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togo

/ˈtəʊɡəʊ//ˈtoʊɡoʊ/

togo verb: to go different ways; go asunder; diverge; split; part; differ.

Verb

togo (third-person singular simple present togoes, present participle togoing, simple past towent, past participle togone)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To go different ways; go asunder; diverge; split; part; differ.
  2. (intransitive, obsolete) To scatter.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Togo

Togo

  1. A country in West Africa. Official name: Togolese Republic.
    • It was on the plane to Togo, six months earlier, back when Togo was still on the shortlist, before Aimee had offended that tiny nation by suggesting, in an interview, that its government did ‘nothing for their people’.2016, Zadie Smith, Swing Time, New York, N.Y.: Penguin Press, →ISBN, page 194
  2. A surname.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Togo

Togo

  1. A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.

togo meaning in Tamil and Kannada

togo in Tamil

இது ஒரு நாடாகும்

togo in Kannada

ಟೊಗೊ

Forms of togo

third-person singular presenttogoes
present participletogoing
pasttowent
past participletogone

Origin of togo

From Middle English togon, from Old English tōgān (“to go apart”), from Proto-Germanic *tōgāną (“to go apart”), equivalent to to- + go. Cognate with German zergehen. Compare Old English tōgangan (“to go away, pass away”), Old Saxon tegangan.

From Togoville, from Ewe to (“to pound”) + go (“shore”).

After Japanese admiral Tōgō Heihachirō.

Words formed from togo

Words that rhyme with togo

Questions about togo

What does togo mean?
Togo means to go different ways; go asunder; diverge; split; part; differ.
What is togo in Tamil?
Togo in Tamil is இது ஒரு நாடாகும். See Togo meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is togo?
Togo can be a verb or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce togo?
Togo is pronounced /ˈtoʊɡoʊ/ (US).
What is the past tense of togo?
The past tense of togo is towent.

Words near togo in the dictionary

  1. Togians
  2. togither
  3. togless
  4. Togliatti
  5. Tognetti
  6. togo
  7. Togo killifish
  8. togoes
  9. togoing
  10. Togoland
  11. Togolander

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: togo (page history and authors); Togo (page history and authors); Togo (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Togo (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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