GO FOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does go for mean? 

• GO FOR (verb)
  The verb GO FOR has 5 senses:

1. be pertinent or relevant or applicable
2. give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to
3. intend with some possibility of fulfilment
4. have a fancy or particular liking or desire for
5. make an attempt at achieving something

  Familiarity information: GO FOR used as a verb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GO FOR (verb)

Meaning:

Be pertinent or relevant or applicable

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

go for; apply; hold

Context examples:

The same laws apply to you! / This theory holds for all irrational numbers / The same rules go for everyone

Hypernyms (to "go for" is one way to...):

bear on; come to; concern; pertain; refer; relate; touch; touch on (have to do with or be relevant to)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Meaning:

Give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

consent; go for; accept

Context examples:

I cannot accept your invitation / I go for this resolution

Hypernyms (to "go for" is one way to...):

react; respond (show a response or a reaction to something)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "go for"):

give (consent to engage in sexual intercourse with a man)

agree (consent or assent to a condition, or agree to do something)

settle (accept despite complete satisfaction)

contract in (consent in writing to pay money to a trade union for political use)

allow; countenance; let; permit (consent to, give permission)

buckle under; give in; knuckle under; succumb; yield (consent reluctantly)

take in charge; undertake (accept as a charge)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Meaning:

Intend with some possibility of fulfilment

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

go for; hope

Context example:

I hope to have finished this work by tomorrow evening

Hypernyms (to "go for" is one way to...):

be after; plan (have the will and intention to carry out some action)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s VERB-ing

Meaning:

Have a fancy or particular liking or desire for

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Synonyms:

take to; fancy; go for

Context example:

She fancied a necklace that she had seen in the jeweler's window

Hypernyms (to "go for" is one way to...):

desire; want (feel or have a desire for; want strongly)

"Go for" entails doing...:

like (find enjoyable or agreeable)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

They go for more bread

Meaning:

Make an attempt at achieving something

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Synonyms:

try for; go for

Context example:

She tried for the Olympics

Hypernyms (to "go for" is one way to...):

compete; contend; vie (compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something