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Go can be a noun or a verb.

go used as a noun:

  1. A turn at something.
    "You’ve been on it long enough—now let your brother have a go."
  2. A turn in a game.
    "It’s your go."
  3. An attempt.
    "I’ll give it a go."
  4. An approval to do something or a something that has been approved to do.
    "We will begin as soon as the boss says it's a go."
  5. A board game, originally from China, played in East Asia, mostly in China, Japan, and Korea.

Nouns are naming words. They are used to represent a person (soldier, Jamie), place (Germany, beach), thing (telephone, mirror), quality (hardness, courage), or an action (a run, a punch). Learn more →

go used as a verb:

  1. To move from one place to another.
    "Why don’t you go with us?"
  2. To leave; to move away.
    "Please don't go!"
  3. To be given, especially to be assigned or allotted.
    "The property shall go to my wife."
  4. To extend (from one point to another).
    "This property goes all the way to the state line."
  5. To lead (in a direction).
    "Does this road go to Fort Smith?"
  6. To elapse.
    "The time went slowly."
  7. To start.
    "Get ready, get set, go!"
  8. To resort (to).
    "I'll go to court if I have to."
  9. To change from one value to another.
    "The price keeps going up."
  10. To end or disappear.
    "After three days, my headache finally went."
  11. To be spent or used up.
    "His money went on drink."
  12. To be discarded.
    "This chair has got to go."
  13. To be sold.
    "Everything must go."
  14. To die.
  15. To collapse.
  16. To break down or decay.
    "This meat is starting to go."
  17. To proceed (well or poorly).
    "That went well."
  18. To work (through or over), especially mentally.
    "I've gone over this a hundred times."
  19. To search.
    "Somebody went through my things while I was out."
  20. To tend or contribute toward a result.
    "Well, that goes to show you."
  21. To fit.
    "Do you think the sofa will go through the door?"
  22. To be compatible, especially of colors or food and drink.
    "This shade of red doesn't go with the drapes."
  23. To belong (somewhere).
    "My shirts go on this side of the wardrobe."
  24. To be expressed or composed (a certain way).
    "The tune goes like this."
  25. To take a turn, especially in a game.
    "It’s your turn; go."
  26. To attend.
    "I go to school at the schoolhouse."
  27. To take up a profession.
    "Gone for soldiers, every one."
  28. To be in a state continuously.
    "I don't want my children to go hungry."
  29. To survive or get by.
    "How long can you go without water?"
  30. To move or travel in order to do something, or to do something while moving.
    "We went swimming."
  31. To make an effort.
    "You didn't have to go to such trouble."
  32. To date.
    "How long having they been going together?"
  33. To fight or attack.
    "I went at him with a knife."
  34. To be pregnant (with).
    "She goes with child."
  35. To work or function.
    "The engine just won't go anymore."
  36. To have authority.
    "Whatever the boss says goes, do you understand?"
  37. To be valid or accepted.
    "Anything goes around here."
  38. To be told; to circulate.
    "There's a story going through the town about you."
  39. To be known or considered.
    "That goes as murder in my book."
  40. To sound; to make a noise.
    "I woke up just before the clock went."
  41. To urinate or defecate.
    "I really need to go."
  42. To do, especially to do something foolish.
    "Why'd you have to go and do that?"
  43. To walk.
  44. To be lost.
  45. To be out.
  46. To become. The adjective that follows usually describes a negative state.
    "You'll go blind."
  47. To move for a particular distance or in a particular fashion.
    "We've only gone twenty miles today."
  48. To take a particular part or share.
    "Let's go halves on this."
  49. To bet or venture (an amount).
    "I'll go a ten-spot."
  50. To yield or weigh.
    "Those babies go five tons apiece."
  51. To follow (a course or path).
    "Let's go this way for a while."
  52. To offer or bid an amount.
    "That's as high as I can go."
  53. To make (a specified sound).
    "Cats go meow."
  54. To enjoy.
    "I could go a beer right about now."
  55. To have a certain record.
    "They've gone one for three in this series."
  56. To say (something). Often used in present tense.
    "I go, "As if!" And she was all like, "Whatever!""
  57. To think or say to oneself.
    "As soon as I did it, I went "that was stupid.""
  58. To attack.

Verbs are action words and state of being words. Examples of action words are: ran, attacking, dreamed. Examples of "state of being" words are: is, was, be. Learn more →

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What type of word is go?

As detailed above, 'go' can be a noun or a verb. Here are some examples of its usage:
  1. Noun usage: You’ve been on it long enough—now let your brother have a go.
  2. Noun usage: It’s your go.
  3. Noun usage: I’ll give it a go.
  4. Noun usage: We will begin as soon as the boss says it's a go.
  5. Verb usage: Why don’t you go with us?
  6. Verb usage: This train goes to Chicago.
  7. Verb usage: Please don't go!
  8. Verb usage: I really must be going.
  9. Verb usage: The property shall go to my wife.
  10. Verb usage: The award went to Steven Spielberg.
  11. Verb usage: This property goes all the way to the state line.
  12. Verb usage: Does this road go to Fort Smith?
  13. Verb usage: The time went slowly.
  14. Verb usage: Get ready, get set, go!
  15. Verb usage: I'll go to court if I have to.
  16. Verb usage: The price keeps going up.
  17. Verb usage: After three days, my headache finally went.
  18. Verb usage: His money went on drink.
  19. Verb usage: This chair has got to go.
  20. Verb usage: Everything must go.
  21. Verb usage: The car went for five thousand dollars.
  22. Verb usage: This meat is starting to go.
  23. Verb usage: My mind is going.
  24. Verb usage: That went well.
  25. Verb usage: How are things going?
  26. Verb usage: I've gone over this a hundred times.
  27. Verb usage: Let's not go into that right now.
  28. Verb usage: Somebody went through my things while I was out.
  29. Verb usage: Well, that goes to show you.
  30. Verb usage: These experiences go to make us stronger.
  31. Verb usage: Do you think the sofa will go through the door?
  32. Verb usage: The belt just barely went around his waist.
  33. Verb usage: This shade of red doesn't go with the drapes.
  34. Verb usage: White wine goes better with fish than red wine.
  35. Verb usage: My shirts go on this side of the wardrobe.
  36. Verb usage: This piece of the jigsaw goes on the other side.
  37. Verb usage: The tune goes like this.
  38. Verb usage: It’s your turn; go.
  39. Verb usage: I go to school at the schoolhouse.
  40. Verb usage: Gone for soldiers, every one.
  41. Verb usage: She's gone to be a teacher.
  42. Verb usage: I don't want my children to go hungry.
  43. Verb usage: We went barefoot in the summer.
  44. Verb usage: How long can you go without water?
  45. Verb usage: We've gone without your help for a while now.
  46. Verb usage: We went swimming.
  47. Verb usage: Let's go shopping.
  48. Verb usage: You didn't have to go to such trouble.
  49. Verb usage: I never thought he'd go so far as to call you.
  50. Verb usage: How long having they been going together?
  51. Verb usage: He's been going with her for two weeks.
  52. Verb usage: I went at him with a knife.
  53. Verb usage: She goes with child.
  54. Verb usage: The engine just won't go anymore.
  55. Verb usage: Whatever the boss says goes, do you understand?
  56. Verb usage: Anything goes around here.
  57. Verb usage: There's a story going through the town about you.
  58. Verb usage: That goes as murder in my book.
  59. Verb usage: He went by name of Sanders.
  60. Verb usage: I woke up just before the clock went.
  61. Verb usage: I really need to go.
  62. Verb usage: Have you managed to go today, Mrs. Miggins?
  63. Verb usage: Why'd you have to go and do that?
  64. Verb usage: You'll go blind.
  65. Verb usage: I went crazy.
  66. Verb usage: After failing as a criminal, he decided to go straight.
  67. Verb usage: We've only gone twenty miles today.
  68. Verb usage: This car can go circles around that one.
  69. Verb usage: Let's go halves on this.
  70. Verb usage: I'll go a ten-spot.
  71. Verb usage: Those babies go five tons apiece.
  72. Verb usage: Let's go this way for a while.
  73. Verb usage: That's as high as I can go.
  74. Verb usage: We could go two fifty.
  75. Verb usage: Cats go meow.
  76. Verb usage: I could go a beer right about now.
  77. Verb usage: They've gone one for three in this series.
  78. Verb usage: The team is going five in a row.
  79. Verb usage: I go, "As if!" And she was all like, "Whatever!"
  80. Verb usage: As soon as I did it, I went "that was stupid."

Unfortunately, with the current database that runs this site, I don't have data about which senses of go are used most commonly. I've got ideas about how to fix this but will need to find a source of "sense" frequencies. Hopefully there's enough info above to help you understand the part of speech of go, and guess at its most common usage.

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The dictionary is based on the amazing Wiktionary project by wikimedia. I initially started with WordNet, but then realised that it was missing many types of words/lemma (determiners, pronouns, abbreviations, and many more). This caused me to investigate the 1913 edition of Websters Dictionary - which is now in the public domain. However, after a day's work wrangling it into a database I realised that there were far too many errors (especially with the part-of-speech tagging) for it to be viable for Word Type.

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