go
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
How often you will meet it
Rank 94 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 264,188 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.126% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 100 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
verb
- change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically also: travel, move, locomote How fast does your new car go?We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus
- follow a procedure or take a course also: proceed, move We should go farther in this matterShe went through a lot of trouble
- move away from a place into another direction also: go away, depart Go away before I start to cryThe train departs at noon
- enter or assume a certain state or condition also: become, get He became annoyed when he heard the bad newsIt must be getting more serious
- be awarded; be allotted The first prize goes to MaryHer money went on clothes
- have a particular form also: run the story or argument runs as followsas the saying goes...
go in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Husband, I'm faint; I can no farther go.
The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1
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Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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It means so much to them, and only forty-five can go away happy.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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He turned to go, but she stood still, looking down into the gloomy, darkening ravine below her.
The Heart of the Hills · John, Jr. Fox · Chapter 1
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They suffered her to touch a little hand of each, passively rather than unwillingly, and let it go.
Christian's Mistake · Dinah Maria Mulock Craik · Chapter 1