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go   (TTS Sound)

The noun go has 4 senses

• go, spell, tour, turn -- (a time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else); "it's my go"; "a spell of work")


• Adam, ecstasy, XTC, go, disco biscuit, cristal, X, hug drug -- (street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine)


• crack, fling, go, pass, whirl, offer -- (a usually brief attempt; "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it a whirl")


• go, go game -- (a board game for two players who place counters on a grid; the object is to surround and so capture the opponent's counters)

The verb go has 30 senses

• travel, go, move, locomote -- (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")


• go, proceed, move -- (follow a procedure or take a course; "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")


• go, go away, depart -- (move away from a place into another direction; "Go away before I start to cry"; "The train departs at noon")


• become, go, get -- (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!")


• go -- (be awarded; be allotted; "The first prize goes to Mary"; "Her money went on clothes")


• run, go -- (have a particular form; "the story or argument runs as follows"; "as the saying goes...")


• run, go, pass, lead, extend -- (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")


• proceed, go -- (follow a certain course; "The inauguration went well"; "how did your interview go?")


• go -- (be abolished or discarded; "These ugly billboards have to go!"; "These luxuries all had to go under the Khmer Rouge")


• go -- (be or continue to be in a certain condition; "The children went hungry that day")


• sound, go -- (make a certain noise or sound; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'")


• function, work, operate, go, run -- (perform as expected when applied; "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")


• run low, run short, go -- (to be spent or finished; "The money had gone after a few days"; "Gas is running low at the gas stations in the Midwest")


• move, go, run -- (progress by being changed; "The speech has to go through several more drafts"; "run through your presentation before the meeting")


• survive, last, live, live on, go, endure, hold up, hold out -- (continue to live through hardship or adversity; "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 -- (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")


• die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it -- (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")


• belong, go -- (be in the right place or situation; "Where do these books belong?"; "Let's put health care where it belongs--under the control of the government"; "Where do these books go?")


• go -- (be ranked or compare; "This violinist is as good as Juilliard-trained violinists go")


• start, go, get going -- (begin or set in motion; "I start at eight in the morning"; "Ready, set, go!")


• move, go -- (have a turn; make one's move in a game; "Can I go now?")


• go -- (be contained in; "How many times does 18 go into 54?")


• go -- (be sounded, played, or expressed; "How does this song go again?")


• blend, go, blend in -- (blend or harmonize; "This flavor will blend with those in your dish"; "This sofa won't go with the chairs")


• go, lead -- (lead, extend, or afford access; "This door goes to the basement"; "The road runs South")


• fit, go -- (be the right size or shape; fit correctly or as desired; "This piece won't fit into the puzzle")


• rifle, go -- (go through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way; "Who rifled through my desk drawers?")


• go -- (be spent; "All my money went for food and rent")


• plump, go -- (give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number; "I plumped for the losing candidates")


• fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down -- (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")

The adj go has 1 sense

• go -- (functioning correctly and ready for action; "all systems are go")