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# go

verb (go, goes, went, gone, going); noun (a go — a turn, a try)

«go» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To go is to move from one place to another: go to school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/go/#m1)
2. To go away is to leave. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/go/#m2)
3. To go can mean to belong or fit in a place: the cups go in the cupboard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/go/#m3)
4. To go can mean to become: go red, go quiet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/go/#m4)
5. A go is a turn: it's my go. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/go/#m5)
6. To go can mean to work or to happen: the car won't go; how did the test go? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/go/#m6)
7. (casual) «Gonna» means «going to»; «go» can mean «say» (and he goes, «no way!»); «have a go» means try; «on the go» means busy; «to go» (US) means food to take away. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/go/#m7)
8. (rough) «Have a go at someone» (UK, Australia) means attack them with words; «Go on then!» can dare someone; «Go away», «get going» tell someone to leave. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/go/#m8)
9. (euphemism) «Go» or «gone» can mean die: «when I go», «she's gone»; «go to the toilet» is said as «go» for short. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/go/#m9)
10. (formal) The exam voice says «proceed», «depart», «travel», «be transferred», «be allocated to». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/go/#m10)

### In the lessons

things leaving a group («go away», «went home» = subtract); things going into boxes («go in each box» after splitting equally = divide); in everyday life «go out», «go on», «go to bed», «have a go» (try), «let go» (stop holding); in safety «Go» at a green light; future «going to» and casual «gonna»; in casual talk «and she goes …» (she says), «on the go»; as a euphemism «gone» (died), «let go» (lost a job); in the exam voice «proceed», «depart», «be allocated to each container»

### Examples

- When some of a group goes away, we subtract. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/go/#x1)
- How many stamps go in each box? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/go/#x2)
- 4 of the 11 children went home. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/go/#x3)
- We go to school by bus. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/go/#x4)
- The plates go on the top shelf. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/go/#x5)
- It's your go to throw the dice. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/go/#x6)
- The traffic light turned green, so the cars could go. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/go/#x7)
- I'm going to bake a cake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/go/#x8)
- we're gonna need 2 more chairs, nan's coming [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/go/#x9)
- and he goes, «that's mine», and I go, «no it's not» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/go/#x10)
- Go on then, have a go, bet you can't. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/go/#x11)
- Four of the 11 pupils subsequently departed the premises; state the number remaining. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/go/#x12)
- At first I refused to go. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/go/#x13)

### Note

«go away», «went home» or «departed» = subtract; «go in each box» after splitting equally = divide. Past «went», past participle «gone». He/she/it goes. «going to» and «gonna» show a plan for the future, not movement. Trap: «and he goes» in chat means «and he said». «have a go» means try; «have a go at someone» means tell them off. «she's gone» can mean she left or, gently, that she died: read the story around it.

## In Jewish tradition

In these texts "go" often means to set out on a journey or to travel with a purpose, as with the patriarchs and the Exodus. "Let my people go" means to set free.

**Interpretation.** Tradition reads God's first words to Abraham, "Go forth", as the start of the Jewish journey. Leaving Egypt is the central story of freedom that Jews retell at Passover.

### Examples

- And he went up from thence to Beer-sheba. (Torah GEN.26.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/go/#x1)
- Now Laban was gone to shear his sheep. (Torah GEN.31.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/go/#x2)
- And after that he will let you go. (Torah EXO.3.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/go/#x3)
- And they went out at noon. (Prophets 1KI.20.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/go/#x4)
- And the Philistines went up to Jezreel. (Prophets 1SA.29.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/go/#x5)
- And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel. (Prophets 1KI.18.45, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/go/#x6)

### Note

«go away», «went home» or «departed» = subtract; «go in each box» after splitting equally = divide. Past «went», past participle «gone». He/she/it goes. «going to» and «gonna» show a plan for the future, not movement. Trap: «and he goes» in chat means «and he said». «have a go» means try; «have a go at someone» means tell them off. «she's gone» can mean she left or, gently, that she died: read the story around it.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «go» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/go/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«go» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/go.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «go» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/go/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«go» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/go.html) on Mova free.