go

The word “go” means to move or travel from one place toward another. In plain terms, to move somewhere, to happen in a certain way, or (as a noun) a turn or attempt at something.

“Go” is pronounced goh (/ɡoʊ/ in IPA).

Here is “go” used in a sentence: “We need to go to the station before the train leaves.”

Depending on how it is used, “go” can be a verb, a noun and an adjective.

The word “go” comes from Old English. From Old English gan ("to go"), an ancient Germanic verb; its past tense "went" was borrowed from a completely different verb, "wend," which is why go/went look so different.

“Go” is a very common word in modern English, usually learned at around the A1 level.

“Go” has 5 distinct senses listed in this dictionary. The most common is: to move or travel from one place toward another.

Go describes movement away from where the speaker is, toward another place, as in 'I'm going to the shop.' Come describes movement toward the speaker or listener, as in 'Come here.' The direction relative to the person speaking is what separates the two verbs.

Went is simply the past tense of go. You use go for the present and future ('I go,' 'I will go') and went for the past ('I went yesterday'). The past participle is 'gone,' as in 'I have gone.' Go is irregular, which is why the forms look unrelated.

The opposite of go depends on the sense. When it means to move away, the opposite is stay, remain, or come. When it means to depart, the opposite is arrive. In the sense of a signal to move, as in traffic, the opposite is stop.

'They go to the beach every summer.' Here go means to travel there. Other examples include 'Let's go home now,' describing movement toward a place, and 'She wants to go to college,' where go means to attend or head somewhere.