pass; to slip away. (Compare go by.)
2. (intransitive) To end or disappear. (Compare go away.)
  Synonyms: disappear, vanish, go away, end, dissipate
  
  Antonyms: remain, stay, hold
3. (intransitive) To be spent or used up.
(intransitive) To die.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:die
(intransitive, cricket) To be lost or out:
1. (intransitive, cricket, of a wicket) To be lost.
2. (intransitive, cricket, of a batsman) To be out.
To break down or apart:
1. (intransitive) To collapse or give way, to break apart.
  Synonyms: crumble, collapse, disintegrate, give way
2. (intransitive) To break down or decay.
(intransitive) To be sold.
(intransitive) To be discarded or disposed of.
(intransitive) To be given, especially to be assigned or allotted.
(transitive, intransitive) To survive or get by; to last or persist for a stated length of time.
- 2011, H. R. F. Keating, Zen there was Murder →ISBN:
  'Surely one cannot go for long in this world to-day without at least a thought for St Simon Stylites?'
(transitive, sports) To have a certain record.
To be authoritative, accepted, or valid:
1. (intransitive) Of an opinion or instruction, to have (final) authority; to be authoritative.
2. (intransitive) To be accepted.
3. (intransitive) To be valid or applicable.
To say (something), to make a sound:
1. (transitive, colloquial) To say (something, aloud or to oneself).
2. (transitive) To make the (specified) sound.
3. (intransitive) To sound; to make a noise.
To be expressed or composed (a certain way).
(intransitive) To resort (to).
To apply or subject oneself to:
1. To apply oneself; to undertake; to have as one's goal or intention. (Compare be going to.)
2. (intransitive) To make an effort, to subject oneself (to something).
3. (intransitive) To work (through or over), especially mentally.
To fit (in a place, or together with something):
1. (intransitive, often followed by a preposition) To fit.
  Synonyms: fit, pass, stretch, come, make it
2. (intransitive) To be compatible, especially of colors or food and drink.
  Synonym: harmonize
  
  Antonym: clash
3. (intransitive) To belong (somewhere).
  Synonyms: belong, have a place
(intransitive) To date.
Synonyms: go out (with), date, see
(transitive) To (begin to) date or have sex with (a particular race).
To attack:
1. (intransitive) To fight or attack.
2. (transitive, obsolete, US, slang) To fight.
3. (transitive, Australian slang) To attack.
(in phrases with 'as') Used to express how some category of things generally is, as a reference for, contrast to, or comparison with, a particular example.
(transitive) To take (a particular part or share); to participate in to the extent of.
(transitive) To yield or weigh.
(transitive, intransitive) To offer, bid or bet an amount; to pay.
(transitive, colloquial) To enjoy. (Compare go for.)
(intransitive, colloquial) To go to the toilet; to urinate or defecate.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:urinate, Thesaurus:defecate
(imperative) Expressing encouragement or approval.
(UK, Australia, intransitive, colloquial) (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) Clipping of go to the.

Usage notes

Along with do, make, and to a lesser extent other English verbs, go is often used as a substitute for a verb that was used previously or that is implied, in the same way a pronoun substitutes for a noun. For example:
Chris: Then he goes like this: (Chris then waves his arms around, implying that the phrase means then he waves his arms).
Some speakers use went for the past participle, especially in informal contexts, though this is considered nonstandard and is proscribed.
Like other English verbs, the verb go once had an alternative present participle formed with the suffix -and, i.e. goand. Goand is now obsolete, having been replaced by going, except in a few rural dialects in Scotland and Northern England, where it is considered archaic. Even in such dialects, it is never used to form the continuous tenses. These examples are from the Highlands:
Goand snell athwart the houf, hoo hent 'im be the swyr. ― Going swiftly across the churchyard, she grabbed him by the neck.

Goand oot of the holt, she saw a woundor baist. ― Going out of the woods, she saw a magical creature.
In certain contexts, been is idiomatically substituted for gone as the past participle. For example, one might go to London but later say that one has been to London.

Conjugation

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:go.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

go (countable and uncountable, plural goes)

(uncommon) The act of going.
A turn at something, or in something (e.g. a game).
Synonyms: stint, (turn in a game) turn, (turn in a game) move, turn
An attempt, a try.
Synonyms: attempt, bash, shot, stab, try
A period of activity.
A time; an experience.
(slang, dated) A circumstance or occurrence; an incident, often unexpected.
- 1839, Charles Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby, in 1868, The Works of Charles Dickens, Volume 2: Nicholas Nickleby, Martin Chuzzlewit, American Notes, page 306,
  “Well, this is a pretty go, is this here! An uncommon pretty go!
An approval or permission to do something, or that which has been approved.
Synonym: green light
An act; the working or operation.
- 1598, John Marston, Pigmalion, The Metamorphosis of Pigmalions Image and Certaine Satyres, 1856, J. O. Halliwell (editor), The Works of John Marston: Reprinted from the Original Editions, Volume 3, page 211,
  Let this suffice, that that same happy night,
  So gracious were the goes of marriage […]
(dated) The fashion or mode.
Synonyms: mode, style, trend
- 1852, Jane Thomas (née Pinhorn), The London and Paris ladies' magazine of fashion (page 97)
  We are blowing each other out of the market with cheapness; but it is all the go, so we must not be behind the age.
(dated) Noisy merriment.
(slang, archaic) A glass of spirits; a quantity of spirits.
Synonyms: gage, measure
- 1868 March, In a City Bus, in the Eclectic Magazine, new series volume VII, number 3:
  “Then, if you value it so highly,” I said, “you can hardly object to stand half a go of brandy for its recovery.”
(dated) A portion
(uncountable) Power of going or doing; energy; vitality; perseverance.
Synonyms: energy, flair, liveliness, perseverance, pizzazz, spirit, verve, vigour, vim, vitality, zest
(cribbage) The situation where a player cannot play a card which will not carry the aggregate count above thirty-one.
(obsolete, British slang) A dandy; a fashionable person.
See Thesaurus:dandy

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

go (not comparable)

(postpositive, chiefly military and space flight) Working correctly and ready to commence operation; approved and able to be put into action.

Etymology 2

From Japanese 碁(ご) (go), one character of the game's more usual Japanese name 囲碁(いご) (igo), from Chinese 圍棋／围棋 (wéiqí).

Alternative forms

Noun

go (uncountable)

(board games) 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.
Synonyms: weiqi, baduk

Translations

Anagrams

'og, O&G, O.G., OG, Og, og

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

(particle; preposition) ga, ge, gi, gu; gan, gon
(verb) gā, gān, ga, gaa, gah, gan, ge, gi, goo, goh, gou, gu

Etymology 1

Short form of gon (“to, towards”). Particle served originally as a preposition (prespositions gon, gan still do). Cognate to (particle/preposition) Alemannic German ga, ge, gi, gu, etc. From Middle High German gon (gan, gen), from Old High German gagan, from Proto-Germanic *gagin. Cognate to German gen (“to, towards”), gegen (“against, towards”), Dutch tegen, English gain, gain-, again, against, Icelandic gegn.

Not to be confused with the verb go (“to go”) (gaa, goo, etc.).

Pronunciation

(Switzerland) IPA^(key): [ɡo], [ɡɔ]
Hyphenation: go

Particle

to (particle follows after verbs (such as go, come); placed before infinitive)
Synonyms: (in northern and western Switzerland dialects with certain verbs) cho, lah

I(ch) gang go (ga, ge, gi, gu) schaffe. ― I am going to work.

I(ch) gahn(e) go schaffe. ― I'm going to work.

I(ch) gang go schlaaffe. ― I am going to sleep.

Preposition

(dated) to, towards (indicating a direction; nowaday often replaced by uf, nach)
Synonyms: uf, nach

I(ch) gang go (ga, gi, etc.) Bäärn. ― I'm going to Bern.

I(ch) gang go (ga, gi, etc.) Züri. ― I'm going to Zurich.
to (used a verb preposition; in combination with verbs and often reduplicated. See particle for more)
(used as an auxiliary time verb for perfect (tense) sentences; placed after verb sii (“being”) and causing an omission of participle gange (“went”))

Etymology 2

Cognate to (verb) Alemannic German gon (“go”), ga, gan, etc. From Middle High German gān (gēn), from Old High German gān, (gēn), from Proto-West Germanic *gān, from Proto-Germanic *gāną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₁- (“to leave”). Cognate with German gehen, Low German gan, gahn, Dutch gaan, English go, Danish and Swedish gå.

Not to be confused with the particle/preposition go (“to, towards”) (ga, ge, etc.).

Pronunciation

(Switzerland) IPA^(key): [ɡoː], [ɡɔː]
Hyphenation: go

Verb

go (goo, goh) (third-person singular simple present goht, past participle ggange, past subjunctive gieng, auxiliary sii)

to go, to walk, step (movement/motion indicating starting point, direction, aim and purpose)
to go away, walk away , step away
to enter; to step in(side), walk in(side), step in(side) (+ inne (“in(side)”) (ine (“id”)); a room, house, building)
to be in motion, to work
Es muess go (ga, gaa, gah, goo, goh). ― It has to work (It must work).
to flow (indicating flow direction of a river, stream, creek)

Related terms

(preposition, particle) gäg, gäge, goge, gogen
(preposition, particle, verb) gango, gang go

Arigidi

Adjective

tall

References

B. Oshodi, The HTS (High Tone Syllable) in Arigidi: An Introduction, in the Nordic Journal of African Studies 20(4): 263–275 (2011)

Cornish

Etymology

From the same source as gew.

Interjection

woe!

Derived terms

Czech

Etymology

From Japanese 碁(ご) (go).

Noun

go n

(board games) go

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Dutch

Etymology

From Japanese 碁(ご) (go).

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -oː

Noun

go n (uncountable)

(board games) go

Esperanto

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɡo]
Hyphenation: go

Noun

go (accusative singular go-on, plural go-oj, accusative plural go-ojn)

The name of the Latin-script letter G/g.

Ewe

Noun

shore

Derived terms

Togo

References

Westermann, D.V.: Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache

Finnish

Etymology

From Japanese 碁(ご) (go).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡoː/, [ˈɡo̞ː]
Rhymes: -oː

Noun

go (game)

Declension

Derived terms

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡo/
Rhymes: -o

Etymology 1

From Japanese 碁(ご) (go).

Noun

go m (plural go)

go (board game)
Synonym: jeu de go

Etymology 2

Noun

go m (plural gos)

Alternative form of gau

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Bambara go, itself from French gosse.

Noun

go f (plural go or gos)

(Ivory Coast, France) girlfriend
(Senegal, France) girl, chick

Synonyms

fille
meuf

Hungarian

Etymology

From Japanese 碁(ご) (go).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈɡoː]
Rhymes: -ɡoː

Noun

go (plural gók)

(board games) go

Declension

Derived terms

gózik
gotábla

Indonesian

Etymology

From Japanese 碁(ご) (go).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡo/
Hyphenation: go

Noun

go (first-person possessive goku, second-person possessive gomu, third-person possessive gonya)

(board games) A strategic board game, originally from China, in which two players (black and white) attempt to control the largest area of the board with their counters.

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish co, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“next to, at, with, along”). Cognate with German ge- (“with”) (collective prefix) and gegen (“toward, against”), English gain-, Spanish con (“with”), Russian ко (ko, “to”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡɔ/, /ɡə/

Conjunction

go (triggers eclipsis, takes dependent form of irregular verbs)

that (used to introduce a subordinate clause)
Deir sé go bhfuil deifir air. ― He says that he is in a hurry.
used to introduce a subjunctive hortative
Go gcuidí Dia leo. ― May God help them.

Go maire tú é! ― May you live to enjoy it!

Go raibh maith agat. ― Thank you. (literally, “May you have good.”)
until, till
Synonym: go dtí go

Fan go dtiocfaidh sé. ― Wait until he comes.

Related terms

(introducing subordinate clause; until):
- gur (for past tenses)
- nach (for negated clauses)
- nár (for past tenses in negated clauses)
(introducing subjunctive hortative): nár (for a negative wish)

Preposition

go (plus dative, triggers h-prothesis)

to (with places), till, until
dul go Meiriceá ― to go to America

Fáilte go hÉirinn ― Welcome to Ireland

go leor ― enough, plenty, galore (literally, “until plenty”)

go fóill ― still, yet, till later, in a while, later on

Usage notes

In the meaning "to", used with place names that do not start with the definite article. Place names that do start with the definite article use go dtí instead. In a few fixed phrases, the archaic form gos is used.

Synonyms

go dtí

Particle

go (triggers h-prothesis)

used to make temporary state adverbs
D’ith sé go maith. ― He ate well.

Shiúlaíodar go mall. ― They walked slowly.

go feargach ― angrily
used to make predicative adjectives expressing an opinion or value judgment
Tá an t-anraith seo go maith. ― This soup is good.

Bhí a mac go hálainn. ― Her son was beautiful.

Ní raibh an film go huafásach. ― The film wasn't awful.

Usage notes

Only used with predicate adjectives expressing a value judgment like "good/bad", "beautiful/ugly" etc. Other predicate adjectives do not take a particle:

Tá an t-anraith seo te. ― This soup is hot.

Bhí a mac ard. ― Her son was tall.

Ní raibh an film fada. ― The film wasn't long.

References

Italian

Etymology

From Japanese 碁(ご) (go).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔ/^*, /ˈɡo/^*
Rhymes: -ɔ, -o
Hyphenation: gò, gó

Noun

go m (uncountable)

(board games) go

References

Iu Mien

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *qʷuw (“far”), from Old Chinese 迂 (OC *qʷa, *qʷaʔ, *ɢʷa). Cognate with White Hmong deb and Western Xiangxi Miao [Fenghuang] ghoub.

Adjective

far, distant

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

Derived from English go.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡo/

Verb

to go; going; went. (tense is determined from context)

Japanese

Romanization

The hiragana syllable ご (go) or the katakana syllable ゴ (go) in Hepburn romanization.

Kamkata-viri

Etymology

From Proto-Nuristani *gāwā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gā́wš, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡo/

Noun

go f (Kamviri, Western Kata-viri)

References

Lhao Vo

Alternative forms

Etymology

Cognate with Burmese ကာ (ka, “shield”).

Noun

shield

References

Dr. Ola Hanson, A Dictionary of the Kachin Language (1906).

Middle English

Verb

Alternative form of gon (“to go”)

Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

From English go

Verb

to go
Im no go go wia wahala dey ― She will not go where there is trouble

Particle

go (to disambiguate this meaning, the acute intonation and the acute accent can be used: "gó")

Used to express the future tense, will
Im no go dey dia ― He will not be there

Northern Sami

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

(Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈko/

Conjunction

when
when, as
since, because
(in comparisons) than

Ojibwe

Alternative forms

igo, igwa

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Particle

emphasis marker

References

The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/main-entry/go-pc-disc

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit गो (go).

Noun

go m or f

cow, ox, bull

Declension

Derived terms

gāvī

Pijin

Etymology

From English go.

Verb

to go; to leave; to go to; to go toward

Polish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔ/
Rhymes: -ɔ
Syllabification: go

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronoun

go m

genitive/accusative singular mute of on
Widzisz go? ― Can you see him?

Pronoun

go n

genitive singular mute of ono

Etymology 2

From Japanese 碁(ご) (go).

Noun

go n (indeclinable)

Portuguese

Etymology

From Japanese 碁(ご) (go).

Noun

go m (uncountable)

(board games) go (Chinese strategy board game)

Salar

Alternative forms

gau, gavu

Etymology

Borrowed from Amdo Tibetan [script needed] (go, “door”). Related to 口 (kǒu). Unrelated to Turkish kapı, Uyghur [script needed] (qovuq).

Pronunciation

(Chahandusi, Jiezi, Gaizi, Qingshui, Mengda, Hanbahe, Baizhuang, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA^(key): [koː]
(Mengda, Xunhua, Qinghai, Ili, Yining, Xinjiang) IPA^(key): [qoː]
(Qingshui, Baizhuang, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA^(key): [ko]

Noun

door

References

Potanin, G.N. (1893) “go”, in Тангутско-Тибетская окраина Китая и Центральная Монголия (in Russian)
Kakuk, S. (1962). “Un Vocabulaire Salar.” Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 14, no. 2: 173–96. [22]
Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “go”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, pages 385, 463
林莲云 [Lin Lianyun] (1985) “go”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar]‎^[23], Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, →OCLC, page 113
Yakup, Abdurishid (2002) “go”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon‎^[24], Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 107
Ma, Chengjun, Han, Lianye, Ma, Weisheng (December 2010) “go”, in 米娜瓦尔艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 231
马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2016) “go”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages - Salar Language Studies], 青海 (Qinghai): 国家社会科学基金项目 (National Social Science Foundation Project), page 274

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

gȏl (Croatia)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *golъ, from Proto-Indo-European *gelH- (“naked, bald”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡôː/

Adjective

gȏ (Cyrillic spelling го̑, definite gȍlī, comparative gòlijī)

(Bosnia, Serbia) naked, nude, bare

Declension

South Efate

Etymology

Probably related to Big Nambas ka-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡo/

Conjunction

Spanish

Noun

go m (uncountable)

go (game)

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English go.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡo/

Verb

To go

Swedish

Adjective

go (comparative goare, superlative goast)

(colloquial) Alternative form of god (chiefly of taste)
(colloquial) appealing, usually in a cozy, cuddly, cute, or charming way

Declension

Noun

go n

(colloquial) go (initiative, perseverance, etc.)
Synonym: jävlar anamma

Noun

(board games) go

References

go in Svensk ordbok (SO)
go in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English go.

Verb

go, leave

Tyap

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡəu/

Verb

to maintain, nurture, incubate

Venetan

Verb

first-person singular present indicative of gaver

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ɣɔ˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ɣɔ˧˧]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [ɣɔ˧˧]

Etymology 1

Noun

go • (𩸰)

(Northern Vietnam, obsolete) gills

Etymology 2

Noun

go • (𦁣)

woof, weft

Volapük

Adverb

absolutely

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh gwo-, from Old Welsh guo-, from Proto-Brythonic *gwo-, from Proto-Celtic *uɸo- (“under”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡoː/

Adverb

go (causes soft mutation)

pretty, a bit, fairly

Derived terms

go iawn (“real, proper”)
go lew (“decent, alright”)

References

R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “go”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Yola

Etymology 1

Verb

Alternative form of goan (“going”)

Etymology 2

Verb

Alternative form of goe (“to go”)

References

Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡò/

Verb

gò

to cover or put something in a coop; usually referring to birds
ó go adìẹ náà ― She put the chicken in a coop

Usage notes

go before a direct object

Derived terms

àgò (“coop”)

Etymology 2

Compare with Olukumi gó

Alternative forms

ga (SY)
gọn (Ijebu)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡō/

Verb

(Ondo, Ifẹ, Ikalẹ) to be tall
Ulí yí Olú kọ́ go (Oǹdó) ― The house Olu built is tall

Zhuang

Pronunciation

(Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /ko˨˦/
Tone numbers: go¹
Hyphenation: go

Etymology 1

From Chinese 棵.

Classifier

go (1957–1982 spelling go)

Used with plants.

Etymology 2

From Middle Chinese 歌 (kɑ).

Noun

go (1957–1982 spelling go)

song

Etymology 3

From Middle Chinese 哥 (kɑ).

Noun

go (1957–1982 spelling go)

elder brother
Synonyms: (dialectal) goq, (dialectal) goj
male relative outside of one's nuclear family, of the same generation, and older than oneself; brother-in-law or cousin

Etymology 4

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “from 個?”)

Particle

go (1957–1982 spelling go)

Used sentence-finally to express certainty or decisiveness.
Synonym: (dialectal) goh

go

go

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Verb

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Conjugation

Quotations

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Noun

Derived terms

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Adjective

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Noun

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Further reading

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Alemannic German

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Particle

Preposition

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Verb

Related terms

Further reading

Arigidi

Adjective

References

Cornish

Etymology

Interjection

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Czech

Etymology

Noun

Declension

Dutch

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Esperanto

Pronunciation

Noun

See also

Ewe

Noun

Derived terms

References

Finnish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

French

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Etymology 2

Noun

Etymology 3

Noun

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Further reading

Hungarian

Etymology

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Noun

Declension

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Indonesian

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