Dictionary entry details
• GO (noun)
Meaning:
A time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
go; spell; tour; turn
Context examples:
it's my go / a spell of work
Hypernyms ("go" is a kind of...):
duty period; shift; work shift (the time period during which you are at work)
Meaning:
Street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
XTC; hug drug; disco biscuit; cristal; go; ecstasy; X; Adam
Hypernyms ("go" is a kind of...):
MDMA; methylenedioxymethamphetamine (a stimulant drug that is chemically related to mescaline and amphetamine and is used illicitly for its euphoric and hallucinogenic effects; it was formerly used in psychotherapy but in 1985 it was declared illegal in the United States)
Meaning:
A usually brief attempt
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
fling; whirl; offer; go; crack; pass
Context examples:
he took a crack at it / I gave it a whirl
Hypernyms ("go" is a kind of...):
attempt; effort; endeavor; endeavour; try (earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something)
Meaning:
A board game for two players who place counters on a grid; the object is to surround and so capture the opponent's counters
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
go game; go
Hypernyms ("go" is a kind of...):
board game (a game played on a specially designed board)
Domain region:
Japan; Nihon; Nippon (a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building)
• GO (adjective)
Meaning:
Functioning correctly and ready for action
Context example:
all systems are go
Similar:
a-ok; a-okay (in perfect condition or order)
Antonym:
no-go (not functioning properly or in suitable condition for proceeding)
• GO (verb)
Meaning:
Change location; move, travel, or proceed
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
travel; move; locomote; go
Context examples:
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
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "go"):
derail; jump (run off or leave the rails)
flock (move as a crowd or in a group)
accompany (go or travel along with)
billow (move with great difficulty)
circulate (move around freely)
circle; circulate (move in circles)
angle (move or proceed at an angle)
go across; go through; pass (go across or through)
go by; go past; pass; pass by; surpass; travel by (pass by)
hurry; speed; travel rapidly; zip (move very fast)
speed (travel at an excessive or illegal velocity)
zoom (move with a low humming noise)
drive (move by being propelled by a force)
come back; get back; go back; return (come back to place where one has been before, or return to a previous activity)
follow; pursue (follow in or as if in pursuit)
lead; precede (move ahead (of others) in time or space)
arise; come up; go up; lift; move up; rise; uprise (move upward)
ascend; go up (travel up,)
come down; descend; fall; go down (move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way)
fall (descend in free fall under the influence of gravity)
crank; zigzag (travel along a zigzag path)
follow; travel along (travel along a certain course)
advance; go on; march on; move on; pass on; progress (move forward, also in the metaphorical sense)
draw back; move back; pull away; pull back; recede; retire; retreat; withdraw (pull back or move away or backward)
retrograde (move in a direction contrary to the usual one)
continue; go forward; proceed (move ahead; travel onward in time or space)
back (travel backward)
pan (make a sweeping movement)
follow (to travel behind, go after, come after)
belt along; bucket along; cannonball along; hasten; hie; hotfoot; pelt along; race; rush; rush along; speed (step on it)
shack; trail (move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly)
shuttle (travel back and forth between two points)
whistle (move with, or as with, a whistling sound)
island hop (travel from one island to the next)
plough; plow (move in a way resembling that of a plow cutting into or going through the soil)
lurch (move slowly and unsteadily)
sift (move as if through a sieve)
fall (move in a specified direction)
drag (move slowly and as if with great effort)
run (move about freely and without restraint, or act as if running around in an uncontrolled way)
bang (move noisily)
precess (move in a gyrating fashion)
move around; travel (travel from place to place, as for the purpose of finding work, preaching, or acting as a judge)
ride (sit on and control a vehicle)
snowshoe (travel on snowshoes)
retreat (move away, as for privacy)
hurtle (move with or as if with a rushing sound)
hiss; whoosh (move with a whooshing sound)
whisk (move quickly and nimbly)
career (move headlong at high speed)
circuit (make a circuit)
lance (move quickly, as if by cutting one's way)
go around; outflank (go around the flank of (an opposing army))
propagate (travel through the air)
draw (move or go steadily or gradually)
change; transfer (change from one vehicle or transportation line to another)
swash (make violent, noisy movements)
pace (go at a pace)
step; tread (put down or press the foot, place the foot)
step (move with one's feet in a specific manner)
beetle (fly or go in a manner resembling a beetle)
circulate; go around; spread (become widely known and passed on)
do (travel or traverse (a distance))
raft (travel by raft in water)
get about; get around (move around; move from place to place)
repair; resort (move, travel, or proceed toward some place)
cruise (travel at a moderate speed)
journey; travel (travel upon or across)
come; come up (move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody)
round (wind around; move along a circular course)
trundle (move heavily)
push (move strenuously and with effort)
travel purposefully (travel volitionally and in a certain direction with a certain goal)
swing (change direction with a swinging motion; turn)
cast; drift; ramble; range; roam; roll; rove; stray; swan; tramp; vagabond; wander (move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment)
wend (direct one's course or way)
travel (undergo transportation as in a vehicle)
carry (cover a certain distance or advance beyond)
ease (move gently or carefully)
whish (move with a whishing sound)
float (move lightly, as if suspended)
swap (move (a piece of a program) into memory, in computer science)
seek (go to or towards)
whine (move with a whining sound)
fly (be dispersed or disseminated)
ride (move like a floating object)
come (cover a certain distance)
ghost (move like a ghost)
betake oneself (displace oneself; go from one location to another)
overfly; pass over (fly over)
take the air; walk (take a walk; go for a walk; walk for pleasure)
meander; thread; wander; weave; wind (to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course)
forge; spirt; spurt (move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy)
run (travel rapidly, by any (unspecified) means)
step (shift or move by taking a step)
drive; motor (travel or be transported in a vehicle)
automobile (travel in an automobile)
ski (move along on skis)
fly; wing (travel through the air; be airborne)
steam; steamer (travel by means of steam power)
tram (travel by tram)
taxi (travel slowly)
ferry (travel by ferry)
caravan (travel in a caravan)
ride; sit (sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions)
prance (spring forward on the hind legs)
drift; err; stray (wander from a direct course or at random)
slice into; slice through (move through a body or an object with a slicing motion)
crawl; creep (move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground)
scramble (to move hurriedly)
slide; slither (to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly)
roll; wheel (move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle)
glide (move smoothly and effortlessly)
bounce; jounce (move up and down repeatedly)
breeze (to proceed quickly and easily)
be adrift; blow; drift; float (be in motion due to some air or water current)
play (move or seem to move quickly, lightly, or irregularly)
float; swim (be afloat; stay on a liquid surface; not sink)
walk (use one's feet to advance; advance by steps)
move around; turn (pass to the other side of)
circle (travel around something)
swim (travel through water)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
Sentence example:
The children go to the playground
Also:
go around (become widely known and passed on)
go up (move upward)
go up (go upward with gradual or continuous progress)
go under (go under,)
go out (go out of fashion; become unfashionable)
go on (move forward, also in the metaphorical sense)
go on (continue talking)
go off (run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along)
go down (go under,)
go down (move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way)
go down (disappear beyond the horizon)
go by; go by (pass by)
Meaning:
Follow a procedure or take a course
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
go; proceed; move
Context examples:
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
Hypernyms (to "go" is one way to...):
act; move (perform an action, or work out or perform (an action))
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "go"):
steamroll; steamroller (proceed with great force)
embark; venture (proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers)
work (proceed towards a goal or along a path or through an activity)
Sentence frames:
Something is ----ing PP
Something ----s Adjective/Noun
Somebody ----s Adjective
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Move away from a place into another direction
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
depart; go away; go
Context examples:
Go away before I start to cry / The train departs at noon
Hypernyms (to "go" is one way to...):
exit; get out; go out; leave (move out of or depart from)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "go"):
blow; shove along; shove off (leave; informal or rude)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
Antonym:
come (move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody)
Meaning:
Enter or assume a certain state or condition
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
become; get; go
Context examples:
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!
Hypernyms (to "go" is one way to...):
change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "go"):
sober; sober up (become sober after excessive alcohol consumption)
settle (become resolved, fixed, established, or quiet)
break (come into being)
take (be seized or affected in a specified way)
run (change from one state to another)
take effect (go into effect or become effective or operative)
work (arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion)
sober; sober up (become more realistic)
Sentence frames:
Something is ----ing PP
Something ----s Adjective/Noun
Somebody ----s Adjective
Somebody ----s PP
Sentence example:
Water and oil go into the bowl
Meaning:
Be awarded; be allotted
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Context examples:
The first prize goes to Mary / Her money went on clothes
Sentence frames:
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Have a particular form
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
run; go
Context examples:
the story or argument runs as follows / as the saying goes...
Hypernyms (to "go" is one way to...):
be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
extend; run; lead; pass; go
Context examples:
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
Hypernyms (to "go" is one way to...):
be (occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "go"):
come (extend or reach)
radiate; ray (extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center)
go deep; go far (extend in importance or range)
Sentence frame:
Something is ----ing PP
Meaning:
Follow a certain course
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
proceed; go
Context examples:
The inauguration went well / how did your interview go?
Hypernyms (to "go" is one way to...):
come about; fall out; go on; hap; happen; occur; pass; pass off; take place (come to pass)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "go"):
drag; drag on; drag out (proceed for an extended period of time)
come; do; fare; get along; make out (proceed or get along)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something ----s Adjective/Noun
Meaning:
Be abolished or discarded
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context examples:
These ugly billboards have to go! / These luxuries all had to go under the Khmer Rouge
Hypernyms (to "go" is one way to...):
disappear; go away; vanish (get lost, as without warning or explanation)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Be or continue to be in a certain condition
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Context example:
The children went hungry that day
Hypernyms (to "go" is one way to...):
be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))
Sentence frames:
Something ----s Adjective/Noun
Somebody ----s Adjective
Meaning:
Make a certain noise or sound
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Synonyms:
sound; go
Context examples:
She went 'Mmmmm' / The gun went 'bang'
Hypernyms (to "go" is one way to...):
cause to be perceived (have perceptible qualities)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "go"):
click; tick (make a clicking or ticking sound)
knock; pink; rap; tap (make light, repeated taps on a surface)
patter; pitter-patter (make light, rapid and repeated sounds)
clop; clump; clunk; plunk (make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground)
thud; thump (make a dull sound)
echo; resound; reverberate; ring (ring or echo with sound)
whistle (make whistling sounds)
beep; blare; claxon; honk; toot (make a loud noise)
crack (make a very sharp explosive sound)
crack; snap (make a sharp sound)
rustle (make a dry crackling sound)
chime (emit a sound)
chatter; click (click repeatedly or uncontrollably)
pop (make a sharp explosive noise)
roll (emit, produce, or utter with a deep prolonged reverberating sound)
birr; purr; whir; whirr; whiz; whizz (make a soft swishing sound)
drone (make a monotonous low dull sound)
lap; swish; swoosh; swosh (move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound)
babble; bubble; burble; guggle; gurgle; ripple (flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise)
bang (to produce a sharp often metallic explosive or percussive sound)
boom; din (make a resonant sound, like artillery)
grumble; rumble (make a low noise)
bleep (emit a single short high-pitched signal)
hum; thrum (sound with a monotonous hum)
slosh; slush; splash; splosh (make a splashing sound)
chink; clink; tink; tinkle (make or emit a high sound)
bombilate; bombinate; buzz (make a buzzing sound)
peal; ring (sound loudly and sonorously)
chug (make a dull, explosive sound)
beat; drum; thrum (make a rhythmic sound)
boom; boom out (make a deep hollow sound)
clangor; clangour (make a loud resonant noise)
clank (make a clank)
clang; clangor (make a loud noise)
twang (sound with a twang)
splat (give off the sound of a bullet flattening on impact)
make noise; noise; resound (emit a noise)
ting (make a light, metallic sound; go 'ting')
blow (make a sound as if blown)
sing; whistle (make a whining, ringing, or whistling sound)
snarl (make a snarling noise or move with a snarling noise)
rattle (make short successive sounds)
beat; tick; ticktack; ticktock (make a sound like a clock or a timer)
squelch (make a sucking sound)
trump (produce a sound as if from a trumpet)
knock; ping; pink (sound like a car engine that is firing too early)
ping (make a short high-pitched sound)
guggle (make a sound like a liquid that is being poured from a bottle)
whish (make a sibilant sound)
blow (sound by having air expelled through a tube)
glug (make a gurgling sound as of liquid issuing from a bottle)
gurgle (make sounds similar to gurgling water)
skirl (make a shrill, wailing sound)
tweet; twirp (make a weak, chirping sound)
resonate; vibrate (sound with resonance)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something ----s Adjective/Noun
Somebody ----s Adjective
Meaning:
Perform as expected when applied
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
function; operate; work; run; go
Context examples:
The washing machine won't go unless it's plugged in / Does this old car still run well? / This old radio doesn't work anymore
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "go"):
serve; service (be used by; as of a utility)
cut (function as a cutting instrument)
run (be operating, running or functioning)
roll (begin operating or running)
double (do double duty; serve two purposes or have two functions)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Sentence example:
These cars won't go
Meaning:
To be spent or finished
Classified under:
Verbs of eating and drinking
Synonyms:
run low; run short; go
Context examples:
The money had gone after a few days / Gas is running low at the gas stations in the Midwest
Hypernyms (to "go" is one way to...):
cease; end; finish; stop; terminate (have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Progress by being changed
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
move; go; run
Context examples:
The speech has to go through several more drafts / run through your presentation before the meeting
Hypernyms (to "go" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
Sentence frames:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Continue to live; endure or last
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
live on; survive; last; endure; live; hold out; hold up; go
Context examples:
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?
"Go" entails doing...:
be; live (have life, be alive)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "go"):
hold up; hold water; stand up (resist or withstand wear, criticism, etc.)
perennate (survive from season to season, of plants)
live out (live out one's life; live to the end)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Pass, fare, or elapse; of a certain state of affairs or action
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Context examples:
How is it going? / The day went well until I got your call
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Also:
go with (go or occur together)
Meaning:
Pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
snuff it; perish; pass away; kick the bucket; give-up the ghost; drop dead; die; decease; buy the farm; cash in one's chips; croak; expire; pop off; exit; conk; choke; go; pass
Context examples:
She died from cancer / They children perished in the fire / The patient went peacefully / The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102
Hypernyms (to "go" is one way to...):
change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "go"):
succumb; yield (be fatally overwhelmed)
fall (die, as in battle or in a hunt)
famish; starve (die of food deprivation)
predecease (die before; die earlier than)
drown (die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating)
buy it; pip out (be killed or die)
asphyxiate; stifle; suffocate (be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen)
abort (cease development, die, and be aborted)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Be in the right place or situation
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
belong; go
Context examples:
Where do these books belong? / Let's put health care where it belongs--under the control of the government / Where do these books go?
Hypernyms (to "go" is one way to...):
be (occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere)
Sentence frames:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
Sentence example:
The chairs go in the corner
Meaning:
Be ranked or compare
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Context example:
This violinist is as good as Juilliard-trained violinists go
Hypernyms (to "go" is one way to...):
compare (be comparable)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Begin or set in motion
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
get going; start; go
Context examples:
I start at eight in the morning / Ready, set, go!
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "go"):
come on; come up; go on (start running, functioning, or operating)
get off the ground; take off (get started or set in motion, used figuratively)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Have a turn; make one's move in a game
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Synonyms:
move; go
Context example:
Can I go now?
"Go" entails doing...:
play (participate in games or sport)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "go"):
check (decline to initiate betting)
maneuver; manoeuver; manoeuvre; operate (perform a movement in military or naval tactics in order to secure an advantage in attack or defense)
ruff; trump (play a trump)
cast; draw (choose at random)
open (make the opening move)
serve (put the ball into play)
castle (move the king two squares toward a rook and in the same move the rook to the square next past the king)
stalemate (subject to a stalemate)
bluff; bluff out (deceive an opponent by a bold bet on an inferior hand with the result that the opponent withdraws a winning hand)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Sentence example:
Sam and Sue go
Meaning:
Be contained in
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Context example:
How many times does 18 go into 54?
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Be sounded, played, or expressed
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Context example:
How does this song go again?
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Blend or harmonize
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
blend in; blend; go
Context examples:
This flavor will blend with those in your dish / This sofa won't go with the chairs
Hypernyms (to "go" is one way to...):
accord; agree; concord; consort; fit in; harmonise; harmonize (go together)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Meaning:
Lead, extend, or afford access
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
lead; go
Context examples:
This door goes to the basement / The road runs South
Hypernyms (to "go" is one way to...):
be (occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere)
Sentence frame:
Something is ----ing PP
Meaning:
Be the right size or shape; fit correctly or as desired
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
fit; go
Context example:
This piece won't fit into the puzzle
Hypernyms (to "go" is one way to...):
fit (conform to some shape or size)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "go"):
tesselate (fit together exactly, of identical shapes)
joint (fit as if by joints)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Go through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
rifle; go
Context example:
Who rifled through my desk drawers?
Hypernyms (to "go" is one way to...):
search (subject to a search)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Be spent
Classified under:
Verbs of eating and drinking
Context example:
All my money went for food and rent
Sentence frame:
Something is ----ing PP
Meaning:
Give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
plump; go
Context example:
I plumped for the losing candidates
Hypernyms (to "go" is one way to...):
choose; pick out; select; take (pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Stop operating or functioning
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
go bad; conk out; give way; give out; fail; die; break down; break; go
Context examples:
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
Hypernyms (to "go" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "go"):
malfunction; misfunction (fail to function or function improperly)
misfire (fail to fire or detonate)
blow; blow out; burn out (melt, break, or become otherwise unusable)
crash; go down (stop operating)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Sentence example:
These cars won't go
