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Synonyms

goes

1 American  
[gohz] / goʊz /

verb

  1. 3rd person singular present indicative of go.

noun

  1. plural of go.

Goes 2 American  
[goos] / gus /

noun

  1. Hugo van der c1440–82, Flemish painter.

GOES 3 American  

abbreviation

  1. Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite.

Goes British  
/ 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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Example Sentences

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He labors seven days a week as a construction worker, but goes out dancing every Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

In fact, if SpaceX’s pitch goes through, it would rank behind only five companies in the S&P 500 Index — Apple, Alphabet, Microsoft, Nvidia and Amazon.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

"So whenever the C2K system goes down it means that our pupils do not have access to all of the different services that they can use within school."

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Contemporary streetwear is the stuff of so much weekly laundry that it goes unnoticed to style-seeking eyes all over the world.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

The meteorologist from Cincinnati spins the wheel and goes bankrupt, but then the schoolteacher from Kansas manages to find three Ns in the puzzle.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

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