Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

go to

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 6.01 in modern English

Syllables: go -to
IPA

5

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

2

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, to.

verb

To attend an event or a sight.

Transitive verb

verb

To attend classes at a school as a student.

Transitive verb

verb

To tend to support.

Transitive verb

verb

To get to work; (imperatively) come on.

Archaic; Intransitive verb

verb

Used imperatively to express protest or surprise; "come, now!".

Archaic; Intransitive verb

noun

The branching construct GOTO.

Example Sentences

"All the jewelry went to her heirs."
"Don't go to all that bother for me."
"We went to a concert for my birthday."
"He went to the University of Kansas for almost two years before he dropped out."
"The study goes to the point I was making earlier about subsidies."
"Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early from mount Gilead."

Usage

Inflected Forms

goes to (present, singular) going to (participle, present) went to (past) gone to (participle, past) go tos (plural)

Phrases

going to go to bed

Frequently Paired Words

going to go to bed

Synonyms

attend

Questions

What does go to mean?: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, to.

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