go

  • (noun): The act of going.
  • (noun): A turn at something, or in something (e.g. a game).
  • (noun): An attempt, a try.
  • (noun): An approval or permission to do something, or that which has been approved.
  • (noun): An act; the working or operation.
  • (noun): A circumstance or occurrence; an incident, often unexpected.
  • (noun): The fashion or mode.
  • (noun): Noisy merriment.
  • (noun): A glass of spirits; a quantity of spirits.
  • (noun): Power of going or doing; energy; vitality; perseverance.
  • (noun): The situation where a player cannot play a card which will not carry the aggregate count above thirty-one.
  • (noun): A period of activity.
  • (noun): (British slang) A dandy; a fashionable person.
  • (verb): To move:
  • (verb): (chiefly of a machine) To work or function (properly); to move or perform (as required).
  • (verb): To start; to begin (an action or process).
  • (verb): To take a turn, especially in a game.
  • (verb): To attend.
  • (verb): To proceed:
  • (verb): To follow or travel along (a path):
  • (verb): To extend (from one point in time or space to another).
  • (verb): To lead (to a place); to give access to.
  • (verb): To become. (The adjective that follows usually describes a negative state.)
  • (verb): To assume the obligation or function of; to be, to serve as.
  • (verb): To continuously or habitually be in a state.
  • (verb): To come to (a certain condition or state).
  • (verb): To change (from one value to another) in the meaning of wend.
  • (verb): To turn out, to result; to come to (a certain result).
  • (verb): To tend (toward a result).
  • (verb): To contribute to a (specified) end product or result.
  • (verb): To pass, to be used up:
  • (verb): To die.
  • (verb): To be discarded.
  • (verb): To be lost or out:
  • (verb): To break down or apart:
  • (verb): To be sold.
  • (verb): To be given, especially to be assigned or allotted.
  • (verb): To survive or get by; to last or persist for a stated length of time.
  • (verb): To have a certain record.
  • (verb): To be authoritative, accepted, or valid:
  • (verb): To say (something), to make a sound:
  • (verb): To be expressed or composed (a certain way).
  • (verb): To resort (to).
  • (verb): To apply or subject oneself to:
  • (verb): To fit (in a place, or together with something):
  • (verb): To date.
  • (verb): To attack:
  • (verb): To be in general; to be usually.
  • (verb): To take (a particular part or share); to participate in to the extent of.
  • (verb): To yield or weigh.
  • (verb): To offer, bid or bet an amount; to pay.
  • (verb): To enjoy. (Compare go for.)
  • (verb): To urinate or defecate.
  • (adjective): Working correctly and ready to commence operation; approved and able to be put into action.
  • It’s your go.
  • I’ll give it a go.
  • We will begin as soon as the boss says it's a go.
  • quite the go
  • a high go