1. Change location; proceed; also used metaphorically
   "How fast does your new car go?"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect";
   - travel, move, locomote
    
2. 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";
   - proceed, move
    
3. Move away from a place into another direction
   "Go away before I start to cry";
   - go away, depart
    
4. Enter or assume a certain state or condition
   "her face went red with anger"; "She went into ecstasy"; "Get going!";
   - become, get
    
5. Be awarded; be allotted
   "Her money went on clothes"; "The first prize goes to Mary"
    
6. Have a particular form
   "as the saying goes …";
   - run
    
7. Stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
   "His knowledge doesn't go very far";
   - run, pass, lead, extend
    
8. Follow a certain course
   "The inauguration went well"; "how did your interview go?";
   - proceed
    
9. Be abolished or discarded
   "These ugly billboards have to go!"; "These luxuries all had to go under the Khmer Rouge"
    
10. Be or continue to be in a certain condition
    "The children went hungry that day"
     
11. Make a certain noise or sound
    "She went ‘Mmmmm’"; "The gun went ‘bang’";
    - sound
     
12. Perform as intended or designed
    "The washing machine won't go unless it's plugged in";
    - function, work, operate, run
     
13. To be spent or finished
    "The money went quickly";
    - run low, run short
     
14. Progress by being changed
    "The speech has to go through several more drafts";
    - move, run
     
15. Continue to live and avoid dying
    "We went without water and food for 3 days";
    - survive, last, live, live on, endure, hold up, hold out
     
16. 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"
     
17. Cease to live
    "The patient went peacefully";
    - die, decease [archaic], perish, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket [informal], cash in one's chips [informal], buy the farm [N. Amer, informal], conk [informal], give up the ghost [informal], drop dead [informal], pop off [informal], croak [informal], snuff it [informal], cash in [informal], cop it [Brit, informal], flatline [informal], pop one's clogs [informal], pass on
     
18. Be in the right place or situation
    "Where do these books go?";
    - belong
     
19. Be ranked or compare
    "This violinist is as good as Juilliard-trained violinists go"
     
20. Begin or set in motion
    "Ready, set, go!"; "I get going at eight in the morning";
    - start, get going
     
21. Have a turn; make one's move in a game
    "Can I go now?";
    - move
     
22. Be contained in
    "How many times does 18 go into 54?"
     
23. Be sounded, played, or expressed
    "How does this song go again?"
     
24. Fit in well or harmonize
    "The modern building was designed to go with the historic architecture of the neighbourhood";
    - blend, blend in
     
25. Provide access; extend (in the direction of something)
    "This door goes to the basement";
    - lead
     
26. Be the right size or shape; fit correctly or as desired
    "This piece won't go into the puzzle";
    - fit
     
27. Go through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way
    "Who went through my desk drawers?";
    - rifle
     
28. Be spent
    "All my money went for food and rent"
     
29. Give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number
    "I'll go with the red one";
    - plump
     
30. Stop operating or functioning
    "The engine finally went"; "her eyesight went after the accident"; "The engine went bad on the way to town";
    - fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out [informal], break, break down, pack up [Brit, informal], give up the ghost [informal]

1. A time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
   "it's my go";
   - spell, tour, turn
    
2. A usually brief attempt
   "he took a go at it";
   - crack, fling, pass, whirl [informal], bash [Brit, informal]
    
3. A board game for two players who place counters on a grid; the object is to surround and so capture the opponent's counters
   "They spent hours playing go game, strategizing their moves";
   - go game
    
4. A turn at something
   "It's your go at the game"
    
5. [slang] A street name for methylenedioxymethamphetamine
   "Police warned about 'go' being sold at music festivals";
   - Adam [slang], ecstasy [slang], XTC [slang], disco biscuit [slang], X [slang], hug drug [slang], molly [US, slang]

1. Functioning correctly and ready for action
   "all systems are go"

Derived forms: goes, gone

See also: a-OK [informal], a-okay [informal], get on, go with, overcome, pull ahead

Type of: accord, act, advance, agree, alter, attempt, be, board game, cause to be perceived, cease, change, change state, choose, come about, compare, concord, consort [archaic], continue, disappear, divide, do, duty period, effort, end, endeavor [US], endeavour [Brit, Cdn], execute, exist, exit, fall out, finish, fit, fit in, fraction, get out, go along, go away, go on, go out, hap [archaic], happen, harmonise [Brit], harmonize, keep, leave, march on, MDMA, methylenedioxymethamphetamine, modify, move, move on, occur, pass, pass off, pass on, perform, pick out, proceed, progress, search, select, shift, sound, stop, take, take place, terminate, transfer, try, turn, vanish, work shift

Antonym: no-go

Encyclopedia: Go, Johnny Go