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gone to

gone to is the past participle 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 gone to

What is gone to the past participle of?
Gone to is the past participle of go to.

Words near gone to in the dictionary

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

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