{
    "term": "go",
    "partOfSpeech": "verblinking verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "go",
            "heSheIt": "goes"
        },
        "pastSimple": "went",
        "pastParticiple": "gone",
        "ingForm": "going"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to move or travel from one place to another",
            "sensetop": "+ adv./prep.go to do something",
            "labels": "North American English",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She went into her room and shut the door behind her.",
                    "contextForm": "+ adv./prep."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I have to go to Rome on business."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She has gone to China *(= is now in China or is on her way there)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She has been to China *(= she went to China and has now returned)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Are you going home for Christmas?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She has gone to see her sister this weekend.",
                    "contextForm": "go to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Could you go and get me a towel?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'm going to Spain this year."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's a long way to go just to see a couple of reefs."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's gone to Brazil on vacation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The weather was pretty bad when we went to Boston last year."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to move or travel, especially with somebody else, to a particular place or in order to be present at an event",
            "sensetop": "go (to something)go with somebodygo (to something) (with somebody)",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Are you going to Dave's party?",
                    "contextForm": "go (to something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Who else is going?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "His dog goes everywhere with him.",
                    "contextForm": "go with somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He invited her to go with him to the concert.",
                    "contextForm": "go (to something) (with somebody)"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to move or travel in a particular way or over a particular distance",
            "sensetop": "+ adv./prep.+ noun",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He's going too fast.",
                    "contextForm": "+ adv./prep."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They went farther north into the mountains."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We had gone about fifty miles when the car broke down.",
                    "contextForm": "+ noun"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Slow down—you're going too fast."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We had gone many miles without seeing another car."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "to move in a particular way or while doing something else",
            "sensetop": "go flying, skidding, etc. (+ adv./prep.)",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She crashed into a waiter and his tray of drinks went flying."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The car went skidding off the road into a ditch."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She went sobbing up the stairs."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I tripped and went tumbling down the stairs."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Don't go charging in there!"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "to leave one place in order to reach another",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I must be going now."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They came at six and went at nine."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Has she gone yet?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's been gone an hour *(= he left an hour ago)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "When does the train go?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "After they'd gone there was an awkward silence."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Don't go—I want to talk to you."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Here's a list of things to remember before you go."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The train goes in a few minutes' time."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They went at about nine o'clock."
                },
                {
                    "text": "What time did they go?"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "to leave a place and do something different",
            "sensetop": "go on something",
            "labels": "(British English)(North American English)",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to **go on a journey/tour/trip/cruise**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Richard has gone on leave for two weeks."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **go on holiday**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **go on vacation**"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 7,
            "definition": "to visit or attend a place for a particular purpose",
            "sensetop": "go to something",
            "labels": "(British English)(North American English)(British English)(North American English)",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to **go to school/college/university**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I have to **go to hospital** for an operation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I have to **go to the hospital**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **go to the cinema**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **go to the movies**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **go to prison/jail** *(= to be sent there as punishment for a crime)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He **goes to work** by bus."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I think you should **go to the doctor's**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Do you **go to church** *(= regularly attend church services)*?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I always **go to the gym** before work."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 8,
            "definition": "to look at a particular page or website",
            "sensetop": "go on somethinggo to something",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She went on Facebook and changed her relationship status.",
                    "contextForm": "go on something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "To find out what the terms mean, go to the glossary.",
                    "contextForm": "go to something"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 9,
            "definition": "to leave a place or travel to a place in order to take part in an activity or a sport",
            "sensetop": "go for somethinggo doing",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to **go for a walk**",
                    "contextForm": "go for something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to go for a ride/drive/run/swim"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Shall we go for a drink *(= at a pub or bar)* after work?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **go swimming/fishing/jogging**",
                    "contextForm": "go doing"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I have to **go shopping** this afternoon."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We're going sailing on Saturday."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We went walking on the beach."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 10,
            "definition": "to be sent or passed somewhere",
            "sensetop": "+ adv./prep.",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I want this memo to go to all managers."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 11,
            "definition": "used to talk about how quickly or slowly time seems to pass",
            "sensetop": "+ adv./prep.",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Hasn't the time gone quickly?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Half an hour went past while we were sitting there."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The cruise went very quickly."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["quickly", "slowly", "by"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 12,
            "definition": "to stop existing; to be lost or stolen",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Has your headache gone yet?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I left my bike outside the library and when I came out again it had gone."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "disappear"
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 13,
            "definition": "to lead or extend in a particular direction",
            "sensetop": "+ adv./prep.go from something to something",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Where does this road go?",
                    "contextForm": "+ adv./prep."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The trail goes north at this point."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I want a rope that will go from the top window to the ground.",
                    "contextForm": "go from something to something"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 14,
            "definition": "to have as a usual or correct position; to be placed",
            "sensetop": "+ adv./prep.",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "This dictionary goes on the top shelf."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Where do you want the piano to go *(= be put)*?"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 15,
            "definition": "used to say that something does/did not fit into a particular place or space",
            "sensetop": "will/would not go (in/into something)",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "My clothes won't all go in that one suitcase."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He tried to push his hand through the gap but it wouldn't go."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 16,
            "definition": "used to talk about how well or badly something makes progress or succeeds",
            "sensetop": "+ adv./prep.",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "‘How did the interview go?’ ‘It **went well**, thank you.’"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Did everything **go smoothly**?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**How's it going** *(= is your life enjoyable, successful, etc. at the moment)*?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**The way things are going**, the company will be bankrupt by the end of the year."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Success"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["smoothly", "well", "badly"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 17,
            "definition": "used in many expressions to show that somebody/something has reached a particular state/is no longer in a particular state",
            "sensetop": "go to somethinggo into somethinggo on somethinggo out of something",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She **went to sleep**.",
                    "contextForm": "go to something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The US and Mexico **went to war** in 1846."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The law **went into effect** on 1 August.",
                    "contextForm": "go into something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Shares **went on sale** this morning.",
                    "contextForm": "go on something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They're threatening to **go on strike** again."
                },
                {
                    "text": "That colour has gone out of fashion.",
                    "contextForm": "go out of something"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 18,
            "definition": "to become different in a particular way, especially a bad way",
            "sensetop": "+ adj.",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to **go crazy/mad/nuts/insane**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's beginning to go blind."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He suddenly went quiet."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company **went bankrupt** last year."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Our dog **went missing **over a week ago."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her hair is going grey."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The children went wild with excitement."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I can't believe I'm going bald—I'm only thirty!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She went bright red with embarrassment."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The milk has gone sour."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 19,
            "definition": "to live or move around in a particular state",
            "sensetop": "+ adj.",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to go naked/barefoot"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She cannot bear the thought of children **going hungry**."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 20,
            "definition": "to spend a period of time in a particular way",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They went for two weeks without receiving any news."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 21,
            "definition": "to not be noticed, reported, etc.",
            "sensetop": "go unnoticed, unreported, etc.",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Pippa's absence went unnoticed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Police are worried that many crimes go unreported."
                },
                {
                    "text": "In these traditional stories, no crime goes unpunished."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Customer service calls went unanswered."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 22,
            "definition": "to make a particular sound or movement",
            "sensetop": "+ noun+ adv./prep.",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The gun went ‘bang’.",
                    "contextForm": "+ noun"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She went like this with her hand.",
                    "contextForm": "+ adv./prep."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 23,
            "definition": "to be sounded as a signal or warning",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The whistle went for the end of the game."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 24,
            "definition": "if a number will go into another number, it is contained in that number an exact number of times",
            "sensetop": "(+ adj.)go into something",
            "labels": "(North American English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "3 into 12 goes 4 times.",
                    "contextForm": "(+ adj.)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "7 into 15 won’t go."
                },
                {
                    "text": "7 into 15 doesn’t go."
                },
                {
                    "text": "7 won’t go into 15.",
                    "contextForm": "go into something"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 25,
            "definition": "to combine well with something",
            "sensetop": "go with somethinggo (together)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Does this jacket go with this skirt?",
                    "contextForm": "go with something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Those colours don’t really go (together).",
                    "contextForm": "go (together)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Leeks and potatoes go well together in a soup."
                },
                {
                    "text": "That tie goes well with that shirt."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "match"
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 26,
            "definition": "used to talk about what tune or words a song or poem has or what happens in a story",
            "sensetop": "+ adv./prep.go that…",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "How does that song go?",
                    "contextForm": "+ adv./prep."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I forget how the next line goes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The story goes that she's been married five times.",
                    "contextForm": "go that…"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 27,
            "definition": "to say",
            "sensetop": "+ speech",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I asked ‘How much?’ and he goes, ‘Fifty’ and I go, ‘Fifty? You must be joking!’"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 28,
            "definition": "to start an activity",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I'll say ‘One, two, three, go!’ as a signal for you to start."
                },
                {
                    "text": "As soon as he gets here we're ready to go."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 29,
            "definition": "if a machine goes, it works",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "This clock doesn't go."
                },
                {
                    "text": "What makes it go?"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 30,
            "definition": "used to talk about wanting to get rid of somebody/something",
            "sensetop": "somebody/something must/has to/can go",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The old sofa will have to go."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's useless—he'll have to go."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 31,
            "definition": "to get worse; to become damaged or stop working correctly",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Her sight is beginning to go."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His mind is going *(= he is losing his mental powers)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I was driving home when my brakes went."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 32,
            "definition": "to die. People say ‘go’ to avoid saying ‘die’.",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You can't take your money with you when you go."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 33,
            "definition": "when money goes, it is spent or used for something",
            "sensetop": "go on somethinggo to do something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I don't know where the money goes!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Most of my salary goes on the rent.",
                    "contextForm": "go on something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The money will go to finance a new community centre.",
                    "contextForm": "go to do something"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 34,
            "definition": "to be sold",
            "sensetop": "go (to somebody) (for something)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We won't let the house go for less than $200 000."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There was usually some bread **going cheap** *(= being sold cheaply)* at the end of the day."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 35,
            "definition": "to be willing to pay a particular amount of money for something",
            "sensetop": "+ adv./prep.",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He's offered £3 000 for the car and I don't think he'll go any higher."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'll go to $1 000 but that's my limit."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 36,
            "definition": "to help; to play a part in doing something",
            "sensetop": "go to do something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "This all goes to prove my theory."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It *(= what has just happened)* **just goes to show** you can't always tell how people are going to react."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 37,
            "definition": "to be available",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "There just aren't any jobs going in this area."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 38,
            "definition": "to use a toilet",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Do you need to go, Billy?"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "anything that somebody says or does is accepted or allowed, even if it shocks or surprises people",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Almost anything goes these days."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "in comparison with the average person, thing, etc.",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "As teachers go, he's not bad."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be nearly a particular age, time or number",
            "labels": "(British English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It was going on (for) midnight."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "used to show what somebody intends to do in the future",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We're going to buy a house when we've saved enough money."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "used to show that something is likely to happen very soon or in the future",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I think I'm going to faint."
                },
                {
                    "text": "If the drought continues there's going to be a famine."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to tell or warn somebody not to do something",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Don't go getting yourself into trouble."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "something that is enough for a short time",
            "labels": "(British English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "£50 should be enough to be going on with."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to make a very great effort to get something or do something",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to show that you are angry or annoyed that somebody has done something stupid",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Trust him to go and mess things up!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Why did you have to go and upset your mother like that?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**You've really gone and done it** *(= done something very stupid)* now!"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to suddenly become very angry",
            "labels": "(British English, informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Now and again she really goes off on one."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Feelings"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to express the fact that you do not believe something, or that you think something is bad",
            "labels": "(old-fashioned)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Go on with you—you’re never forty. You don’t look a day over thirty."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "(to have) many/not many advantages",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You're young, intelligent, attractive—you have a lot going for you!"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "not possible or allowed",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "If the bank won't lend us the money it's no go, I'm afraid."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Permission and obligation"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to say that you do not want to talk about something in any more detail because you do not even want to think about it",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Don't ask me to choose. I don't want to go there."
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘There was a problem with his parents, wasn't there?’ ‘Don't even go there!’"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "what you say to tell people to start a race",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to start with; for now",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "‘One slice or two?’ ‘Just one to be going on with.’"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "that remains; still left",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I only have one exam to go."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "if you buy cooked food to go in a restaurant or shop, you buy it to take away and eat somewhere else",
            "labels": "(North American English, informal)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Two pizzas to go."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Cooking and eating"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the way somebody behaves towards other people will affect the way those people behave towards them in the future",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "something that is not fashionable now will become fashionable again in the future",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to ask what action somebody should take, especially in order to improve the difficult situation that they are in",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used by a soldier who is guarding a place to order somebody to say who they are",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Halt, who goes there?"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɡəʊ/",
                "audio": "go/go/go__gb_4.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɡəʊz/",
                "audio": "go/go/goes__gb_3.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/went/",
                "audio": "we/go/went__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɡɒn/",
                "audio": "go/go/gone__gb_4.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɡəʊɪŋ/",
                "audio": "go/go/going__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɡəʊ/",
                "audio": "go/go/go__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɡəʊz/",
                "audio": "go/go/goes__us_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/went/",
                "audio": "we/go/went__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɡɔːn/",
                "audio": "go/go/gone__us_3_rr.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɡəʊɪŋ/",
                "audio": "go/go/going__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English gān, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch gaan and German gehen; the form went was originally the past tense of wend."
}