[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/go.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/) / go [← G](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/G/) # go «go» in Mova's school dictionary: **to move from one place to another: go to school** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it. ### part of speech verb (go, goes, went, gone, going); noun (a go — a turn, a try) ### meaning for a pupil 1) To go is to move from one place to another: go to school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/go/#m1) 2) To go away is to leave. [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/go/#m3) 4) To go can mean to become: go red, go quiet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/go/#m4) 5) A go is a turn: it's my go. [tree →](https://md.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://md.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://md.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://md.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://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/go/#m10) ### sense 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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/go/#x1) - How many stamps go in each box? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/go/#x2) - 4 of the 11 children went home. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/go/#x3) - We go to school by bus. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/go/#x4) - The plates go on the top shelf. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/go/#x5) - It's your go to throw the dice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/go/#x6) - The traffic light turned green, so the cars could go. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/go/#x7) - I'm going to bake a cake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/go/#x8) - we're gonna need 2 more chairs, nan's coming [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/go/#x10) - Go on then, have a go, bet you can't. [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/go/#x12) - At first I refused to go. [tree →](https://md.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 the corpora - [Some people go to work ill because they can't afford to lose the pay, which spreads germs to everyone else.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/2-shifts-nights-and-other-ways-of-working/12/) - [A picket line is striking workers standing outside their workplace with signs, peacefully asking others not to go in.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/4-when-work-goes-wrong/14/) - [Rent is often a family's biggest bill, so when it goes up, other spending has to shrink.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills/9/) - [It moves as numbers when a card is tapped, a bill goes out or pay comes in.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/7-cards-banks-and-apps/1/) - [A bank statement lists everything that went in and out of an account, and grown-ups check it for mistakes and fraud.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/7-cards-banks-and-apps/16/) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every meaning and example of «go» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/go/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.