Appendix:Dictionary notes/go
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This is a classification of various treatments of the word "go" in various major dictionaries. The classification of senses is inexact, and may contain errors or redundancies. Corrections and additions are welcome.
Verb
[edit]gloss | W1913 | WN | RHU | CC | DCE | OED | MW3 | AHD | MQ4 |
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move from one place to another | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1a, 1b (in a particular way) | 2a, 2b (manner), 2c (distance/speed), 30 (toward) | 1a | 1 | 1 |
walk | 2 | 1a (obsolete) | 3 (obsolete) | 25 | |||||
circulate / be passed | 3 | 13 | 12a | 10a (be valid) | 6a (be valid) | ||||
proceed well/poorly | 4 | 8 | 21 | 14 | 9 | 18a, 19a | 6b, 6e | 20a | 18 |
contribute to a result | 5 | 14 | 13 | 18b, 41a, 42 | 11e1, 18 | 14 | 12 | ||
undertake | 6 | 3(II) | |||||||
proceed by thought (going over/through) | 7 | 14 | 26d | ||||||
be pregnant (with) | 8 | 7 | 4b | ||||||
leave | 9 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 21a | 1c | 2 | 2 |
perish, wear out | 10 | 29 | (26,28) | ||||||
extend or connect (to) | 11 | 7, 24 ("lead") | 9 | 11 | 7 | 30c (lead), 43a (reach) | 2f1, 2f2 (lead), 13b (reach) | 4a (extend), 4b (lead) | 8 |
resort (to) | 12 | 25 | 31 | 33, 34a | 7a, 8 | 3b | 20 | ||
have a part in | 1(II) | 42 | 35c | 5b(II) | 5b(II) | ||||
bet / wager | 2(II) | 40 (informal) | 3 | 36 | 4a(II) | 4a(II) (informal) | 33 (cards) | ||
proceed with | 2 | 3 | |||||||
become a certain way | 4 | 4 | 7 (copula) | 44 | 14a, 14b (change) | 10b | 29 (copula) | ||
be allotted (to), be spent (on) | 5 | 11 | 15 | 33 | 39a, 39b | 11c (be spent), 11d1 (be awarded), 11d2 (be inherited) | 13a, 13b | ||
be discarded | 9 | 20 | 27 | 47 | 5c | 17b | |||
be continuously in a state (~ hungry) | 10 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 4a | 10a | ||
make a sound | 11 | 23 | 8 | 20 | 10 | 6b(II) | 32 | ||
function (engine won't ~) | 12 | 6 | 17 | 8c, 8d (timepiece) | 9c, 9d (timepiece) | 5 | 4 | ||
survive (~ without food) | 15 | 38 | 8a(II) | ||||||
elapse | 16 | 10 | 25a | 37 | 11a | 5b2 | 16b | 9 | |
die | 17 | 27 | 24 | 32 | 28a | 5b1 | 19 | 22 | |
be a certain way (as xxx go) | 18 | 13 | 17 | 42 | 15 | 6c | 15b | ||
start | 19 | 29 | 4 | 16 | 22a | 9a | 24 | 24 | |
have a turn | 20 | ||||||||
be able to divide (go into) | 21 | 31 | 37 | 38a | |||||
be compatible (with) | 23 | 17 | 18 | 41 | 16a | 21 | 15 | ||
fit | 25 | 18 | 12 | 17a (fit through), 17b | 12b | 16 | |||
rifle | 26 | ||||||||
choose (~ for) | 28 | ||||||||
be used up or spent | 13, 27 | 19 | 28 | 33 | 25a (money) | 5a2 | 17a | 17 | |
be expressed a certain way | 6, 22 | 24 | 21 | 25 | 16 | 15a, 15b (poetry), 15c (song) | 15a | 19 | |
act a certain way | 6 | 13a? | |||||||
fall into a state | 7 | 9 | 8 | 5 | |||||
be known (by, as) | 8 | 19 | 14a | 10c | 11 | 7 | |||
be sold | 12 | 16 | 34 | 24a | 5d | 7 | |||
result, turn out | 15 | 6d | 13 | ||||||
belong (at a place) | 16 | 20 | 11 | 38b | 17d | 12a | 14 | ||
move quickly or energetically | 22 | ||||||||
become ineffective; deteriorate | 26 | 22 | 29 (deteriorate), 30 | 27a, 29d (living things) | 5f | 18a | |||
collapse / give way | 28 | 23 | 29 | 5g | 18b | 23 | |||
compose a quantity | 30 | ||||||||
contribute to a total | 32 | 27 | |||||||
intend ("going to") | 33 | 40 | 6a (intention), 6b (future) | 7c (dialectal), 12 | 9 | ||||
be permitted | 34 | 34 | 18d (colloquial) | 20a2 | 22b | 25 | |||
have authority | 35 | 35 | 30 | 18e (colloquial) | 20a1 | 22a | 26 | ||
make an effort ("go to …") | 36 | 12 | |||||||
do something (go shopping) | 37 | 5 | 9a(II) | 3(II) | |||||
follow (a course) | 41 | 25b, 25c | 4a | 2a, 1(II) | 3a | ||||
yield (a quantity) | 43 | 35f | 7 | ||||||
assume (an obligation) | 44 | 5a(II) | |||||||
excrete (solid/liquid) | 38 (informal) | 48 (informal) | 31f (colloquial) | 21 | 23 (informal) | 28 (colloquial) | |||
tolerate | 39 (informal) | ||||||||
enjoy | 45 (informal) | 35d (colloquial) | 9b(II) | 8 (informal) | |||||
say | 46 (informal) | 36 (nonstandard) | 19 (spoken informal) | 10b | 9(II) | 34a | |||
move with a specific purpose (~ and get) | 2 | 1c (US) | 32 | 1e? | |||||
travel routinely | 5 | ||||||||
occur | 26 | 6a | |||||||
attend (go to school) | 29 | 3a (party etc.), 3b (school etc.) | 31a, 32d | ||||||
join a profession | 30 | 31c | |||||||
put oneself (to) | 32 | 7b | |||||||
proceed (~ too far) | 33 | 35a | |||||||
move while doing something (~ jumping) | 2 | ||||||||
make a movement | 18 | ||||||||
make noise (intransitive) | 26 | 9 | 9e1 (ring), 9e2 | ||||||
disappear, end (headache ~) | 28 | 27a | 5a1, 5h (cease to have effect) | 21 | |||||
pay / bid an amount (~ any higher) | 35 | 35b | 4b(II)(offer), 8b(II) | 4b(II) | |||||
resign / be fired | 46 | 10d | |||||||
be sung, flow smoothly | 17 | ||||||||
be given up | 26 | ||||||||
be used (for a purpose) (~ to) | 40 | ||||||||
be told, pass from one person to another | 13a | 10b | 6b | ||||||
be considered | 16b (obsolete) | ||||||||
succeed | 19b | 6f | 20b | ||||||
be passable | 19c (mountaineering) | ||||||||
to live/exist | 1b | ||||||||
to step a certain way | 1c | ||||||||
continue on (~ one's way), be left alone (let it ~) | 21b, 21e | 1(II) | |||||||
deviate (from) | 21c | ||||||||
(rebuke) | 21d | ||||||||
play music uninhibitedly | 22b | ||||||||
be lost or out in cricket (wicket/batsman) | 27b | 5e1 (wicket), 5e2 (batsman) | 3 (batsman) | ||||||
faint | 29b | ||||||||
be diseased, decayed | 29c | ||||||||
pass through | 2e | 2(II) | 2(II) (traverse) | ||||||
ride to hounds | 3 (hunting) | 1d | |||||||
copulate with (~to the bull) | 31b | ||||||||
do something stupid (~ and done that) | 32c | 8 (informal) | |||||||
try to | 34b | ||||||||
bet (someone) | 36b | ||||||||
to declare / accept | 36c (cards) | ||||||||
be conveyed | 37a | 2c | |||||||
be equivalent (to) | 41c | 11e2, | |||||||
suffice; have use/purchasing value | 43d | ||||||||
be turned into | 44b | ||||||||
run, take a course | 4c, 4d (manner) | (included in 2f1) | |||||||
be led (by), to fall in line (with) | 5a | ||||||||
be determined by | 5b | 11b | |||||||
be in motion | 8a | 1b | |||||||
have a certain kind of motion/action | 8b | 9b | |||||||
strike the hour | 9b | 6a(II) | |||||||
be playable by everyone (of a card suit) | 19 | ||||||||
act in accordance with | 11a | ||||||||
be true; apply | 20b | ||||||||
(with regard to) (as far as X ~) | 20c | ||||||||
continue (to ~) | 11c | ||||||||
originate in (~ back to) | 16a | ||||||||
weight | 6(II) | ||||||||
have a record of (~ X for Y) | 7 (sports) | ||||||||
advance | 6 | ||||||||
think, say to oneself | 34b | ||||||||
attack | 35 (colloquial) |
Noun
[edit]gloss | W1913 | WN | RHU | CC | DCE | OED | MW3 | AHD | MQ4 |
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working | 1 (obsolete) | ||||||||
incident | 2 (slang) | 3 (colloquial/vulgar) | 3 | ||||||
the fashion | 3 (colloquial) | 8b | 2 | ||||||
merriment | 4 (colloquial) | ||||||||
glass of alcohol | 5 (slang) | 5c (colloquial) | 4b | ||||||
vitality | 6 (colloquial) | 48 | 51 (informal) | 10 (UK) | 2 (colloquial) | 6 | 4 (informal) | 37 (colloquial) | |
condition in cribbage | 7 | 6b | 5a, 5b | ||||||
turn | 1 | 50 | 2 | 7a | 38 (colloquial) | ||||
ecstasy (drug) | 2 | ||||||||
attempt | 3 | 49 | 49a | 1 | 4 (colloquial) | 7b | 2 | ||
act of going | 47 | 48 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 36 | |||
success | 50 | 53 (informal) | 3? | 7a (colloquial) | 9a | ||||
bargain | 51 (informal) | 54 (informal) | 7b (colloquial) | 9b | 40 (US colloquial) | ||||
go-ahead | 52 (informal) | 1(II) | 5a (informal) | ||||||
contest / fight | 53 (boxing) | 4b (colloquial) | 10 | 39 (colloquial) | |||||
quantity (of something) | 4? | 5 | 4a | ||||||
delivery in skittles | 6a | ||||||||
opportunity | 7c | ||||||||
burst of activity | 8a | 3? | |||||||
bout of illness | 4c | 8b | |||||||
starting point (Go) | 5b (informal) | ||||||||
something which is OK to proceed | 6 | 5c (informal) | |||||||
attempt to stop a criminal | 49b | 9c? | |||||||
attack | 49c | 9b? |
Adjective
[edit]gloss | W1913 | WN | RHU | CC | DCE | OED | MW3 | AHD | MQ4 |
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ready | 55 | (included in 1) | (included in 1?) | (included in 41) | |||||
functional | 56 | 58 (informal) | 1 | 1 | 1 (informal) | 41 | |||
fashionable | 2 |