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Definition go

Etymology 1

From Middle English gon, goon, from Old English g?n (“to go”), from Proto-Germanic *g?n? (“to go”), from Proto-Indo-European *??eh?- (“to leave”). The inherited past tense form yode (compare Old English ?ode) was replaced through suppletion in the 15th century by went, from Old English wendan (“to go, depart, wend”).

Cognate with Scots gae (“to go”), West Frisian gean (“to go”), Low German gahn (“to go”), Dutch gaan (“to go”), German gehen (“to go”), Swedish and Danish (“to go”), Norwegian (“to walk”). Compare also Albanian ngah (“to run, drive, go”), Ancient Greek ?????? (kikhán?, “to meet with, arrive at”), Avestan ??????‎ (zaz?mi), Sanskrit ????? (jáh?ti)

Verb

go (third-person singular simple present goes, present participle going, simple past went or (archaic) yode, past participle gone)

  1. To move:
    1. (intransitive) To move through space (especially to or through a place). (May be used of tangible things like people or cars, or intangible things like moods or information.)
    2. (intransitive) To move or travel through time (either literally—in a fictional or hypothetical situation in which time travel is possible—or in one's mind or knowledge of the historical record). (See also go back.)
    3. (intransitive) To navigate (to a file or folder on a computer, a site on the internet, a memory, etc).
    4. To move (a particular distance, or in a particular fashion).
    5. (intransitive) To move or travel in order to do something, or to do something while moving.
    6. (intransitive) To leave; to move away.
    7. (obsolete, intransitive) To walk; to travel on one's feet. [11th-19th c.]
  2. (intransitive, chiefly of a machine) To work or function (properly); to move or perform (as required).
  3. (intransitive) To start; to begin (an action or process).
  4. (intransitive) To take a turn, especially in a game.
  5. (intransitive) To attend.
  6. To proceed:
    1. (intransitive) To proceed (often in a specified manner, indicating the perceived quality of an event or state).
    2. (intransitive, colloquial, with another verb, sometimes linked by and) To proceed (especially to do something foolish).
  7. To follow or travel along (a path):
    1. To follow or proceed according to (a course or path).
    2. To travel or pass along.
  8. (intransitive) To extend (from one point in time or space to another).
  9. (intransitive) To lead (to a place); to give access to.
  10. (copula) To become. (The adjective that follows usually describes a negative state.)
  11. To assume the obligation or function of; to be, to serve as.
  12. (intransitive) To continuously or habitually be in a state.
  13. To come to (a certain condition or state).
  14. (intransitive) To change (from one value to another) in the meaning of wend.
  15. To turn out, to result; to come to (a certain result).
  16. (intransitive) To tend (toward a result).
  17. To contribute to a (specified) end product or result.
  18. To pass, to be used up:
    1. (intransitive, of time) To elapse, to pass; to slip away. (Compare go by.)
    2. (intransitive) To end or disappear. (Compare go away.)
    3. (intransitive) To be spent or used up.
  19. (intransitive) To die.
  20. (intransitive) To be discarded.
  21. (intransitive, cricket) To be lost or out:
    1. (intransitive, cricket, of a wicket) To be lost.
    2. (intransitive, cricket, of a batsman) To be out.
  22. To break down or apart:
    1. (intransitive) To collapse or give way, to break apart.
    2. (intransitive) To break down or decay.
  23. (intransitive) To be sold.
  24. (intransitive) To be given, especially to be assigned or allotted.
  25. (transitive, intransitive) To survive or get by; to last or persist for a stated length of time.
  26. (transitive, sports) To have a certain record.
  27. To be authoritative, accepted, or valid:
    1. (intransitive) To have (final) authority; to be authoritative.
    2. (intransitive) To be accepted.
    3. (intransitive) To be valid.
  28. To say (something), to make a sound:
    1. (transitive, slang) To say (something, aloud or to oneself). (Often used in present tense.)
    2. (transitive) To make the (specified) sound.
    3. (intransitive) To sound; to make a noise.
  29. To be expressed or composed (a certain way).
  30. (intransitive) To resort (to).
  31. To apply or subject oneself to:
    1. To apply oneself; to undertake; to have as one's goal or intention. (Compare be going to.)
    2. (intransitive) To make an effort, to subject oneself (to something).
    3. (intransitive) To work (through or over), especially mentally.
  32. To fit (in a place, or together with something):
    1. (intransitive, often followed by a preposition) To fit.
    2. (intransitive) To be compatible, especially of colors or food and drink.
    3. (intransitive) To belong (somewhere).
  33. (intransitive) To date.
  34. To attack:
    1. (intransitive) To fight or attack.
    2. (transitive, Australian slang) To attack.
  35. To be in general; to be usually.
  36. (transitive) To take (a particular part or share); to participate in to the extent of.
  37. (transitive) To yield or weigh.
  38. (transitive, intransitive) To offer, bid or bet an amount; to pay.
  39. (transitive, colloquial) To enjoy. (Compare go for.)
  40. (intransitive, colloquial) To urinate or defecate.
Noun

go (plural goes)

  1. (uncommon) The act of going.
  2. A turn at something, or in something (e.g. a game).
  3. An attempt, a try.
  4. An approval or permission to do something, or that which has been approved.
  5. An act; the working or operation.
  6. (slang, dated) A circumstance or occurrence; an incident.
  7. (dated) The fashion or mode.
  8. (dated) Noisy merriment.
  9. (slang, archaic) A glass of spirits; a quantity of spirits.
  10. Power of going or doing; energy; vitality; perseverance.
  11. (cribbage) The situation where a player cannot play a card which will not carry the aggregate count above thirty-one.
  12. A period of activity.
  13. (obsolete, British slang) A dandy; a fashionable person.

Etymology 2

From the Japanese character ? (go), though it is usually called ?? (igo) in Japanese, taken from the Chinese character ??.

Noun

go (uncountable)

  1. (board games) A strategic board game, originally from China, in which two players (black and white) attempt to control the largest area of the board with their counters.

Results 405 Words with the letters GO

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5 letter words with the letters GO 
AGLOW 11
AGONY 10
AMIGO 10
AMONG 11
BEFOG 13
BEGOT 10
BIGOT 10
BINGO 11
BLOGS 11
BOGAN 11
BOGEY 12
BOGGY 14
BOGIE 10
BOGLE 11
BOGUS 11
BOING 11
BONGO 11
BONGS 11
BOOGY 12
BOUGH 13
BOURG 11
CARGO 10
CLOGS 11
COGON 11
COHOG 12
COIGN 11
COLOG 11
CONGA 11
CONGE 11
CONGO 11
CORGI 10
COUGH 13
DEFOG 11
DODGY 11
DOGEY 10
DOGGO 10
DOGGY 12
DOGMA 11
DOUGH 11
FLOGS 11
FLONG 12
FOGEY 12
FOGGY 14
FOGIE 10
FORGE 10
FORGO 10
FROGS 10
FUGIO 11
FUNGO 12
GALOP 11
GANOF 11
GAVOT 11
GECKO 14
GEMOT 10
GENOM 11
GHOUL 11
GIPON 11
GISMO 10
GIZMO 19
GLOAM 11
GLOBE 11
GLOBS 11
GLOGG 12
GLOMS 11
GLOOM 11
GLOPS 11
GLORY 10
GLOVE 12
GLOWS 11
GLOZE 17
GLUON 10
GNOME 11
GOBAN 11
GOBOS 10
GODLY 11
GOFER 10
GOING 10
GOLEM 11
GOLFS 11
GOLLY 11
GOMBO 13
GONEF 11
GONGS 10
GONIF 11
GONOF 11
GONZO 17
GOODY 10
GOOFS 10
GOOFY 12
GOONY 10
GOOPS 10
GOOPY 12
GORPS 10
GOUGE 10
GOUTY 10
GOWAN 11
GOWDS 11
GOWKS 14
GOWNS 11
GOXES 14
GOYIM 12
GRODY 10
GROKS 11
GROOM 10
GROPE 10
GROSZ 16
GROUP 11
GROVE 11
GROWL 11
GROWN 11
GROWS 10
GUACO 11
GUMBO 14
GUYOT 10
GYOZA 18
GYRON 10
HOAGY 11
HOGAN 10
HOGGS 11
HONGS 10
IMAGO 10
INCOG 11
JINGO 17
KLONG 13
LOGGY 12
LOGIC 11
LOUGH 11
MAGOT 10
MANGO 11
MOGGY 14
MOGUL 12
MONGO 11
MUNGO 12
NOGGS 10
OGAMS 10
OGHAM 12
OGIVE 11
OHING 10
OLOGY 10
OMEGA 10
OPING 11
ORGIC 10
OUGHT 10
OWING 11
PAGOD 11
PARGO 10
PENGO 11
PINGO 11
PIROG 10
PODGY 13
POGEY 12
PONGS 11
PORGY 12
PROGS 10
PRONG 11
ROUGH 10
SMOGS 10
SOGGY 11
SOUGH 10
THONG 10
TOUGH 10
VIGOR 11
VOGIE 11
VOGUE 12
VULGO 13
WAGON 11
WODGE 11
WRONG 11
YOGHS 11
YOGIC 12
YOGIN 10
YOUNG 11
4 letter words with the letters GO 
AGIO 6
AGOG 8
AGON 7
BIOG 9
BLOG 10
BOGS 9
BOGY 11
BONG 10
CLOG 10
COGS 9
DAGO 7
DOGE 7
DOGS 7
DOGY 9
DONG 8
EGOS 6
ERGO 6
FLOG 10
FOGS 9
FOGY 11
FROG 9
GAOL 7
GIRO 6
GLOB 10
GLOM 10
GLOP 10
GLOW 10
GOAD 7
GOAL 7
GOAS 6
GOAT 6
GOBO 9
GOBS 9
GOBY 11
GODS 7
GOER 6
GOES 6
GOGO 8
GOLD 8
GOLF 10
GONE 7
GONG 9
GOOD 7
GOOF 9
GOON 7
GOOP 9
GOOS 6
GORE 6
GORM 9
GORP 9
GORY 8
GOSH 8
GOTH 8
GOUT 7
GOWD 10
GOWK 13
GOWN 10
GOYS 8
GROG 8
GROK 10
GROT 6
GROW 9
GYRO 8
HOGG 10
HOGS 8
HONG 9
JOGS 15
LOGE 7
LOGO 7
LOGS 7
LOGY 9
LONG 8
MOGS 9
NOGG 9
NOGS 7
OGAM 9
OGEE 6
OGLE 7
OGRE 6
ORGY 8
POGY 11
PONG 10
PROG 9
SAGO 6
SEGO 6
SHOG 8
SLOG 7
SMOG 9
SNOG 7
SONG 7
TOGA 6
TOGS 6
TONG 7
YOGA 8
YOGH 10
YOGI 8
3 letter words with the letters GO 
AGO 5
BOG 8
COG 8
DOG 6
EGO 5
FOG 8
GOA 5
GOB 8
GOD 6
GOO 5
GOR 5
GOT 5
GOX 12
GOY 7
HOG 7
JOG 14
LOG 6
MOG 8
NOG 6
TOG 5
2 letter words with the letters GO 
GO 4

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