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Từ điển tiếng Anh - Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary
go
go UK [gəʊ] US [goʊ] verb [ going ], [ went ], [ gone ] [ goes going went gone ] MOVE/TRAVEL gone or been? The past participle of 'go' is gone. • I'm sorry but she's gone abroad on business - she'll be back next week. Sometimes, however, been is used to say that someone has gone somewhere and come back, or to say that someone has visited somewhere. • He's been abroad many times. 1. <E > intransitive usually + adverb or preposition to travel or move to another place • We went into the house. • I went to Paris last summer. Have you ever been there? • We don't go to the cinema very often these days. • Wouldn't it be quicker to go by train? • Does this train go to Newcastle? • Where do you think you're going? Shouldn't you be at school? Thesaurus+: ↑General words for movement 2. <E > intransitive usually + adverb or preposition to be in the process of moving • Can't we go any faster? • We were going along at about 50 miles an hour. • to go down the road • to go up/down stairs • to go over the bridge • to go through a tunnel • figurative I've got a tune going around/round in my head (= I am continually hearing it) and I just can't remember the name of it. Thesaurus+: ↑General words for movement 3. <E > intransitive to move or travel somewhere in order to do something • + -ing verb We go shopping every Friday night. • I've never gone skiing. • They've gone for a walk, but they should be back soon. • + to infinitive She's gone to meet Brian at the station. • There's a good film on at the Odeon. Shall we go? Thesaurus+: ↑Travelling 4. where has/have sth gone? <A > said when you cannot find something • Where have my keys gone? Thesaurus+: ↑Searching Common errors: When talking about travelling or moving to another place, the most usual preposition to use with 'go' is to. Don't say 'go in/at/on a place', say go to a place: ✗ I want to go in/at/on England/the cinema/university. • I want to go to England/the cinema/university. Remember: go is used to talk about movement to another place, away from where the speaker is. • I am going to London next week. To talk about movement towards where the speaker is, don't say 'go', say come: ✗ You can go to visit me here whenever you want. • You can come to visit me here whenever you want. Warning: choose the correct verb! To talk about reaching or arriving at a particular place, don't say 'go to', say get to: ✗ It takes two hours to go to London from here. • It takes two hours to get to London from here. Warning: do not use the infinitive with to after go to talk about leisure activities. Don't say 'go to fish/shop/sail/hike', say go fishing/shopping/sailing/hiking: ✗ Let's go to camp at the weekend. Remember: do not use a preposition between go and the leisure activity verb: ✗ We went for swimming in the lake. • You won't be able to go swimming tomorrow if your cold hasn't cleared up. • You should change trains at Peterborough if you're going to Newcastle. • We went dancing at a nightclub. • I was thinking we might go on a shopping trip to Oxford on Saturday. • Simon and Jo have gone to visit their grandmother this weekend. LEAVE 5. <E > intransitive to leave a place, especially in order to travel to somewhere else • Is it midnight already? I really must go/must be going. • She wasn't feeling well, so she went home early. • mainly UK What time does the last train to Bath go? • I'm afraid he'll have to go (= be dismissed from his job) - he's far too inefficient to continue working for us. • This carpet's terribly old and worn - it really will have to go (= be got rid of). Thesaurus+: ↑Departing 6. to go mainly US <A > If you ask for some food to go at a restaurant, you want it wrapped up so that you can take it away with you instead of eating it in the restaurant • I'd like a cheeseburger and strawberry milk shake to go, please. See also takeaway Thesaurus+: ↑Meals and parts of meals 7. intransitive polite word for to die • She went peacefully in her sleep. Thesaurus+: ↑Death and dying • You can stay if you want, but I'm going to go. • The next train for Manchester goes in ten minutes. • Get your coat, we're going. • He was here a minute ago, but he must have just gone. • He was disappointed to find they'd already gone. LEAD 8. <E > intransitive + adverb or preposition If a road, path, etc. goes in a particular direction, it leads there • This road goes to Birmingham. • A huge crack went from the top to the bottom of the wall. Thesaurus+: ↑Taking someone somewhere or telling them the way 9. <E > intransitive usually + adverb or preposition to continue for a particular length • The tree's roots go down three metres. Thesaurus+: ↑Measurements in general • Their friendship goes back to when they were at school together. • The M4 goes from London to Bristol. • The tunnel goes right underneath the city. • The cable went from the video into the back of the TV. • The scratch goes along the entire length of the vehicle. FUTURE TIME 10. be going to do/be sth A. <E > to intend to do or be something in the future • Are you going to go to Claire's party? • He wants me to mend his shirt for him, but I'm not going to! • I'm going to be a famous pop star when I'm older. Thesaurus+: ↑In the future and soon B. <E > to be certain or expected to happen in the future • They're going to have a baby in the spring. • There's going to be trouble when Paul finds out about this. • The forecast said it was going to be hot and sunny tomorrow. Thesaurus+: ↑In the future and soon BECOME 11. <E > L only + adjective to become • The idea of going grey doesn't bother me, but I'd hate to go bald. • Her father's going senile/blind/deaf. • If anything goes wrong, you can call our emergency hotline free of charge. • After 12 years of Republican presidents, the US went Democratic in 1992. Thesaurus+: ↑Starting and beginning ↑Starting again • Paul will go mad when he finds out you've broken his watch. • Because the book's so old, the pages are going yellow. • The cars pull away when the lights go green. • Many small businesses went broke during the recession. • He goes all misty-eyed whenever he hears that song. MOVE BODY 12. <A > intransitive usually + adverb or preposition to move a part of the body in a particular way or the way that is shown • Go like this with your hand to show that you're turning left. Thesaurus+: ↑General words for movement • Can you go like this with your tongue? • The player went like this to show that his wasn't hurt. • His face went like this when he tasted the soup. • Go like this with your arm to stretch the muscle. OPERATE 13. <A > intransitive to operate (in the right way) • Have you any idea why this watch won't go? • Can you help me get my car going? • Our company has been going (= has been in business) for twenty years. Thesaurus+: ↑Functioning ↑Performing a function • My watch stopped going after I dropped it. • That radio has been going all morning. • She received a grant to get her business going. • I can't get the vacuum cleaner to go. • The driver of the getaway car kept the engine going. TIME 14. <A > intransitive If a period of time goes, it passes • I had a wonderful weekend but it went awfully quickly. • Time seems to go faster as you get older. • There's only a week to go before (= until) my exam results come out. Thesaurus+: ↑Spending time and time passing • The final hour of the exam went very quickly. • There are only ten days to go before Christmas. • Two hours went by before they reported the child missing. • Time goes quickly when you're having fun. • The afternoon was going very slowly. BE 15. L only + adjective to be or stay in a particular, especially unpleasant, condition • In spite of the relief effort, thousands of people continue to go hungry. • Why do so many rapes go unreported? Thesaurus+: ↑Keeping and staying the same ↑Not able to be changed 16. as...go in comparison with most other things of a particular type, especially when you do not think that type of thing is very good • It was quite a good film, as horror films go. • I suppose the concert was OK, as these things go. Thesaurus+: ↑Quite good, or not very good ↑Suitable and acceptable 17. go to prove/show to prove that something is true • Your daughter's attitude only goes to prove how much society has changed over the last 30 years. Thesaurus+: ↑Proving and disproving START 18. intransitive to start doing or using something • I'll just connect up the printer to the computer and then we'll be ready to go. Thesaurus+: ↑Starting and beginning ↑Starting again PLAY GAME 19. intransitive to use your opportunity to play in a game • It's your turn to go now. Thesaurus+: ↑Miscellaneous games and activities DIVIDE 20. intransitive not continuous (of a number) to fit into another number especially resulting in a whole number • 5 into 11 won't go. • 5 goes into 11 twice with 1 left over. Thesaurus+: ↑Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division ↑Calculations and calculating SAY 21. + speech informal to say, especially when a story is being told • "I never want to see you ever again, " he goes, and storms out the house. Thesaurus+: ↑Saying and uttering ↑Saying again WEAKEN 22. intransitive to become weak or damaged, especially from being used (too much), or to stop working • After a gruelling six months singing on a world tour, it is hardly surprising that her voice is starting to go. • I really must get a new jacket - this one's starting to go at the elbows. • Her hearing is going, but otherwise she's remarkably fit for a 95-year-old. Thesaurus+: ↑Deteriorating and making worse NOISE 23. intransitive or transitive to produce a noise • I think I heard the doorbell go (= ring) just now. • I wish my computer would stop going 'beep' whenever I do something wrong. Thesaurus+: ↑Sounds made by objects, movement or impact BE EXPRESSED 24. intransitive not continuous to be expressed, sung or played • I can never remember how that song goes. • "Doesn't it go something like this?" said Joan, and played the first couple of bars on her guitar. • + (that) The story goes (= People say) (that) he was sacked after he was caught stealing company property. • A headless ghost walks the castle at night - or so the story goes (= so people say). Thesaurus+: ↑Playing music ↑Singing in general HAPPEN 25. intransitive usually + adverb or preposition to happen or be found regularly or typically with each other or another • Wisdom and maturity don't necessarily go together. • She knows all about the health problems that go with smoking. • Great wealth often goes hand in hand with meanness. Thesaurus+: ↑Occurring and happening BE SITUATED 26. intransitive usually + adverb or preposition not continuous to be put in a particular place, especially as the usual place • The sofa went against that wall before we had the radiator put in. • I'll put it all away if you tell me where everything goes. Thesaurus+: ↑Placing and positioning an object BE SOLD 27. intransitive to be sold or be available • The shop is having a closing-down sale - everything must go. • The painting will go to the highest bidder. • I bought some flowers that were going cheap. • "Going... going... gone! (= Sold!) " said the auctioneer, banging down the hammer. Thesaurus+: ↑Available and accessible ↑Present ↑Buying and selling in general BE ACCEPTABLE 28. intransitive not continuous to look or be acceptable or suitable • That picture would go well on the wall in the living room. • The TV would go nicely in that corner, wouldn't it? • If I wear the orange hat with the blue dress, do you think it will go? • Just remember that I'm the boss and what I say goes (= you have to accept what I say). • My parents don't worry too much about what I get up to, and most of the time anything goes (= I can do what I want). Thesaurus+: ↑Matching and co-ordinating ↑Being suitable or unsuitable BE KNOWN 29. intransitive usually + adverb or preposition to be known (by a particular name) • He had a scruffy old teddy bear which went by the name of Augustus. • In Britain, this flour usually goes under the name of maize meal. Thesaurus+: ↑Names and titles DEVELOP 30. intransitive usually + adverb or preposition to develop or happen • "How did the interview go?" "It went very well, thanks." • Things have gone badly for him since his business collapsed. Thesaurus+: ↑Occurring and happening • Everything was going smoothly until suddenly disaster struck. • "I hear things aren't going too well at work." "You don't know the half of it!" • Everything went swimmingly until Peter started talking about money. • The party went like clockwork. • Did it all go according to plan? Idioms: What are you going to do? ▪ go and... ▪ go for it ▪ go it alone ▪ gone on somebody ▪ have something going for you ▪ not go there ▪ same goes for somebody ▪ something gone mad Phrasal Verbs: go about something ▪ go after somebody ▪ go after something ▪ go against somebody ▪ go ahead ▪ go along ▪ go along with somebody ▪ go around ▪ go at somebody ▪ go at something ▪ go away ▪ go back ▪ go back on something ▪ go back to somebody ▪ go back to something ▪ go by ▪ go by something ▪ go down ▪ go down on somebody ▪ go down with something ▪ go for somebody ▪ go for something ▪ go in ▪ go in for something ▪ go into something ▪ go off ▪ go off somebody ▪ go off with somebody ▪ go off with something ▪ go on ▪ go on something ▪ go out ▪ go out to somebody ▪ go over ▪ go over something ▪ go over to something ▪ go round ▪ go round something ▪ go through ▪ go through something ▪ go through with something ▪ go to somebody ▪ go together ▪ go under ▪ go up ▪ go up to something ▪ go with somebody ▪ go with something ▪ go without noun [plural goes ] ATTEMPT 1. <I > countable ( US usually try ) an attempt to do something • Georgina passed her driving test (on her) first go. • "This jar is impossible to open." "Here, let me have a go." • I want to have a go at finishing my essay tonight. • We can't do the work all in one go (= all at the same time). Thesaurus+: ↑Trying and making an effort ↑Effort and expending energy 2. make a go of sth ( US usually try ) to try to make something succeed, usually by working hard • She's really making a go of her new antique shop. • I can't see him ever making a go of accountancy. Thesaurus+: ↑Trying and making an effort ↑Effort and expending energy • I can't do the crossword. Do you want to have a go? • After several goes at the puzzle, she eventually gave up. • They each had a go at lifting the box, but neither of them could move it. • If you fail the test this time, you can have another go at it in August. • I don't know if I can fix the taps but I'll have a go. OPPORTUNITY 3. <I > countable ( US usually turn ) an opportunity to play in a game, or to do or use something • Hey, it's Ken's go now! You've just had your go. • Please can I have a go (= can I ride) on your bike? • I'll have a go at driving for a while if you're tired. Thesaurus+: ↑Miscellaneous games and activities • Is it my go yet? • May I have a go on your computer? • We can have two goes each. • You have to miss a go if you land on that square. • Whose go is it? CRITICIZE 4. have a go at sb UK to criticize someone • My Dad's always having a go at me about getting a proper job. Thesaurus+: ↑Disapproving and criticizing ↑Damaging reputation ENERGY 5. uncountable the condition of being energetic and active • You're full of go this morning. • He doesn't have much go about him, does he? See also get-up-and-go Thesaurus+: ↑Excitement, interest, energy and enthusiasm Idiom: no go
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