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say it: goh
go is a verb, noun and adjective meaning "change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically". It carries 35 recorded senses.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
“How fast does your new car go?”
“We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus”
“The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect”
“The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell”
“news travelled fast”
enter or assume a certain state or condition
“He became annoyed when he heard the bad news”
“It must be getting more serious”
“her face went red with anger”
“She went into ecstasy”
“Get going!”
be awarded; be allotted
“The first prize goes to Mary”
“Her money went on clothes”
stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
“Service runs all the way to Cranbury”
“His knowledge doesn't go very far”
“My memory extends back to my fourth year of life”
“The facts extend beyond a consideration of her personal assets”
be abolished or discarded
“These ugly billboards have to go!”
“These luxuries all had to go under the Khmer Rouge”
continue to live and avoid dying
“We went without water and food for 3 days”
“These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America”
“The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents”
“how long can a person last without food and water?”
“One crash victim died, the other lived”
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
“She died from cancer”
“The children perished in the fire”
“The patient went peacefully”
“The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102”
begin or set in motion
“I start at eight in the morning”
“Ready, set, go!”
be contained in
“How many times does 18 go into 54?”
be sounded, played, or expressed
“How does this song go again?”
be the right size or shape; fit correctly or as desired
“This piece won't fit into the puzzle”
be spent
“All my money went for food and rent”
stop operating or functioning
“The engine finally went”
“The car died on the road”
“The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town”
“The coffee maker broke”
“The engine failed on the way to town”
“her eyesight went after the accident”
street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine
a board game for two players who place counters on a grid; the object is to surround and so capture the opponent's counters
Japan
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for go come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.