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{ "term": "go", "partOfSpeech": "verblinking verb", "ox3000": true, "cefr": "a1", "verbForms": { "presentSimple": { "iYouWeThey": "go", "heSheIt": "goes" }, "pastSimple": "went", "pastParticiple": "gone", "ingForm": "going" }, "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "to move or travel from one place to another", "sensetop": "+ adv./prep.go to do something", "labels": "North American English", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "She went into her room and shut the door behind her.", "contextForm": "+ adv./prep." }, { "text": "I have to go to Rome on business." }, { "text": "She has gone to China *(= is now in China or is on her way there)*." }, { "text": "She has been to China *(= she went to China and has now returned)*." }, { "text": "Are you going home for Christmas?" }, { "text": "She has gone to see her sister this weekend.", "contextForm": "go to do something" }, { "text": "Could you go and get me a towel?" }, { "text": "I'm going to Spain this year." }, { "text": "It's a long way to go just to see a couple of reefs." }, { "text": "She's gone to Brazil on vacation." }, { "text": "The weather was pretty bad when we went to Boston last year." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "to move or travel, especially with somebody else, to a particular place or in order to be present at an event", "sensetop": "go (to something)go with somebodygo (to something) (with somebody)", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "Are you going to Dave's party?", "contextForm": "go (to something)" }, { "text": "Who else is going?" }, { "text": "His dog goes everywhere with him.", "contextForm": "go with somebody" }, { "text": "He invited her to go with him to the concert.", "contextForm": "go (to something) (with somebody)" } ] }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "to move or travel in a particular way or over a particular distance", "sensetop": "+ adv./prep.+ noun", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "He's going too fast.", "contextForm": "+ adv./prep." }, { "text": "They went farther north into the mountains." }, { "text": "We had gone about fifty miles when the car broke down.", "contextForm": "+ noun" }, { "text": "Slow down—you're going too fast." }, { "text": "We had gone many miles without seeing another car." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 4, "definition": "to move in a particular way or while doing something else", "sensetop": "go flying, skidding, etc. (+ adv./prep.)", "cefr": "b1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "She crashed into a waiter and his tray of drinks went flying." }, { "text": "The car went skidding off the road into a ditch." }, { "text": "She went sobbing up the stairs." }, { "text": "I tripped and went tumbling down the stairs." }, { "text": "Don't go charging in there!" } ] }, { "senseNumber": 5, "definition": "to leave one place in order to reach another", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "I must be going now." }, { "text": "They came at six and went at nine." }, { "text": "Has she gone yet?" }, { "text": "He's been gone an hour *(= he left an hour ago)*." }, { "text": "When does the train go?" }, { "text": "After they'd gone there was an awkward silence." }, { "text": "Don't go—I want to talk to you." }, { "text": "Here's a list of things to remember before you go." }, { "text": "The train goes in a few minutes' time." }, { "text": "They went at about nine o'clock." }, { "text": "What time did they go?" } ] }, { "senseNumber": 6, "definition": "to leave a place and do something different", "sensetop": "go on something", "labels": "(British English)(North American English)", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "to **go on a journey/tour/trip/cruise**" }, { "text": "Richard has gone on leave for two weeks." }, { "text": "to **go on holiday**" }, { "text": "to **go on vacation**" } ] }, { "senseNumber": 7, "definition": "to visit or attend a place for a particular purpose", "sensetop": "go to something", "labels": "(British English)(North American English)(British English)(North American English)", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "to **go to school/college/university**" }, { "text": "I have to **go to hospital** for an operation." }, { "text": "I have to **go to the hospital**." }, { "text": "to **go to the cinema**" }, { "text": "to **go to the movies**" }, { "text": "to **go to prison/jail** *(= to be sent there as punishment for a crime)*" }, { "text": "He **goes to work** by bus." }, { "text": "I think you should **go to the doctor's**." }, { "text": "Do you **go to church** *(= regularly attend church services)*?" }, { "text": "I always **go to the gym** before work." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 8, "definition": "to look at a particular page or website", "sensetop": "go on somethinggo to something", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "She went on Facebook and changed her relationship status.", "contextForm": "go on something" }, { "text": "To find out what the terms mean, go to the glossary.", "contextForm": "go to something" } ] }, { "senseNumber": 9, "definition": "to leave a place or travel to a place in order to take part in an activity or a sport", "sensetop": "go for somethinggo doing", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "to **go for a walk**", "contextForm": "go for something" }, { "text": "to go for a ride/drive/run/swim" }, { "text": "Shall we go for a drink *(= at a pub or bar)* after work?" }, { "text": "to **go swimming/fishing/jogging**", "contextForm": "go doing" }, { "text": "I have to **go shopping** this afternoon." }, { "text": "We're going sailing on Saturday." }, { "text": "We went walking on the beach." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 10, "definition": "to be sent or passed somewhere", "sensetop": "+ adv./prep.", "cefr": "a2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "I want this memo to go to all managers." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 11, "definition": "used to talk about how quickly or slowly time seems to pass", "sensetop": "+ adv./prep.", "cefr": "a2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "Hasn't the time gone quickly?" }, { "text": "Half an hour went past while we were sitting there." }, { "text": "The cruise went very quickly." } ], "collocations": { "adverb": ["quickly", "slowly", "by"] } }, { "senseNumber": 12, "definition": "to stop existing; to be lost or stolen", "cefr": "a2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "Has your headache gone yet?" }, { "text": "I left my bike outside the library and when I came out again it had gone." } ], "synonyms": "disappear" }, { "senseNumber": 13, "definition": "to lead or extend in a particular direction", "sensetop": "+ adv./prep.go from something to something", "cefr": "a2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "Where does this road go?", "contextForm": "+ adv./prep." }, { "text": "The trail goes north at this point." }, { "text": "I want a rope that will go from the top window to the ground.", "contextForm": "go from something to something" } ] }, { "senseNumber": 14, "definition": "to have as a usual or correct position; to be placed", "sensetop": "+ adv./prep.", "cefr": "b1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "This dictionary goes on the top shelf." }, { "text": "Where do you want the piano to go *(= be put)*?" } ] }, { "senseNumber": 15, "definition": "used to say that something does/did not fit into a particular place or space", "sensetop": "will/would not go (in/into something)", "cefr": "b1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "My clothes won't all go in that one suitcase." }, { "text": "He tried to push his hand through the gap but it wouldn't go." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 16, "definition": "used to talk about how well or badly something makes progress or succeeds", "sensetop": "+ adv./prep.", "cefr": "a2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "‘How did the interview go?’ ‘It **went well**, thank you.’" }, { "text": "Did everything **go smoothly**?" }, { "text": "**How's it going** *(= is your life enjoyable, successful, etc. at the moment)*?" }, { "text": "**The way things are going**, the company will be bankrupt by the end of the year." } ], "topics": ["Success"], "collocations": { "adverb": ["smoothly", "well", "badly"] } }, { "senseNumber": 17, "definition": "used in many expressions to show that somebody/something has reached a particular state/is no longer in a particular state", "sensetop": "go to somethinggo into somethinggo on somethinggo out of something", "cefr": "a2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "She **went to sleep**.", "contextForm": "go to something" }, { "text": "The US and Mexico **went to war** in 1846." }, { "text": "The law **went into effect** on 1 August.", "contextForm": "go into something" }, { "text": "Shares **went on sale** this morning.", "contextForm": "go on something" }, { "text": "They're threatening to **go on strike** again." }, { "text": "That colour has gone out of fashion.", "contextForm": "go out of something" } ] }, { "senseNumber": 18, "definition": "to become different in a particular way, especially a bad way", "sensetop": "+ adj.", "cefr": "a2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "to **go crazy/mad/nuts/insane**" }, { "text": "She's beginning to go blind." }, { "text": "He suddenly went quiet." }, { "text": "The company **went bankrupt** last year." }, { "text": "Our dog **went missing **over a week ago." }, { "text": "Her hair is going grey." }, { "text": "The children went wild with excitement." }, { "text": "I can't believe I'm going bald—I'm only thirty!" }, { "text": "She went bright red with embarrassment." }, { "text": "The milk has gone sour." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 19, "definition": "to live or move around in a particular state", "sensetop": "+ adj.", "cefr": "b1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "to go naked/barefoot" }, { "text": "She cannot bear the thought of children **going hungry**." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 20, "definition": "to spend a period of time in a particular way", "examples": [ { "text": "They went for two weeks without receiving any news." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 21, "definition": "to not be noticed, reported, etc.", "sensetop": "go unnoticed, unreported, etc.", "examples": [ { "text": "Pippa's absence went unnoticed." }, { "text": "Police are worried that many crimes go unreported." }, { "text": "In these traditional stories, no crime goes unpunished." }, { "text": "Customer service calls went unanswered." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 22, "definition": "to make a particular sound or movement", "sensetop": "+ noun+ adv./prep.", "cefr": "b1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "The gun went ‘bang’.", "contextForm": "+ noun" }, { "text": "She went like this with her hand.", "contextForm": "+ adv./prep." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 23, "definition": "to be sounded as a signal or warning", "cefr": "b1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "The whistle went for the end of the game." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 24, "definition": "if a number will go into another number, it is contained in that number an exact number of times", "sensetop": "(+ adj.)go into something", "labels": "(North American English)", "examples": [ { "text": "3 into 12 goes 4 times.", "contextForm": "(+ adj.)" }, { "text": "7 into 15 won’t go." }, { "text": "7 into 15 doesn’t go." }, { "text": "7 won’t go into 15.", "contextForm": "go into something" } ] }, { "senseNumber": 25, "definition": "to combine well with something", "sensetop": "go with somethinggo (together)", "examples": [ { "text": "Does this jacket go with this skirt?", "contextForm": "go with something" }, { "text": "Those colours don’t really go (together).", "contextForm": "go (together)" }, { "text": "Leeks and potatoes go well together in a soup." }, { "text": "That tie goes well with that shirt." } ], "synonyms": "match" }, { "senseNumber": 26, "definition": "used to talk about what tune or words a song or poem has or what happens in a story", "sensetop": "+ adv./prep.go that…", "examples": [ { "text": "How does that song go?", "contextForm": "+ adv./prep." }, { "text": "I forget how the next line goes." }, { "text": "The story goes that she's been married five times.", "contextForm": "go that…" } ] }, { "senseNumber": 27, "definition": "to say", "sensetop": "+ speech", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "I asked ‘How much?’ and he goes, ‘Fifty’ and I go, ‘Fifty? You must be joking!’" } ] }, { "senseNumber": 28, "definition": "to start an activity", "examples": [ { "text": "I'll say ‘One, two, three, go!’ as a signal for you to start." }, { "text": "As soon as he gets here we're ready to go." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 29, "definition": "if a machine goes, it works", "examples": [ { "text": "This clock doesn't go." }, { "text": "What makes it go?" } ] }, { "senseNumber": 30, "definition": "used to talk about wanting to get rid of somebody/something", "sensetop": "somebody/something must/has to/can go", "examples": [ { "text": "The old sofa will have to go." }, { "text": "He's useless—he'll have to go." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 31, "definition": "to get worse; to become damaged or stop working correctly", "examples": [ { "text": "Her sight is beginning to go." }, { "text": "His mind is going *(= he is losing his mental powers)*." }, { "text": "I was driving home when my brakes went." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 32, "definition": "to die. People say ‘go’ to avoid saying ‘die’.", "examples": [ { "text": "You can't take your money with you when you go." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 33, "definition": "when money goes, it is spent or used for something", "sensetop": "go on somethinggo to do something", "examples": [ { "text": "I don't know where the money goes!" }, { "text": "Most of my salary goes on the rent.", "contextForm": "go on something" }, { "text": "The money will go to finance a new community centre.", "contextForm": "go to do something" } ] }, { "senseNumber": 34, "definition": "to be sold", "sensetop": "go (to somebody) (for something)", "examples": [ { "text": "We won't let the house go for less than $200 000." }, { "text": "There was usually some bread **going cheap** *(= being sold cheaply)* at the end of the day." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 35, "definition": "to be willing to pay a particular amount of money for something", "sensetop": "+ adv./prep.", "examples": [ { "text": "He's offered £3 000 for the car and I don't think he'll go any higher." }, { "text": "I'll go to $1 000 but that's my limit." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 36, "definition": "to help; to play a part in doing something", "sensetop": "go to do something", "examples": [ { "text": "This all goes to prove my theory." }, { "text": "It *(= what has just happened)* **just goes to show** you can't always tell how people are going to react." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 37, "definition": "to be available", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "There just aren't any jobs going in this area." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 38, "definition": "to use a toilet", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "Do you need to go, Billy?" } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "anything that somebody says or does is accepted or allowed, even if it shocks or surprises people", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "Almost anything goes these days." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "in comparison with the average person, thing, etc.", "examples": [ { "text": "As teachers go, he's not bad." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to be nearly a particular age, time or number", "labels": "(British English)", "examples": [ { "text": "It was going on (for) midnight." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "used to show what somebody intends to do in the future", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "We're going to buy a house when we've saved enough money." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "used to show that something is likely to happen very soon or in the future", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "I think I'm going to faint." }, { "text": "If the drought continues there's going to be a famine." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "used to tell or warn somebody not to do something", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "Don't go getting yourself into trouble." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "something that is enough for a short time", "labels": "(British English)", "examples": [ { "text": "£50 should be enough to be going on with." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to make a very great effort to get something or do something", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "used to show that you are angry or annoyed that somebody has done something stupid", "examples": [ { "text": "Trust him to go and mess things up!" }, { "text": "Why did you have to go and upset your mother like that?" }, { "text": "**You've really gone and done it** *(= done something very stupid)* now!" } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to suddenly become very angry", "labels": "(British English, informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "Now and again she really goes off on one." } ], "topics": ["Feelings"] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "used to express the fact that you do not believe something, or that you think something is bad", "labels": "(old-fashioned)", "examples": [ { "text": "Go on with you—you’re never forty. You don’t look a day over thirty." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "(to have) many/not many advantages", "examples": [ { "text": "You're young, intelligent, attractive—you have a lot going for you!" } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "not possible or allowed", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "If the bank won't lend us the money it's no go, I'm afraid." } ], "topics": ["Permission and obligation"] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "used to say that you do not want to talk about something in any more detail because you do not even want to think about it", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "Don't ask me to choose. I don't want to go there." }, { "text": "‘There was a problem with his parents, wasn't there?’ ‘Don't even go there!’" } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "what you say to tell people to start a race", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to start with; for now", "examples": [ { "text": "‘One slice or two?’ ‘Just one to be going on with.’" } ] }, { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "that remains; still left", "examples": [ { "text": "I only have one exam to go." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "if you buy cooked food to go in a restaurant or shop, you buy it to take away and eat somewhere else", "labels": "(North American English, informal)", "cefr": "c1", "examples": [ { "text": "Two pizzas to go." } ], "topics": ["Cooking and eating"] }, { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "the way somebody behaves towards other people will affect the way those people behave towards them in the future", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "something that is not fashionable now will become fashionable again in the future", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "used to ask what action somebody should take, especially in order to improve the difficult situation that they are in", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "used by a soldier who is guarding a place to order somebody to say who they are", "examples": [ { "text": "Halt, who goes there?" } ] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/ɡəʊ/", "audio": "go/go/go__gb_4.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/ɡəʊz/", "audio": "go/go/goes__gb_3.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/went/", "audio": "we/go/went__gb_2.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/ɡɒn/", "audio": "go/go/gone__gb_4.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/ˈɡəʊɪŋ/", "audio": "go/go/going__gb_2.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/ɡəʊ/", "audio": "go/go/go__us_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/ɡəʊz/", "audio": "go/go/goes__us_2.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/went/", "audio": "we/go/went__us_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/ɡɔːn/", "audio": "go/go/gone__us_3_rr.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/ˈɡəʊɪŋ/", "audio": "go/go/going__us_1.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "Old English gān, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch gaan and German gehen; the form went was originally the past tense of wend." }