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go-ahead

US/ˈɡoʊəˌhɛd/

go-ahead noun: approval, agreement, or instruction to begin or proceed.

Noun

go-ahead (plural go-aheads)

  1. Approval, agreement, or instruction to begin or proceed.
    • You can start as soon as you get the go-ahead from the president.
    • The Samson Option states that Moshe Dayan gave the go-ahead for starting weapon production in early 1968, putting the plutonium separation plant into full operation.2009 June 7, Filipe, CNN, archived from the original on 01 Feb 2023
  2. (dated, plural-normally) A flip-flop (footwear).

Adjective

go-ahead (comparative more go-ahead, superlative most go-ahead)

  1. (comparable) Progressive; exerting leadership.
    • I work for a very go-ahead company that's always looking for new ideas.
    • This turbulent ruler was a very go-ahead monarch indeed. He organised a splendid army, well-drilled and well-equipped with modern arms1906, Arthur Lincoln Haydon, The Book of the V. C., page 150
  2. (comparable) Dashing; energetic.
  3. (not comparable) Being a score which gives the scoring team or player the lead in the game.
    • The pitcher gave up the go-ahead run in the top of the ninth inning.

go-ahead meaning in Tamil and Malayalam

go-ahead in Tamil

அனுமதி, மேலே தொடர், மேலே தொடர்ந்து செய்

go-ahead in Malayalam

consent, permission, leave
അനുവാദം, അനുമതി, സമ്മതം, അനുജ്ഞ, സമ്മതം നൽകൽ, പ്രവേശാധികാരം
innovative, enterprising, resource-ful
മുന്നേറുന്ന, തുനിഞ്ഞിറങ്ങുന്ന, പുതിയ ആശയങ്ങൾ സ്വീകരിക്കുന്ന, ഉപായസമൃദ്ധിയുള്ള, പ്രത്യുത്പന്നമതിയായ, പുരോഗമനോന്മുഖതയുള്ള

Examples of go-ahead in a sentence

  • The running joke is that by the time the Council finally gives the go-ahead to colonize the planet, Pietas will have evolved life of its own.2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Pietas:
  • "The Sultan's go-ahead, modern in some of his views."1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 587:

Forms of go-ahead

Noun
pluralgo-aheads
Adjective
comparativemore go-ahead
superlativemost go-ahead

Origin of go-ahead

Deverbal from go ahead. As a name for footwear, from the fact that one can't easily step backwards wearing them.

Questions about go-ahead

What does go-ahead mean?
Go-ahead means approval, agreement, or instruction to begin or proceed.
What is go-ahead in Tamil?
Go-ahead in Tamil is அனுமதி, மேலே தொடர், மேலே தொடர்ந்து செய். See Go-ahead meaning in Tamil.
How do you use go-ahead in a sentence?
The running joke is that by the time the Council finally gives the go-ahead to colonize the planet, Pietas will have evolved life of its own.
What part of speech is go-ahead?
Go-ahead can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce go-ahead?
Go-ahead is pronounced /ˈɡoʊəˌhɛd/ (US).
What is the plural of go-ahead?
The plural of go-ahead is go-aheads.

Words near go-ahead in the dictionary

  1. go wonder
  2. go wrong
  3. go yard
  4. go'n
  5. go'on
  6. go-ahead
  7. go-aheadative
  8. go-aheadativeness
  9. go-aheads
  10. go-along
  11. go-alongs

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: go-ahead (page history and authors); go-ahead (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); go-ahead (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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