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Goes
[ goos ]

noun
  1. Hu·go van der [hyoo-goh van der; Dutch hy-goh vahn duhr], /ˈhyu goʊ væn dər; Dutch ˈhü goʊ vɑn dər/, c1440–82, Flemish painter.

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GOES

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How to use goes in a sentence

  • This is the first and principal point at which we can stanch the wastage of teaching energy that now goes on.

    The Salvaging Of Civilisation | H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
  • It goes without saying that Ferns of all kinds are interesting plants to grow in the garden and house.

    How to Know the Ferns | S. Leonard Bastin
  • Though the amount played for is serious, a good deal of rather bald conversation and chaff goes on.

  • It goes far to reconciling me to being a woman when I reflect that I am thus in no danger of ever marrying one.

    Pearls of Thought | Maturin M. Ballou
  • The perspiration stands on young Lamb's face; again his cigar goes out.

British Dictionary definitions for Goes

Goes

/ (ɡuːs) /


noun
  1. Hugo van der. ?1440–82, Flemish painter: works include the Pontinari Altarpiece and The Death of a Virgin

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