go

go¹

/goh/, v., went, gone, going, n., pl. goes, interj., adj.

v.i.

1. to move or proceed, esp. to or from something: They're going by bus.

2. to leave a place; depart: People were coming and going all the time.

3. to keep or be in motion; function or perform as required: Can't you go any faster in your work?

4. to become as specified: to go mad.

5. to continue in a certain state or condition; be habitually: to go barefoot.

6. to act as specified: Go warily if he wants to discuss terms.

7. to act so as to come into a certain state or condition: to go into debt; to go to sleep.

8. to be known: to go by a false name.

9. to reach, extend, or give access to: Where does this door go?

10. to pass or elapse: The time went fast.

11. to be applied, allotted, awarded, transferred, etc., to a particular recipient or purpose: My money goes for food and rent.

12. to be sold: I have a bid of two dollars. Going! Going! Gone!

13. to be considered generally or usually: He's short, as basketball players go.

14. to conduce or tend: This only goes to prove the point.

15. to result or end; turn out: How did the game go?

16. to belong; have a place: This book goes on the top shelf.

17. (of colors, styles, etc.) to harmonize; be compatible; be suited: Your tweed jacket would go well with these pants.

18. to fit around or into; be able to be extended, contained, inserted, etc.: This belt won't go around my waist.

19. to be or become consumed, spent, finished, etc.: The cake went fast.

20. to be or become discarded, dismissed, put aside, forgotten, etc.: Those practical jokes of yours have got to go!

21. to develop, progress, or proceed, esp. with reference to success or satisfaction: How is your new job going?

22. to move or proceed with remarkable speed or energy: Look at that airplane go!

23. to make a certain sound: The gun goes bang.

24. to be phrased, written, or composed: How does that song go?

25. to seek or have recourse for a decision, verdict, corroboration, defense, etc.; resort: to go to court.

26. to become worn-out, weakened, ineffective, etc.: His eyesight is beginning to go.

27. to die: The old man went peacefully at 3 A.M.

28. to fail, break, or give way: The dike might go any minute.

29. to come into action; begin: Go when you hear the bell.

30. to make up a quantity or content; be requisite: Sixteen ounces go to the pound.

31. to be able to be divided; be contained as a mathematical element: Three goes into fifteen five times.

32. to contribute to an end result: the items that go to make up the total.

33. to have as one's goal; intend (usually used in the present tense, fol. by an infinitive): Their daughter is going to be a doctor.

34. to be permitted, approved, or the like: Around here, anything goes.

35. to be authoritative; be the final word: This is my house, and what I say goes!

36. to subject oneself: Don't go to any trouble.

37. (used in the infinitive as an intensifier to indicate the idea of proceeding, esp. with the expectation of serious consequences): He finally had to go ask for a loan.

38. Informal. to urinate or defecate.

v.t.

39. Informal. to endure or tolerate: I can't go his preaching.

40. Informal. to risk, pay, afford, bet, or bid: I'll go fifty dollars for a ticket, but no more.

41. to move or proceed with or according to; follow: Going my way?

42. to share or participate in to the extent of (often fol. by a complementary substantive): to go halves.

43. to yield, produce, weigh as a usable amount, or grow to: This field will go two bales of cotton.

44. to assume the obligation, responsibility, or function of: His father went bail for him.

45. Informal. to enjoy, appreciate, desire, or want: I could go a big steak dinner right now.

46. Informal. to say; declare (usually used in speech): I asked the clerk for my receipt, and he goes, "You don't need it."

47. go about,

a. to occupy oneself with; perform: The shoemaker goes about his work with a smile.

b. Naut. to change course by tacking or wearing.

48. go after, to attempt to obtain; strive for: You'll never get what you want if you don't go after it energetically.

49. go against, to be in conflict with or opposed to: It goes against the company's policy.

50. go ahead, to proceed without hesitation or delay: If you want to use my car, go ahead.

51. go along,

a. to move or proceed.

b. to accompany in travel.

c. to agree; concur: I can't go along with you on that idea.

52. go and, to be so thoughtless, unfortunate, or silly as to: It was going to be a surprise but he went and told her.

53. go ape over or for. See ape (def. 6).

54. go around,

a. to be often in company (often fol. by with): to go around with a bad crowd.

b. to be sufficient for all: Is there enough food to go around?

c. to pass or circulate, as in transmission or communication: The rumor is going around that he was forced to resign.

55. go at,

a. to assault; attack.

b. to begin or proceed vigorously: to go at one's work with a will.

56. go back on. See back² (def. 9).

57. go bananas. See bananas (def. 2).

58. go by,

a. to be disregarded or not taken advantage of: Don't let this chance go by.

b. to be guided by or to rely upon: Don't go by what she says.

59. go down,

a. to decrease or subside, as in amount or size: Prices went down. The swelling is going down.

b. to descend or sink: When does the sun go down?

c. to suffer defeat: to go down fighting.

d. to be accepted or believed: This nonsense goes down as truth with many persons.

e. to admit of being consumed: This food goes down easily.

f. to be remembered in history or by posterity.

g. Slang. to happen; occur: What's been going down since I've been away?

h. Brit. to leave a university, permanently or at the end of a term.

i. Bridge. to fall short of making one's contract.

j. Slang (vulgar). to perform fellatio or cunnilingus.

60. go down on, Slang (vulgar). to perform fellatio or cunnilingus on.

61. go for,

a. to make an attempt at; try for: He is going for the championship.

b. to assault.

c. to favor; like: It simply isn't the kind of life you would go for.

d. to be used for the purpose of or be a substitute for: material that goes for silk.

62. go for broke. See broke (def. 7).

63. go for it, Informal. to pursue a goal with determination.

64. go in for,

a. to adopt as one's particular interest; approve of; like.

b. to occupy oneself with; engage in: Europeans in increasing numbers are going in for camping.

65. go into,

a. to discuss or investigate: Let's not go into the question of whose fault it was.

b. to undertake as one's study or work: to go into medicine.

66. go in with, to join in a partnership or union; combine with: He asked me to go in with him on the purchase of a boat.

67. go it alone, to act or proceed independently, without assistance, companionship, or the like: If you don't want to form a partnership, I'll go it alone.

68. go native. See native (def. 18).

69. go off,

a. to explode, fire, or perform or begin to function abruptly: A gun went off in the distance.

b. (of what has been expected or planned) to happen: The interview went off very badly.

c. to leave, esp. suddenly: She went off without saying goodbye.

d. to die.

e. to deteriorate.

f. Slang. to experience orgasm.

70. go on,

a. to happen or take place: What's going on here?

b. to continue: Go on working.

c. to behave; act: Don't go on like that!

d. to talk effusively; chatter.

e. (used to express disbelief): Go on, you're kidding me.

f. to appear onstage in a theatrical performance: I go on in the middle of the second act.

71. go out,

a. to come to an end, esp. to fade in popularity: Silent movies went out as soon as the talkies were perfected.

b. to cease or fail to function: The lights went out.

c. to participate in social activities, on dates, etc.

d. to take part in a strike: The printers went out yesterday in a contract dispute.

e. Rummy. to dispose of the last card in one's hand by melding it on the table.

f. Cards. to achieve a point score equal to or above the score necessary to win the game.

72. go over,

a. to repeat; review.

b. to be effective or successful: The proposal went over very well with the trustees.

c. to examine: The mechanic went over the car but found nothing wrong.

d. to read; scan.

73. go the whole hog, to do something thoroughly or consistently: If you're getting a new amplifier, why don't you go the whole hog and get new speakers and a turntable, too?

74. go through,

a. to bear; experience.

b. to examine or search carefully: He went through all of his things but couldn't find the letter.

c. to be successful; be accepted or approved: The proposed appropriation will never go through.

d. to use up; spend completely: He went through his allowance in one day.

75. go through with, to persevere with to the end; bring to completion: It was perhaps the biggest challenge of her life, and she resolved to go through with it.

76. go to!, Archaic.

a. you don't say! I don't believe you!

b. let's do it! come on!

77. go together,

a. to be appropriate or harmonious: The rug and curtains don't go together.

b. Informal. to keep company; date; court: They have gone together for two years.

78. go to it, Informal. to begin vigorously and at once.

79. go under,

a. to be overwhelmed or ruined; fail.

b. (of a ship) to founder.

80. go up,

a. to be in the process of construction, as a building.

b. to increase in cost, value, etc.

c. to forget one's lines during a theatrical performance.

d. Brit. to go to a university at the beginning of a term.

81. go with, Informal. to keep company with; court; date: He went with her for two semesters. Also, go out with.

82. let go,

a. to release one's grasp or hold: Please let go of my arm.

b. to free; release.

c. to cease to employ; dismiss: Business was slack and many employees were let go.

d. to become unrestrained; abandon inhibitions: She'd be good fun if she would just let go and enjoy herself.

e. to dismiss; forget; discard: Once he has an idea, he never lets go of it.

83. let go with, to express or utter with abandon: He let go with a sudden yell.

84. let oneself go, to free oneself of inhibitions or restraint: Let yourself go and get mad once in a while.

85. to go, Informal. (of food) for consumption off the premises where sold: coffee to go.

n.

86. the act of going: the come and go of the seasons.

87. energy, spirit, or animation: a man with a lot of go.

88. a try at something; attempt: to have a go at winning the prize.

89. a successful accomplishment; success: to make a go of a new business.

90. Informal. a business agreement; deal; bargain: Thirty dollars? It's a go.

91. Informal. approval or permission, as to undertake or begin something: The boss gave us the go on the new project.

92. Boxing. a bout: the main go.

93. from the word "go," from the very start; since the beginning.

94. no go, Informal.

a. futile; useless: We tried to get there by noon, but it was no go.

b. not authorized or approved to proceed; canceled or aborted: Tomorrow's satellite launching is no go.

95. on the go,

a. very busy; active: She's always on the go.

b. while going from place to place; while traveling.

interj.

96. (in calling the start of a race) start the race; leave the starting line: On your mark! Get set! Go!

adj.

97. ready.

98. functioning properly: two minutes before the satellite is to be launched and all systems are go.

[bef. 900; ME gon, OE gan; c. OHG gen, G gehen]

Syn. 1. walk, run, travel, advance.

Ant. 1. stay.

go²

/goh/, n.

a Japanese game for two persons, played on a board having 361 intersections on which black and white stones or counters are alternately placed, the object being to block off and capture the opponent's stones and control the larger part of the board. Also called I-go.

[1885-90; < Japn < MChin, equiv. to Chin gí name for various board games]

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Chinese weiqi or wei-ch'i Korean baduk

Game that involves two players alternately placing black and white stones on a board checkered by 19 vertical lines and 19 horizontal lines.

The players attempt to conquer territory by surrounding vacant areas or capture stones by surrounding them. Points are awarded by conquering and capturing and reduced by losing one's stones. The game is also played in electronic formats. Go probably originated in China, possibly as early as с 2300 BC. It was brought to Japan с AD 500, where it developed into the modern game. Most identified with Japan, is also popular in China and Korea and is played worldwide.

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(Japanese), also called  i-go,  Chinese (Pinyin)  weiqi , (Wade-Giles)  wei-ch'i  , Korean  baduk  or  pa-tok 

      board game for two players. Of East Asian origin, it is popular in China, Korea, and especially Japan, the country with which it is most closely identified. Go, probably the world's oldest board game, is thought to have originated in China some 4,000 years ago. According to some sources, this date is as early as 2356 BC, but it is more likely to have been in the 2nd millennium BC. The game was probably taken to Japan about AD 500, and it became popular during the Heian period (794–1185). The modern game began to emerge in Japan with the subsequent rise of the warrior (samurai) class. It was given special status there during the Tokugawa (Tokugawa period) period (1603–1867), when four highly competitive go schools were set up and supported by the government and go playing was thus established as a profession. The game became highly popular in Japan in the first half of the 20th century; it was also played in China and Korea, and its following grew there in the latter decades of the century. Play spread worldwide after World War II.

 Traditionally, go is played with 181 black and 180 white go-ishi (flat, round pieces called stones) on a square wooden board (goban) checkered by 19 vertical lines and 19 horizontal lines to form 361 intersections; more recently, it has been played electronically on computers and on the Internet. Each player in turn (black moves first) places a stone on the point of intersection of any two lines, after which that stone cannot be moved. Players try to conquer territory by completely enclosing vacant points with boundaries made of their own stones. Two or more stones are “connected” if they are adjacent to each other on the same horizontal or vertical line, as are the white stones in group e in the figure—>. A stone or a group of stones belonging to one player can be captured and removed from the board if it can be completely enclosed by his opponent's stones, as white is by black in groups a, f, and g and prospectively in groups b and e in the figure. A stone or group of stones is “live” (not captured) as long as it is connected to a vacant intersection, as are the black stones in groups c and d and the white stones in b and e. A stone cannot be placed on a point completely surrounded by enemy stones unless it makes a capture by so doing, as white does in group c. Groups of stones are in effect invulnerable if they contain an “eye,” which consists of two or more vacant points arranged such that the opposing player cannot place his stone on one of the points without that stone's itself being captured. The black stones in group d possess such an eye. The black stones in group c in the figure, however, do not possess an eye, and a white stone placed on the indicated point would result in the complete enclosure and thus the capture of the black stone group. A player's final score is his number of walled-in points less the number of his stones lost by capture.

      Go demands great skill, strategy, and subtlety and is capable of infinite variety, yet the rules and pieces are so simple that children can play. Special handicap rules allow players of unequal skill to play together. Aspiring professionals typically begin apprenticeships at a young age and train for years. A Japanese Go Association, founded in 1924, supervises tournaments and rules and ranks players, both professional and amateur. The European Go Federation was founded in 1950, and other regional and national organizations subsequently appeared. The first annual world go championship was held in 1979, and in 1982 an International Go Federation was established in Tokyo.

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