goe

Verb

go (third-person singular simple present goes, present participle going, simple past went or (obsolete) yode or (nonstandard) goed, past participle gone or (nonstandard) went)

1. (intransitive) To move through space (especially to or through a place). (May be used of tangible things such as people or cars, or intangible things such as moods or information.)
   • Why don’t you go with us?

   Synonyms:

   move, fare, tread, draw, drift, wend, cross

   Antonyms:

   freeze, halt, remain, stand still, stay, stop

2. (intransitive) To move or travel through time (either literally—in a fictional or hypothetical situation in which time travel is possible—or in one's mind or knowledge of the historical record). (See also go back.)
   • Yesterday was the second-wettest day on record; you have to go all the way back to 1896 to find a day when more rain fell.

   Synonyms:

   move, fare, tread, draw, drift, wend, cross

   Antonyms:

   freeze, halt, remain, stand still, stay, stop

3. (intransitive) To navigate (to a file or folder on a computer, a site on the internet, a memory, etc.).
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   Synonyms:

   move, fare, tread, draw, drift, wend, cross

   Antonyms:

   freeze, halt, remain, stand still, stay, stop

4. To move (a particular distance, or in a particular fashion).
   • We've only gone twenty miles today.

   Synonyms:

   move, fare, tread, draw, drift, wend, cross

   Antonyms:

   freeze, halt, remain, stand still, stay, stop

5. (intransitive) To move or travel in order to do something, or to do something while moving.
   • We went swimming.

   Synonyms:

   move, fare, tread, draw, drift, wend, cross

   Antonyms:

   freeze, halt, remain, stand still, stay, stop

6. (intransitive) To leave; to move away.
   • Please don't go!

   Synonyms:

   move, fare, tread, draw, drift, wend, cross, depart, leave, exit

   Antonyms:

   freeze, halt, remain, stand still, stay, stop, come, arrive, approach

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