| ADJECTIVE | all | go | functioning correctly and ready for action |
|---|---|---|---|
| NOUN | time | go, spell, tour, turn | a time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else) |
| artifact | go, Adam, ecstasy, XTC, disco biscuit, cristal, X, hug drug | street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine | |
| act | go, crack, fling, pass, whirl, offer | a usually brief attempt | |
| act | go, go game | a board game for two players who place counters on a grid | |
| VERB | motion | go, travel, move, locomote | change location |
| social | go, proceed, move | follow a procedure or take a course | |
| motion | go, go away, depart | move away from a place into another direction | |
| change | go, become, get | enter or assume a certain state or condition | |
| stative | go | be awarded | |
| stative | go, run | have a particular form | |
| stative | go, run, pass, lead, extend | stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope | |
| change | go, proceed | follow a certain course | |
| change | go | be abolished or discarded | |
| stative | go | be or continue to be in a certain condition | |
| perception | go, sound | make a certain noise or sound | |
| contact | go, function, work, operate, run | perform as expected when applied | |
| consumption | go, run low, run short | to be spent or finished | |
| change | go, move, run | progress by being changed | |
| stative | go, survive, last, live, live on, endure, hold up, hold out | continue to live through hardship or adversity | |
| stative | go | pass, fare, or elapse | |
| change | go, die, decease, perish, 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 / sustain life | |
| stative | go, belong | be in the right place or situation | |
| stative | go | be ranked or compare | |
| motion | go, start, get going | begin or set in motion | |
| competition | go, move | have a turn | |
| stative | go | be contained in | |
| stative | go | be sounded, played, or expressed | |
| stative | go, blend, blend in | blend or harmonize | |
| stative | go, lead | lead, extend, or afford access | |
| stative | go, fit | be the right size or shape | |
| contact | go, rifle | go through in search of something | |
| consumption | go | be spent | |
| cognition | go, plump | give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number | |
| change | go, fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, break, break down | stop operating or functioning |
| Sounds | gow' | |
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| Rhymes | ago ... Winnebago: 47 rhymes with gow... | |
| Meaning | Functioning correctly and ready for action. | |
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| Example | "all systems are go" | |
| Narrower | a-ok, a-okay | In perfect condition or order |
| Opposite | no-go | not functioning properly or in suitable condition for proceeding |
| Meaning | A time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else). | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "it's my go" | |
| Synonyms | spell, tour, turn | |
| Broader | shift, work shift, duty period | The time period during which you are at work |
| Catalan | torn | |
| Spanish | turno | |
| Verbs | go | have a turn |
| Meaning | street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | Adam, ecstasy, XTC, disco biscuit, cristal, X, hug drug | |
| Broader | methylenedioxymethamphetamine, MDMA | A stimulant drug that is chemically related to mescaline and amphetamine and is used illicitly for its euphoric and hallucinogenic effects |
| Meaning | A usually brief attempt. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | crack, fling, pass, whirl, offer | |
| Broader | attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try | earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish / accomplish something |
| Meaning | A board game for two players who place counters on a grid; the object is to surround and so capture the opponent's counters. | |
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| Synonym | go game | |
| Region | Japan, Nippon, Nihon | A constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago |
| Broader | board game | A game played on a specially designed board |
| Meaning | change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Model | The children go to the playground | |
| Example | "How fast does your new car go?" | |
| Synonyms | travel, move, locomote | |
| Caused by | travel, trip, jaunt | make a trip for pleasure |
| Entailed by | miss | fail to reach or get to |
| reach, make, attain, hit, arrive at, gain | Reach a destination / destination, either real or abstract | |
| steer | direct (oneself) somewhere | |
| Narrower | accompany | go or travel along with |
| advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on | Move forward, also in the metaphorical sense | |
| angle | Move or proceed at an angle | |
| ascend, go up | Travel up, "We ascended the mountain" | |
| automobile | Travel in an automobile | |
| back | Travel backward | |
| bang | Move noisily | |
| beetle | fly or go in a manner resembling a beetle | |
| betake oneself | Displace oneself | |
| billow | Move with great difficulty | |
| bounce, jounce | Move up and down repeatedly | |
| breeze | To proceed quickly and easily | |
| caravan | Travel in a caravan / caravan | |
| career | Move headlong at high speed | |
| carry | Cover a certain distance or advance beyond | |
| circle, circulate | Move in circles | |
| circle | Travel around something | |
| circuit | make a circuit / circuit | |
| circulate | Move around freely | |
| come, come up | Move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody | |
| come | Cover a certain distance | |
| crawl, creep | Move slowly | |
| cruise | Travel at a moderate speed | |
| derail, jump | Run off or leave the rails | |
| descend, fall, go down, come down | Move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way | |
| do | Travel or traverse (a distance) | |
| drag | Move slowly and as if with great effort | |
| draw | Move or go steadily or gradually | |
| drive, motor | travel or be transported in a vehicle | |
| drive | Move by being propelled by a force | |
| ease | Move gently or carefully | |
| fall | Move in a specified direction | |
| fall | descend in free fall under the influence of gravity | |
| ferry | travel by ferry | |
| float, drift, be adrift, blow | Be in motion due to some air or water current | |
| float, swim | Be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom | |
| float | Move lightly, as if suspended | |
| flock | Move as a crowd or in a group | |
| fly, wing | Travel through the air | |
| fly | Be dispersed or disseminated | |
| follow | To travel behind, go after, come after | |
| follow, travel along | travel along a certain course | |
| forge, spurt, spirt | Move or act with a sudden increase / increase in speed or energy | |
| get around, get about | Move around | |
| ghost | Move like a ghost | |
| glide | Move smoothly and effortlessly | |
| go around, spread, circulate | Become widely known and passed on | |
| hiss, whoosh | Move with a whooshing sound | |
| hurtle | Move with or as if with a rushing / rushing sound | |
| island hop | Travel from one island to the next | |
| lance | Move quickly, as if by cutting one's way | |
| lurch | Move slowly and unsteadily | |
| outflank, go around | go around the flank of (an opposing army) | |
| pace | Go at a pace | |
| pan | make a sweeping movement | |
| pass, go through, go across | go across or through | |
| pass over, overfly | fly over | |
| play | Move or seem to move quickly, lightly, or irregularly | |
| plow, plough | Move in a way resembling that of a plow cutting into or going through the soil | |
| prance | spring forward on the hind legs | |
| precede, lead | Move ahead / ahead (of others) in time or space | |
| precess | Move in a gyrating fashion | |
| proceed, go forward, continue | Move ahead | |
| propagate | Travel through the air | |
| pursue, follow | Follow in or as if in pursuit | |
| push | Move strenuously and with effort | |
| raft | travel by raft in water | |
| repair, resort | Move, travel, or proceed toward some place | |
| retreat | Move away, as for privacy | |
| retrograde | Move in a direction contrary to the usual / usual one | |
| return | Go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before | |
| ride, sit | Sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions | |
| ride | Move like a floating object | |
| ride | Sit on and control a vehicle | |
| rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise | Move upward | |
| roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond | Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment | |
| round | wind around | |
| run | Move about freely and without restraint, or act as if running around in an uncontrolled way | |
| run | travel rapidly, by any (unspecified) means | |
| rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along, step on it | Move fast | |
| scramble | To move hurriedly | |
| seek | go to or towards | |
| shuttle | travel back and forth between two points | |
| sift | Move as if through a sieve | |
| ski | Move along on skis | |
| slice into, slice through | Move through a body or an object with a slicing motion | |
| slither, slide | To pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly | |
| snowshoe | Travel on snowshoes | |
| speed | Travel at an excessive or illegal velocity | |
| steamer, steam | travel by means of steam power | |
| step | shift or move by taking a step | |
| step, tread | put down or press the foot, place the foot | |
| step | Move with one's feet in a specific manner | |
| stray, err, drift | wander from a direct course or at random | |
| swap | Move (a piece of a program) into memory, in computer science | |
| swash | make violent, noisy movements | |
| swim | Travel through water | |
| swim | Move as if gliding through water | |
| swing | change direction with a swinging motion | |
| taxi | Travel slowly | |
| trail, shack | Move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly | |
| tram | travel by tram | |
| transfer, change | change from one vehicle or transportation line to another | |
| travel, journey | Travel upon or across | |
| travel | Undergo transportation as in a vehicle | |
| travel, move around | travel from place to place, as for the purpose of finding work, preaching, or acting as a judge | |
| travel by, pass by, surpass, go past, go by, pass | Move past | |
| travel purposefully | Travel volitionally and in a certain direction with a certain goal | |
| travel rapidly, speed, hurry, zip | Move very fast | |
| trundle | Move heavily | |
| turn, move around | Pass to the other side of | |
| walk | Use one's feet to advance | |
| walk, take the air | Take a walk | |
| weave, wind, thread, meander, wander | To move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course | |
| wend | direct one's course or way | |
| wheel, roll | Move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle | |
| whine | Move with a whining sound | |
| whish | Move with a whishing sound | |
| whisk | Move quickly and nimbly | |
| whistle | Move with, or as with, a whistling sound | |
| withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move back | pull back or move away or backward | |
| zigzag, crank | travel along a zigzag path | |
| zoom | Move with a low humming noise | |
| See also | go around | become widely known and passed on |
| go by | pass by | |
| go by | move past | |
| go down, go under | go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned" | |
| go down | disappear beyond the horizon | |
| go down | move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way | |
| go off | run away | |
| go on | continue talking / talking / talking | |
| go on | move forward, also in the metaphorical sense | |
| go out | go out of fashion | |
| go up | move upward | |
| go up | go upward with gradual or continuous progress | |
| Opposite | stay in place | Be stationary |
| Similar to | move, displace | Cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense |
| Catalan | anar | |
| Spanish | ir | |
| Meaning | Follow a procedure or take a course. | |
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| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Something ----s Adjective/Noun; Somebody ----s Adjective; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Examples |
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| Synonyms | proceed, move | |
| Narrower | steamroller, steamroll | proceed with great force |
| venture, embark | proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers | |
| work | proceed towards a goal or along a path or through an activity | |
| Broader | act, move | Perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) |
| Catalan | acudir, marxar, venir | |
| Spanish | acudir, ir, proceder | |
| Meaning | Move away from a place into another direction. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "Go away before I start to cry" | |
| Synonyms | go away, depart | |
| Narrower | shove off, shove along, blow | Leave |
| Broader | exit, go out, get out, leave | Move out of or depart from |
| Opposite | come, come up | Move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody |
| Nouns | goer | someone who leaves |
| going | the act of departing | |
| Meaning | Enter or assume a certain state or condition. | |
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| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Something ----s Adjective/Noun; Somebody ----s Adjective; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Model | Water and oil go into the bowl | |
| Example | "Get going!" | |
| Synonyms | become, get | |
| Narrower | break | come into being |
| run | change from one state to another | |
| settle | Become resolved, fixed, established, or quiet | |
| sober up, sober | Become sober after excessive alcohol consumption | |
| sober up, sober | Become more realistic | |
| take | Be seized or affected in a specified way | |
| take effect | go into effect or become effective or operative | |
| work | arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion | |
| Broader | change state, turn | Undergo a transformation or a change of position or action |
| Catalan | esdevenir | |
| Meaning | Be awarded; be allotted / allotted / allotted. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "The first prize goes to Mary" | |
| Meaning | Have a particular form. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Example | "as the saying goes..." | |
| Synonym | run | |
| Broader | be | Have the quality of being |
| Spanish | decir | |
| Meaning | stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points / points or beyond a certain point / point. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP | |
| Example | "His knowledge doesn't go very far" | |
| Synonyms | run, pass, lead, extend | |
| Narrower | come | Extend or reach |
| go far, go deep | Extend in importance or range | |
| radiate, ray | Extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center | |
| Broader | be | Occupy a certain position or area |
| Similar to | range, run | change or be different within limits |
| Catalan | anar, passar | |
| Spanish | ir, pasar | |
| Meaning | Follow a certain course. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Something ----s Adjective/Noun | |
| Example | "how did your interview go?" | |
| Synonym | proceed | |
| Narrower | do, fare, make out, come, get along | proceed or get along |
| drag, drag on, drag out | proceed for an extended period of time | |
| Broader | happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place | Come to pass |
| Catalan | anar | |
| Spanish | ir | |
| Meaning | Be abolished or discarded. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Examples |
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| Broader | disappear, vanish, go away | Get lost, as without warning or explanation |
| Meaning | Be or continue to be in a certain condition. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s Adjective/Noun; Somebody ----s Adjective | |
| Broader | be | Have the quality of being |
| Meaning | Perform as expected when applied. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Model | These cars won't go | |
| Example | "The washing machine won't go unless it's plugged in" | |
| Synonyms | function, work, operate, run | |
| Narrower | cut | Function as a cutting instrument |
| double | Do double duty | |
| roll | Begin operating or running | |
| run | Be operating, running or functioning | |
| service, serve | Be used by | |
| Opposite | malfunction, misfunction | fail to function or function improperly |
| Similar to | run | Be operating, running or functioning |
| work | operate in or through | |
| Catalan | funcionar, operar | |
| Spanish | funcionar, operar | |
| Meaning | To be spent or finished. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Example | "The money had gone after a few days" | |
| Synonyms | run low, run short | |
| Broader | end, stop, finish, terminate, cease | Have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense |
| Similar to | go | Be spent |
| Meaning | progress by being changed. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "The speech has to go through several more drafts" | |
| Synonyms | move, run | |
| Broader | change | Undergo a change |
| Meaning | Continue to live through hardship or adversity. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | survive, last, live, live on, endure, hold up, hold out | |
| Entails | be, live | Have life, be alive |
| Narrower | live out | Live out one's life |
| perennate | survive from season to season, of plants | |
| stand up, hold up, hold water | resist or withstand wear, criticism, etc. | |
| Similar to | be, live | Have life, be alive |
| exist, survive, live, subsist | support oneself | |
| Catalan | durar, persistir | |
| Spanish | durar | |
| Meaning | Pass, fare, or elapse; of a certain state of affairs or action. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Examples |
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| Nouns | going | advancing toward a goal |
| Meaning | Be in the right place or situation. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Model | The chairs go in the corner | |
| Examples |
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| Synonym | belong | |
| Broader | be | Occupy a certain position or area |
| Spanish | pertenecer | |
| Meaning | Be ranked or compare. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Example | "This violinist is as good as Juilliard-trained violinists go" | |
| Broader | compare | Be comparable / comparable |
| Meaning | Begin or set in motion. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "Ready, set, go!" | |
| Synonyms | start, get going | |
| Caused by | start, start up | get going or set in motion |
| Narrower | get off the ground, take off | get started or set in motion, used figuratively |
| go on, come up, come on | start running, functioning, or operating | |
| Opposite | stop, halt | Come to a halt, stop moving |
| Catalan | començar, iniciar | |
| Spanish | comenzar, empezar, iniciar | |
| Meaning | Have a turn; make one's move in a game / game. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Model | Sam and Sue go | |
| Example | "Can I go now?" | |
| Synonym | move | |
| Entails | play | participate in games / games or sport |
| Entailed by | check | place into check |
| Narrower | bluff, bluff out | deceive / deceive an opponent by a bold bet on an inferior hand with the result that the opponent withdraws a winning hand |
| castle | Move the king two squares toward a rook and in the same move the rook to the square next past the king | |
| check | decline to initiate betting | |
| draw, cast | choose at random | |
| manoeuver, maneuver, manoeuvre, operate | Perform a movement in military or naval tactics in order to secure an advantage in attack or defense | |
| open | make the opening move | |
| serve | put the ball into play | |
| stalemate | subject / subject to a stalemate / stalemate | |
| trump, ruff | Play a trump | |
| Similar to | move, make a motion | Propose formally |
| Spanish | mover | |
| Nouns | go | a time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else) |
| Meaning | Be contained in. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Example | "How many times does 18 go into 54?" | |
| Meaning | Be sounded, played, or expressed. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Example | "How does this song go again?" | |
| Meaning | blend or harmonize. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
| Example | "This sofa won't go with the chairs" | |
| Synonyms | blend, blend in | |
| Broader | harmonize, harmonise, consort, accord, concord, fit in, agree | Go together |
| Similar to | fit, go | Be the right size or shape |
| Catalan | anar, casar, combinar | |
| Spanish | casar, combinar, ir | |
| Meaning | Lead, extend, or afford access. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP | |
| Example | "This door goes to the basement" | |
| Synonym | lead | |
| Broader | be | Occupy a certain position or area |
| Catalan | anar, donar, portar | |
| Spanish | dar, ir, llevar | |
| Meaning | Be the right size or shape; fit correctly or as desired. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Synonym | fit | |
| Caused by | dovetail | fit together tightly, as if by means of a dovetail |
| fit | make fit | |
| Narrower | joint | fit as if by joints |
| tessellate | fit together exactly, of identical shapes | |
| Broader | fit | conform to some shape or size |
| Similar to | blend, go, blend in | blend or harmonize |
| Catalan | cabre | |
| Meaning | Go through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonym | rifle | |
| Broader | search | subject to a search |
| Meaning | Be spent. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP | |
| Similar to | run low, run short, go | To be spent or finished |
| Meaning | Give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonym | plump | |
| Broader | choose, take, select, pick out | pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives |
| Meaning | stop operating or functioning. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Model | These cars won't go | |
| Synonyms | fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, break, break down | |
| Narrower | blow out, burn out, blow | melt, break, or become otherwise unusable |
| crash, go down | stop operating | |
| malfunction, misfunction | fail to function or function improperly | |
| misfire | fail to fire or detonate | |
| Broader | change | Undergo a change |
| Similar to | break | Render inoperable or ineffective |
| 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 / sustain life | |
| Catalan | fallar | |
| Spanish | fallar | |