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goes forth

goes forth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of go forth.

Meaning of go forth

Verb

go forth (third-person singular simple present goes forth, present participle going forth, simple past went forth, past participle gone forth)

  1. To move oneself forward or onward
  2. To depart from a place; to set out.
    • "I ought to arise and go forth with timbrels and with dances; but, do you know, I am not inclined to revels? There has been a little—just a very little bit too much festivity so far …. Not that I don't adore dinners and gossip and dances; not that I do not love to pervade bright and glittering...1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter II, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC
  3. To be divulged or made generally known; to spread; to emanate.

Questions about goes forth

What is goes forth the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Goes forth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of go forth.

Words near goes forth in the dictionary

  1. goes for the gold
  2. goes for the jugular
  3. goes for the jugular vein
  4. goes for the kill
  5. goes for the throat
  6. goes forth
  7. goes free
  8. goes from 0 to 100
  9. goes from bad to worse
  10. goes from strength to strength
  11. goes from zero to hero

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