go
/ɡoʊ/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: 6.03 in modern English
3
Scrabble Score
2
Letters
1
Syllables
2
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Abbreviation of Gorontalo: a province of Indonesia.
name
Abbreviation of Goiás: a state of Brazil.
verb
To move, either physically or in an abstract sense:
Example Sentences
- "Why don’t you go with us?"
- "This train goes through Cincinnati on its way to Chicago."
- "Chris, where are you going?"
- "There's no public transit where I'm going."
- "Wow, look at him go!"
- "The rumour went all around town."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *gāną Proto-West Germanic *gān Old English gān Middle English gon English go From Middle English gon, goon, from Old English gān (“to go”), from Proto-West Germanic *gān, from Proto-Germanic *gāną (“to go”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₁- (“to leave”). The inherited past tense form yode (compare Old English ēode) was replaced through suppletion in the 15th century by went, from Old English wendan (“to go, depart, wend”). cognates and related terms Cognate with Scots gae, gan, gang, ging, gyang (“to go”), Yola go, goe, goeth, gow (“to go”), West Frisian gean (“to go”), Alemannic German gaa, go (“to go, walk, step”), Bavarian geh (“to go”), Cimbrian ghéenan, gian (“to go”), Dutch gaan (“to go”), Dutch Low Saxon gan, gaon (“to go”), German gehen (“to go”), German Low German gahn (“to go”), Limburgish gaon, goëne (“to go”), Luxembourgish goen (“to go”), Vilamovian gejn, gyjn (“to go”), Yiddish גיין (geyn, “to go, walk”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish gå (“to go, walk”), Crimean Gothic geen (“to go”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽 (gaggan, “to go”). Compare also Albanian ngah (“to run, drive, go”), Ancient Greek κιχάνω (kikhánō, “to meet with, arrive at”), Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬰𐬁𐬨𐬌 (zazāmi), Sanskrit जहाति (jáhāti, “to shun, avoid, lay aside”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɡoʊ/
- British English: /ɡəʊ/
Usage
Inflected Forms
goes (present, singular)
going (participle, present)
went (past)
yode (obsolete, past)
goed (nonstandard, past)
gone (participle, past)
went (nonstandard, participle)
no-table-tags (table tags)
glossary (inflection template)
went (first person, past)
yode (archaic, first person)
goest (archaic, present)