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goes towards

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

Meaning of go towards

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To be a contribution to.
    • This money will go towards paying off the debt.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, towards.
    • Your mission is to go towards that canyon.

Questions about goes towards

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

Words near goes towards in the dictionary

  1. goes to water
  2. goes to work
  3. goes together
  4. goes toilet
  5. goes too far
  6. goes towards
  7. goes tutti-frutti
  8. goes under
  9. goes underground
  10. goes up
  11. goes up against

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Adapted from Wiktionary: goes towards (page history and authors); go towards (page history and authors). 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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