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goes to

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

Meaning of go to

Verb

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

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, to.
    • All the jewelry went to her heirs.
  2. (transitive) To attend an event or a sight.
    • We went to a concert for my birthday.
  3. (idiomatic, transitive) To attend classes at a school as a student.
    • He went to the University of Kansas for almost two years before he dropped out.
  4. (transitive) To tend to support.
    • The study goes to the point I was making earlier about subsidies.
  5. (archaic, intransitive) To get to work; (imperatively) come on.
    • Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early from mount Gilead.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Judges VII:3
  6. (archaic, intransitive) Used imperatively to express protest or surprise; "come, now!".
    • Doctor: Go to, go to. You have known what you should not.c. 1588, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act V, Scene I

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Questions about goes to

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

Words near goes to in the dictionary

  1. goes through the gears
  2. goes through the mill
  3. goes through the motions
  4. goes through the trouble
  5. goes through with
  6. goes to
  7. goes to bat
  8. goes to bed
  9. goes to bed with
  10. goes to bed with the chickens
  11. goes to bed with the sun

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