Dictionary entry details
• GO BY (verb)
Meaning:
Pass by
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
slide by; go by; glide by; elapse; slip by; slip away; go along; pass; lapse
Context example:
three years elapsed
Hypernyms (to "go by" is one way to...):
advance; go on; march on; move on; pass on; progress (move forward, also in the metaphorical sense)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "go by"):
fell; fly; vanish (pass away rapidly)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Meaning:
Pass by
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
travel by; go past; pass by; pass; go by; surpass
Context examples:
A black limousine passed by when she looked out the window / He passed his professor in the hall / One line of soldiers surpassed the other
Hypernyms (to "go by" is one way to...):
go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "go by"):
skirt (pass around or about; move along the border)
run by (pass by while running)
fly by (pass by while flying)
fly by; whisk by; zip by (move by very quickly)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Be called; go by a certain name
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
go by; go under
Context example:
She goes by her maiden name again
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Be or act in accordance with
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
Go by this rule and you'll be safe
Hypernyms (to "go by" is one way to...):
conform to; follow (behave in accordance or in agreement with)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
